I mean, this is mostly true, except that the protesters do have the right to administer the subreddit in the way they choose, as long as they are the admins.
As you said, if you don't like that, you are of course free to use a different site. But it seems a bit off-kilter to say "if you don't like it, vote with your feet", while complaining about the actions some other users of the site have taken, and not voting with your feet. Thomas On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 4:29 AM Jan Mercl <0xj...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 10:18 AM Axel Wagner > <axel.wagner...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > Just for context, as not everyone seems to be aware: I was, in that > sentence you quoted, referring to examples like this > > > https://www.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/14eq8ip/the_entire_rmildlyinteresting_mod_team_has_just/ > > This demonstrates that even with overwhelming support from the community > (and yes, in this example the modifier applies), the company overwrites > those wishes to shut down protest. There are a couple of other subreddits > with similar stories. > > > > So I was making the case to *provide* overwhelming support for the mods > of /r/golang, referring to precedent of other subreddits where that is > happening. Not claiming that they already have it. > > Thanks for the added conext. > > Anyone not liking Reddit is free to not visit the site. Anyone not > accepting the price for the API access is free to not buy it. It's > fine to vote by your visits and by your wallet. That's how the free > market works and it works well unless there's some monopoly. But > Reddit has no monopoly. > > Protesters are free to protest. That's their respected right. > Protesters have no right to deny access to other users. That's my > right and I expect it to be equally respected. > > PS: I'm paying $7/month to Reddit to have r/golang ad-free. May I ask > you for a refund? Thanks for your consideration. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAA40n-UU-fvBis8XZuOobK_6wW44iOddAzni1KRF9udHH-ELtg%40mail.gmail.com > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CA%2BYjuxsAktj0Pk2odDnxMUArcaeLYzCvtmS09ZdJdL27p9eN4Q%40mail.gmail.com.
