This is literally just the r/nyt subreddit about The New York Times.

Given he apparently takes inspiration from Elon Musk, it’s only a matter of time until u/spez starts adding post view limits unless you pay extra.

  • lennybird@lemmy.world
    71·
    1 year ago

    Glad I’m not the only one considering this. Been in conversation with another long-time user of Reddit (>15 years) and let’s just say that if the goal was to suppress grassroots mobilization of progressive coalition, this is what you would do. We already know how compromised the likes of Musk, Zuckerberg are… And we saw just how much we had to pull the teeth of Reddit to do something about The_Donald…

    I often wonder if Trump would have been elected in 2016 if Jon Stewart was still on the air. Now imagine if right-wing groups controlled Reddit, Twitter, and clamped down on all late-night talk shows that help pierce right-wing ignorance chambers of this country.