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>It is really astounding to see the CEO of Reddit being caught in a blatant lie

Spez was the person who got caught editing a users comment in the backend to make them seem like an asshole or otherwise change the public perception of a question and response

This is 100% in line with something I would expect from Spez (the CEO)

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Whats really telling, though, is that he's managed to hold on to his position despite everything.

Because people, in general, don't give a shit. About anything really. Unless you directly inconvenience them in some way.

And Reddit has been online the whole time. People love boycotting within Reddit, but they’re still using Reddit to do that.

Except now Reddit is taking away the primary method of using Reddit for many users

This is where Reddit users get to prove if they have what it takes to boycott for what they believe in.

Birds of a feather. Presumably the board and major investors have similar ethical standards.

It's too bad Alexis Ohanian or Swartz (RIP) isn't the cofounder that's running Reddit and Spez is.

> reasonably sized and loud portion of the community

He also spearheaded entirely killing off reasonably sized and loud portions of the community - love them or hate them, r/The_Donald was a massive, advertisable bloc of users.

>r/The_Donald was a massive, advertisable bloc of users.

Bit soon to whitewash history.

What are you talking about? It was a large, vibrant, and rapidly growing community of Trump supporters. Funnest subreddit around before it was banned on completely laughable charge of targeting police. Spez did that.

Turns out a large majority of Americans are uneducated white men that tend to right side political ideals.... and for good or bad Reddit decided not to deal with them.

Turns out a large majority of Americans are uneducated white men that tend to right side political ideals

Uh, no. Turns out that there's a noticeable percentage of Americans who are white men for whom education is apparently not relevant, but they're far from a majority - they're just obnoxiously loud and in your face.

And I'm not going to say that they're dumb, but it's undeniable that approximately half of people in the USA are of below-average intelligence.

Reminds me of a scary quote I read somewhere (I'll put it in terms of my country):

Think of the average Mexican, the most average you can picture. Now think that half of the population is WORSE than that (in terms of education, culture and "dont give a shit about you")

Its frankly scary to realize the situation of at least half of the world.

> Turns out a large majority of Americans are uneducated white men

In the US, the male to female ratio is roughly 97 to 100. This means that in most areas of the country, there are slightly more females than males.

White men make up 31% of the US population.

Just under 90% of Americans have a high school diploma or GED: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_attainment_in_the_...

Hot take: A high school diploma is no longer enough to be considered "Educated" and should rather be considered a bare minimum to do the most basic things in life.

A year of high school history about how the south actually were totally the good guys with slavery and it wasn't that bad has turned out to not be the wonderful enlightenment we should strive for.

Hard to convince advertisers to cough up real money for an audience of Russians and impoverished rednecks.

Surely Mike Lindell would have purchased millions worth of advertisements!

>r/The_Donald was a massive, advertisable bloc of users

What are they buying? What would be advertised to them, and by whom?

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