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Can spez really be that stupid? (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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Yes. Yes he can.

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[–] 54 points 3 years ago (6 children)

Wouldn't be surprised at all at this point if Reddit manipulates this version of r/Place to make it look like the protests are smaller than they are.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago

    I would not be surprised if this is an experiment to see the effect of killing API on the event. I mean, really, not many accounts have left reddit (a lot have showed up on lemmy/kbin, but a small fraction of reddit), and I remember a lot of complaints of bots in the last place. It's just 3 months since the last one, so they should get great data on the effect of API charges on their bot access.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    I hope they do. Would be an obvious wake up call to more people on reddit.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

    Why is that? Covering up the protests would be the opposite of drawing attention to it surely?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    The fact that they would be obviously covering it up would be noticeable to people and would cause what they are trying to cover up to become more prominent in the news and on the site.

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