Many hours later and refugees are still hemorrhaging into the alternatives! I can't even get into Voat, and I'm experiencing a crawl in Hubski. Snapzu seems strangely unfazed though, so... good job?
I'm kinda worried for Voat though. Not merely because the servers there are melting down, but because now that's the site that has the job of handling the FPH refugees. Not even counting the other refugee groups that have shifted there, e.g. those from /r/conspiracy who were obsessing over the falsely suspicious daycare centre and actually prompted the operators to call the police.
Another note, reddit was way too hasty and blunt. This kind of harassment should have been tackled way earlier, giving time to implement longer but softer corrective approaches to remedying the toxic behaviour of the offending users. I think reddit might have neglected the issue right until it approached - possibly even breached - the melting point, before quickly trying to sort it out.
A third note... is Pao really the sole dictator over the site's implemented decisions? She's become quite the favourite scapegoat for freedom-of-speech supporters to attack.
Shes the perfect "fall guy" --- carefully selected to do the carnage (under the guidance of the rest of the board) so that people can have someone to hate during this transitional period, a scapegoat so to speak. The goal being to eliminate free speech and prime reddit for mainstream advertising. Bend over people! They knew that whoever is going to do it needs to be foolish, have strong beliefs in limiting free speech and easily manageable during this phase (honestly, shes the perfect choice!). Once it's over they can fire this "interim CEO", keep the changes and be the white knight that killed the "troll". Problem is, I think they underestimated the power of community here and really pissed off a lot of users in the process.
/u/btcprox this is my theory --- I may be wrong but it seems plausible.
I think reddit might have neglected the issue right until it approached - possibly even breached - the melting point,
So true. However,this is very typical of the powers that be there. They don't anticipate a problem,investigate and deal with it in it's early stages of impending chaos. They wait till the problem gets in their face,or media gets wind of it. Then,and only then do they take action.
Many hours later and refugees are still hemorrhaging into the alternatives! I can't even get into Voat, and I'm experiencing a crawl in Hubski. Snapzu seems strangely unfazed though, so... good job?
I'm kinda worried for Voat though. Not merely because the servers there are melting down, but because now that's the site that has the job of handling the FPH refugees. Not even counting the other refugee groups that have shifted there, e.g. those from /r/conspiracy who were obsessing over the falsely suspicious daycare centre and actually prompted the operators to call the police.
Another note, reddit was way too hasty and blunt. This kind of harassment should have been tackled way earlier, giving time to implement longer but softer corrective approaches to remedying the toxic behaviour of the offending users. I think reddit might have neglected the issue right until it approached - possibly even breached - the melting point, before quickly trying to sort it out.
A third note... is Pao really the sole dictator over the site's implemented decisions? She's become quite the favourite scapegoat for freedom-of-speech supporters to attack.
/u/btcprox this is my theory --- I may be wrong but it seems plausible.
Ohhhh,clever...It will be interesting to watch, and I bet your right.
So true. However,this is very typical of the powers that be there. They don't anticipate a problem,investigate and deal with it in it's early stages of impending chaos. They wait till the problem gets in their face,or media gets wind of it. Then,and only then do they take action.