this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2025
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Something big is happening, as Reddit seems to have purged literally every NSFW sub they know. Reason is always "unmoderated" despite some of the banned subreddits being fully moderated.


Edit: seems to have been a bug in automation (thanks @lefty7283@lemmy.world):

https://old.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/1ii67mt/_/mb3fewv

It's still a good reminder on how quickly a community (or communities) thousands of people enjoy and in some cases rely upon can disappear.

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 150 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (31 children)

Unironically devastating for Reddit financially and could see a gooner exodus to Lemmy.

[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago (12 children)

I'm against the ban, but I also don't want that gooning here. Although that's what drives like half of the internet so maybe it's a good thing for the fediverse.

[–] bricklove@midwest.social 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Many technologies lived and died based on what the gooners chose, e.g. VHS vs betamax. I welcome them

[–] SecondaryAnnetagonist@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

As a horny pedant I need to tell you that's not why Betamax failed.

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 22 hours ago

Betamax was used by climbers^1 , clearly everyone went with vhs to avoid them.
^1 a recomended sequence of moves is called a beta to this day

[–] bricklove@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

Is it one of those internet "facts" like the eating spiders in your sleep one?

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