Reddit.com has been censoring /r/redditalternatives

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[–]SoCo 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Reddit's partnership with the Correct the Record campaign in 2014 was the downward spiral I noticed. CTR later revealed in court that they paid millions for social media troll factories, but back then Reddit wasn't worth mentioning in court. They did not mention in court being given full control over mederatorship positions of all the top subreddits, for instance.

[–]LabTech 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Reddit was a big platform, and like any big entity no one factor was responsible, but with each item added to the mix, there was obviously a cumulative effect. There's plenty of people out there who could and probably have made reports and documentaries about it; at this point, I think Reddit survives on inertia alone, and the fact that none of the alternatives are yet big enough to challenge it with any real competition. It's effectively a quasi-monopoly as far as the niche it offers is concerned.