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[–]StBlops2cel_is_Lord 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

--site gets popular

--Chinese investors give them a shitload of money, with strings attached

--site owners go nuts with power, start banning subs left and right to appease their overlords

--people leave in droves to other sites

--rinse and repeat.

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

decline to sell out / take the gift / take the bribe, you (freedom) (no strings) are worth a lot more.