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Mike Hardaker accuses Reddit of holding organic posting ‘hostage’ unless he buys ads, shares email screenshot (piunikaweb.com)
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Mike Hardaker, who has maintained a Reddit account for 20 years, has been shadow-banned on Reddit. He has posted an update on X, stating that Reddit requires an ad spend to restore organic posting. This demand was given to him in writing.

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[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 13 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I don't know who this guy is, but the fact that he is crying on twitter about being shadow-banned on reddit tells me I don't really give a fuck about him, his opinion, or his perceived slights against him.

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Niche communities don’t turn on a dime to a new platform. He’s on Twitter because his audience is on Twitter.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 8 points 9 hours ago

I care if reddit is dishonestly enforcing rules to force people to buy ads. That's good for us actually. If only we had more enlightened instances with more functionality.