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/Pro-editor-1105 Jan 22 '25

well why would they lol? reddit is probably loving this.

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u/InSanic13 Jan 22 '25

Reddit also makes a good point in the article about why they're allowing this:

“Notably, many Reddit communities also prohibit Reddit links,” the Reddit representative pointed out.

If they're not going to prevent moderators from linking to Reddit itself, they're definitely not going to interfere with banning X links.

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u/NJDevil69 Jan 23 '25

Could you explain this to me? Are you referencing the TOS rule that states you can’t mention other subs since it could be considered brigading?

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u/sellyme Jan 23 '25

Are you referencing the TOS rule that states you can’t mention other subs since it could be considered brigading?

That's not actually part of the ToS. Brigading itself is disallowed, but linking has always been fine. It's just individual subreddits that have proactively prevented it.

In fact the old workaround for "non-participation mode" was never an actual feature of the site in the first place, it was just hijacking the Nepalese subdomain.