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How John Oliver became a weapon in Reddit’s civil war (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 years ago by shish_mish@lemmy.world to c/maliciouscompliance@lemmy.world

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Moderators flood feeds with pictures of TV comic as they fight owners’ plans to go public

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[–] BrikoX@vlemmy.net 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It was partly his tweet and his overall skits on making fun of stupid moves companies makes on his show.

[–] Trebach@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The tweet was in response to having already been chosen. He was fanning the flames.

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Iirc there's no public reason he was chosen, I assume it's a combination of what moderators are interested in, an opportunity to pay homage, the possibility for John Oliver to support it, and possibly to get a Last Week Tonight episode out of it for even more attention.