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I assume someone's deleting critical news articles there, or having bot armies downvote them. On Kbin and Lemmy and Squabbles, even on Google News, I see Reddit's woes front and center.

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[โ€“] callyral@readit.buzz 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

so basically reddit may be having a 1984 moment

[โ€“] dismalnow@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

@callyral

@BakoBitz

Weirder still - they won't let you control your own speech due to poor data and systems architecture (at best).

The way their API and database is set up only indexes a portion of your comments, and forbids you from accessing them if another "authority" cuts you off (private subs) - which leaves your ability to delete, modify, or otherwise manage what you have input into the site.