Reddit likes the right wing people using their platform. For one they hardly disagree on most things. They also provide cover for reddit to get rid of left wing people/subs. That's why reddit will never truly get rid of them. I don't even buy the typical materialist analysis that proper moderation is prohibitively expensive for shareholders. Are we really pretending that reddit makes money? Sure, they sell advertising but what does that really mean? Reddit is way more valuable as a disinfo/cointelpro tool than shilling random products and services. It doesn't have to make money to exist. Which means the moderation thing isn't actually about money it's that it would get rid of useful idiots.
Reddit likes the right wing people using their platform. For one they hardly disagree on most things. They also provide cover for reddit to get rid of left wing people/subs. That's why reddit will never truly get rid of them. I don't even buy the typical materialist analysis that proper moderation is prohibitively expensive for shareholders. Are we really pretending that reddit makes money? Sure, they sell advertising but what does that really mean? Reddit is way more valuable as a disinfo/cointelpro tool than shilling random products and services. It doesn't have to make money to exist. Which means the moderation thing isn't actually about money it's that it would get rid of useful idiots.