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How far is he willing to take this? I mean AskHistorians hasn't gone full NSFW yet - but they are in a protest mode. Albeit one that still will end up producing decent content, just less frequently.
The AskHistorians team is the closest thing to irreplaceable, I'd be very surprised if even he's stupid enough to pick that particular hill to die on.
Not a chance. Even though they want to Instagram the shit out of Reddit, the respect for /r/askhistorians is basically universal. It's THE quality subreddit, without question. No other compares.
If Spez is stupid enough to do what he's done so far, then I indeed think it's a possibility.
I don't think Reddit cares. People talk about well run subs as good things but reddit admins don't really see mods as curators they see them as janitors. They don't like it when mods curate subreddits they want up votes to be the only thing that matters.
I doubt askhistorians really has the numbers (the numbers the imaginary advertiser or investor demands) to do anything to fight back.
they need engagement! Not removed posts and comments! Clickbait and especially ragebait are number makers not these posts with 90 % removed comments.
I respectfully disagree. A sub like AskHistorians generates tons of traffic for the site via google searches alone. It's also got 2 million subscribers that happily remain subscribed for the quality content with all the spam filtered out.
Google hits are probably the least valuable page view. They have killed far bigger subreddits for far dumber reasons. Like AMA. Is history a highly valuable advertising interest? I have no idea but I've never seen a history based advertisment.