Prior to the protest reddit was in full support of the protest. Most polls on subs supported a shutdown. Now, seemingly every community cant understand why the protest was needed and they’re calling it a mod power trip. There is a 3rd possibility. This is an unfounded conspiracy but reddit themselves could be manipulating scores.

See the NFL thread if you don’t mind sending traffic

https://reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/14b11kh/were_just_here_so_we_dont_get_fined/

  • Acetamide@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Well, people who have left the site will, by definition, not be the people who are still commenting over there.

    And as others say, probably a some bots are involved.

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      Exactly. I just… Stopped using it. Everyone else like me wouldn’t be part of the conversation.

      I could certainly see them gaming the algorithm a bit too, to make it look more active. I think we’ll just have to wait and see, if advertisers/investors pull out.