We will be honoring the Citations Needed podcast’s desire to shutter the sub.

We have absolutely nothing to do with the Reddit and have no idea who moderates it. Haven’t visited in years, would appreciate it if they’d stop using our name but not much we can do [1][2]

To clarify the situation and add context to how the principals of this project operate: At no point did CN attempt to reach out. The concept of taking action, in this case just basic direct communication from a group whose vocation is communicating wasn't considered. Or, perhaps more cynically, performative “our hands are tied” verisimilitude was preferred.

The frustration is compounded by our knowledge regarding the significant amount of traffic we drove to their Patreon during the first few quarters and well beyond. This may explain why someone who almost exclusively engages with high traffic users on social media surreptitiously decided to respond to a brand-new account making a very generic "I need to speak to the manager" request; to establish separation but not too loudly as to disrupt the free labor they've benefited off of for nearly a half decade. Or they decided to casually mislead a random twitter user without further calculus or clarification.

Despite this we do wish them the best of luck and continued success with Citations Needed. Similarly, we implore the audience to critically evaluate how you spend your time and resources on various leftist projects, particularly those focused exclusively inside the media landscape.

^(solidarité mes frères et mes sœurs)