Negative engagement is still engagement. Engagement drives their revenue. Even if things were forcefully taken down it would hit the news cycle, bringing more engagement.
The best path forward is to simply ignore the site.
this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2025
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Never ignore. That's the worst course of action. In this world, I can't fathom anyone who thinks the solution is less content for this stuff.
You're not bringing Reddit down by not using it bud. But you are hobbling yourselves from actually doing something decent by acting like the solution is to hide away in the corners
That's not malicious compliance, that's a possible form of protest
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