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[–]ankh 12 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

That time when they fired that admin and r/IAmA went private. Users shifted their trust from the admins to the mod cabal, and I think mods realized how much influence they have over Reddit and their employment.

Edit: also Emperor Pao

[–]teelo 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

What was IAmA about?

I get that "AMA" means Ask Me Anything, but whats the "I"?

[–]ankh 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

"I am a" as in "I am a _____, ask me anything"

[–]teelo 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Huh. So, shouldn't it be IAMAAMA?

[–]Fat_Neckbeard 11 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Reddit stopped being a website that cares about free speech after Aaron Swartz passed away. Shortly after that, Reddit became a corporation, admins started censoring opinions and banning subs and it's been on a downward trend since then.

[–]EATADlCK 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

When you couldn't see upvotes/downvotes anymore. This is when they took control of the narrative. People think it's trivial, but it's actually huge.

[–]aThievingStableboy 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

asdfasdf

[–]Guts 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

When they started artificially boosting and suppressing submissions to “amplify marginalized voices.” Pictures, videos and stories that show black people in a positive light are artificially boosted to the front page, as are those that show white people as foolish or trashy. This was also the same time they created and artificially boosted subs like /r/whitepeopletwitter, /r/whitepeoplegifs etc. while large subs that mainly catered to white male tastes like /r/malefashionadvice were never seen on the front page again. My biggest regret is that I didn’t start screenshotting and documenting all this stuff in 2017. I’m hoping for a whistleblower or at least a journalist willing to investigate this phenomena.

Reddit’s culture was killed overnight. This is also the reason that culture at large is so bland and toxic right now.

[–]BravoVictor 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

With the redesign.

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Looking back, that was a bigger moment than it seemed (at least to me) at the time.

[–]joewest1313 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

When they banned CringeAnarchy.

THAT was the moment.

[–]Yamyam 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

One of the saddest days.

[–]unfinishedtiger 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

When they started hiding how many upvotes and downvotes things had. That was a long time ago...and it pissed people off.

[–]bluebubblegum 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think it was a bit before I joined but maybe the Boston Bomber accident.

[–]Byebyeredditaccount 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I jumped to Saidit when they Nuked Watchpeopledie about a year ago, lost the account and made this one a few months ago.

That’s when I jumped, but it probably got bad when they got ride of Victoria, ama’s used to be so cool

[–]Dr_Bukkake 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

When they allowed r/blackpeopletwitter to ban all white people from commenting as a “April Fools” joke that has lasted about two years now. In order to comment you have to submit a pic proving you are black.

[–]clayrab 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

When Louis CK did 100% of his marketing for one of his specials there and sold it directly without DRM and made millions, then Obama did a really shitty AMA and I knew it was all over.

[–]AllStr8SexIsRape 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Day One