Misinformation flooding some of Alberta’s biggest online communities has become a major problem during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to three volunteer moderators of Edmonton communities on Reddit, a social media and news aggregator website.
That’s also why a lot of the “reddit blackout protests” literally don’t do anything. Moderators think that by shutting down their sub to hurt the ad revenue of Reddit, but that’s really NEVER been effective.
FTFY
Seriously, just look at the bullshit response the admins gave to all the calls to ban antivax propaganda.
And despite all that, Reddit’s revenue is negligible compared to other social media gaints.
That’s also why a lot of the “reddit blackout protests” literally don’t do anything. Moderators think that by shutting down their sub to hurt the ad revenue of Reddit, but that’s really NEVER been effective.