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/r/theoryofreddit post asking why reddit seems dead
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this post was submitted on 28 Feb 2024
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I don't think the Donald was abusing the algorithm. It was literally the most popular sub, it was always on the front page because it's posts were getting massively and constantly upvoted. Changing the algorithm instead of waiting it out or just straight banning it ruined the site.
They tried to stand impartial (my most generous interpretation of reddits in-action towards the donald) and it really fucked them.
It's so weird how many platforms cater to harmful rhetoric in an effort to stay neutral only for them to later ban the community after the damage has been done.
If I were more conspiratorial I'd suggest the Donald survived for as long as it did on purpose and with the explicit support of the reddit admins/execs..
No shit. They didn't have the balls to ban a sub with that many members when they should have. The damage all really came from half assing a solution.
Or alternatively, they could have done nothing at all like the orginal mission statement entailed
Again, if they just hadn't tried to tiktokize their algorithm it never would have been a problem to begin with because it, like every other sub, would have been purely opt-in