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Read all about it at the above link. There’s way too much to process here. This is going to be wild.
They have full self awareness. They know they’re lying out the ass. They’re lying and laughing at users as they write this doublespeak because they know that the userbase that stayed through the last fiasco will stay through any fiasco. This is their way of publicly shitting on their userbase. They’re making the power structure perfectly clear to anyone smart enough to actually think about it. They’re saying “We’re in charge. We don’t owe you anything, not even honesty. We own this platform. We will lie to your face and you’ll pay us for it. We know you’ll never leave, so we think it’s funny to abuse you.”
They have full self awareness. They know they’re lying out the ass. They’re lying and laughing at users as they write this doublespeak because they know that the userbase that stayed through the last fiasco will stay through any fiasco. This is their way of publicly shitting on their userbase. They’re making the power structure perfectly clear to anyone smart enough to actually think about it. They’re saying “We’re in charge. We don’t owe you anything, not even honesty. We own this platform. We will lie to your face and you’ll pay us for it. We know you’ll never leave, so we think it’s funny to abuse you.”
At least I can take comfort knowing that reddit has never turned a profit. They are getting desperate.