r/technology • u/bwoah07_gp2 • Jan 22 '25

Social Media Reddit won’t interfere with users revolting against X with subreddit bans

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/reddit-wont-interfere-with-users-revolting-against-x-with-subreddit-bans/
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u/vrod92 Jan 22 '25

Why would they? It’s another social media = competition.

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u/cfgy78mk Jan 22 '25

exactly that was my first thought: "Why would they?"

It's literally links that hop to another platform. Why would they want that? It doesn't mean they are anti-nazi or anything, they're just pro-advertising revenue.

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u/TheTrueVanWilder Jan 22 '25

Less cross-posting forces users to come up with more original content that AI models can train on too