Don't get caught up in the details and miss the big picture. As large as reddit is it isn't even a drop in the bucket in the larger scheme of things. No. I'm not pushing some zeitgeist sjw conspiracy agenda. But there's a disturbing trend of catering to those who have the power to spin a story. The professional victim.

The Internet is all about such people now. A strong victim can illicit such an emotional response it has the power to crush legendary athletes, destroy entire companies, and force even the most prominent politician or businessman out of power.

And that's not to say all victims are not justified in such pursuits. In many cases their situations are hardly even their own creation, they need not lift a finger and the heinous crimes committed against them trigger tsunamis of bad press. Companies cannot throw the top dogs off the rooftop fast enough.

Is it any wonder that there would be a rise in people actively pursuing a mastery of this. Whether they recognize they are even actively doing it or not, there is now a broadly categorized group of people that exist solely to be the victim, utilizing social media as their weapon of choice. It's easy enough to do. But it's devastating. Any proper ceo, especially of a company so tied to social media would take notice. Reddit will continue to appease anyone who can fit such a category because that's the safe play.

Keep in mind you or I, the average person who just goes about our business and doesn't get too worked up over small shit. The vast majority of the people here. There's no point in defending our desires because we don't do anything. We bitch on reddit. So what. No money lost. In fact money gained. That's not specific to reddit but a constant in the political spectrum and beyond. The moderate middle, while comprising the vast majority of people gets the least representation, the least protection, and the least air time. We are not interesting. We don't drive up income. We happily allow the fringes to force their bullshit agendas through any way they can.

And yet you still don't see it. They are literally banning subreddits almost arbitrarily. With thinly veiled justification that doesn't hold up even remotely. And suggests some exhausted intern did a quick weekend Google search to present the targets for Mondays reddit CEO meeting.

What you should be aware of is the fact that already there are 2 websites gaining traffic as alternatives to reddit. And it doesn't take much to see this entire community dissolve. In so far as the website disappears? No. But in so far as it becomes the next MySpace? No website is safe from that. Plenty of poor decisions with extremely popular websites have triggered such profound shifts in population.

Will it happen now? Nah. But they keep pushing things like this. And it's a guarantee.