I don't want to speak for anyone else, but there are other grievances with Reddit that I think at least some of the "protest" for lack of a better term stems from. Along with the leadership came a focus on profit that detracted from Reddit's original ethos. On top of that, having hoards of people come from Digg, 9gag et al, and even 4chan also started that old Eternal September feeling. I used to enjoy seeing my orangered, but eventually came to dread it. Oh great, who wants to swear at and argue with me now?!?
As far as that particular subreddit, the IamA/AMAs had already turned sour in my mouth. I can only imagine how bad it is poised to get now that the key employee that at least kept it organized is canned. I see video AMAs on the horizon (AKA commercials).
I guess my particular case is different though, since I opted to just stop going rather than stay and 'fight'. I have been tired of that place for a long time, and it had nothing to do with 'free speech'. I have started tending to my RSS feed again, and Snapzu is proving to be a very nice social-eque time waster! :)
I don't want to speak for anyone else, but there are other grievances with Reddit that I think at least some of the "protest" for lack of a better term stems from. Along with the leadership came a focus on profit that detracted from Reddit's original ethos. On top of that, having hoards of people come from Digg, 9gag et al, and even 4chan also started that old Eternal September feeling. I used to enjoy seeing my orangered, but eventually came to dread it. Oh great, who wants to swear at and argue with me now?!?
As far as that particular subreddit, the IamA/AMAs had already turned sour in my mouth. I can only imagine how bad it is poised to get now that the key employee that at least kept it organized is canned. I see video AMAs on the horizon (AKA commercials).
I guess my particular case is different though, since I opted to just stop going rather than stay and 'fight'. I have been tired of that place for a long time, and it had nothing to do with 'free speech'. I have started tending to my RSS feed again, and Snapzu is proving to be a very nice social-eque time waster! :)