At this point it seems likely that Reddit is so incompetent, they just ran a script to check if a subreddit was private and extort the mods if it was, without any check on how long the sub had been private.
That is 100% what they did.
This kinda feels like proactive cautionary action to protect their community (which absolutely is good) since they don't outright say admins have been threatening them. Because even an idiot should've figured out to check when the sub was set to private when creating that supposed script.
Hopefully I'm right because jeez otherwise...
of course they did. That will also be their defence if a story like this hits the press
This shit reminds me of offices demanding everyone come back in person even if you had remote approval before the pandemic.
Well that is just appalling. In other words, just another Tuesday on reddit
Reaffirming that it is time to leave reddit behind and move on. What kind of evil shitheads do this to breastfeeding mothers and their infants?
what kind of evil shithead
Spez, obviously.
Are you referring to jailbreak moderator spez?
r/jailbait, but yes
I wish it was jailbreak.
You mean /r/jailbait? The subreddit /u/spez used to moderate? I bet he'd like that to be forgotten these days.
Well, how do private subreddits sell ads & provide training info for AIs?
Oh, they don't.
Well now I’m even more annoyed. Removing a safe space for profits. Great job Reddit.
Cash, what humans invented, is important, humans are totally expendable.
Yeah, we can always make more humans, but cash is forever
RoA 102: Nature decays, but latinum lasts forever.
A man of culture, I see.
That is just sad. Some subs were the only safe place to chat with others with similar issues.
/r/bigdickproblems was never private
Never heard of this sub :/
At inception I think it was legitimately a place for guys with oversized stuff to talk. Like, there are actual issues guys with giant dongs have to deal with.
But it quickly devolved into lulz my girl says my dick is too biiiggg!!!
Yeah I’ve heard stories. Not as fun and one thinks.
If it's big enough, you can't even maintain an erection because it requires too much blood. Or wear several types of pants or underwear, or sit comfortably in certain kinds of seats, or sometimes even get the simple feeling that you're done peeing when you are. But "lol I hurt women with my massive 50-inch pecker" gets more upvotes.
From what I've heard, a big issue is condoms. Length isn't an issue, girth is. Too large or too small and it rolls up and/or is more likely to tear. Like a too small latex glove, except a dick there's nothing to stop the condom rolling up. Cleaning a toilet and the glove tears? Shit happens. Condom tears? Baby or STD happens. Not funny.
But from what I can tell, a lot of people who post in forums like that are roleplaying having a large dick or gay guys who want to creep on guys with large dicks. People are weird.
I'd also like to add that a too small condom for your girth feels like it's trying to bite off your member. Not a fun experience.
The other big problem is that if it's big enough, it may be uncomfortable or down right painful for any partner.
Again, that's usually more of a girth than a length problem, though too much length can also result in pain. (Bumping into the cervix is, for most women, a rather painful experience.)
They are so unprofessional. They will surely have big loses from this story.
This is so incredibly sad
How utterly depressing.
Does the Fediverse have a similar feature, where communities/magazines can be private and only allow users to view/subscribe to them with mod approval?
I know this is possible with instances, but that seems impractical since the account would be defederated from the entire Fediverse to maintain privacy.
How udderly depressing.
Sorry, I had to.
It will never be a safe space as long as spez is around
It will never be a safe space ~~as long as spez is around~~
period. Centralized systems like Reddit are inherently beholden to the views of the people who own the central hub. Even if the people at Reddit now were "cool", eventually a piece of shit would end up in a position of power and compromise the site. As we have seen time and time again, both recently and throughout history, we cannot allow our systems to be contingent on the assumed goodwill of the people who run it. Said differently, we need to assume that bastards will take control at some point in the future, and intentionally design our systems to be robust in the face of disturbances caused by bad actors.
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