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Wouldn't be surprised at all at this point if Reddit manipulates this version of r/Place to make it look like the protests are smaller than they are.
I would not be surprised if this is an experiment to see the effect of killing API on the event. I mean, really, not many accounts have left reddit (a lot have showed up on lemmy/kbin, but a small fraction of reddit), and I remember a lot of complaints of bots in the last place. It's just 3 months since the last one, so they should get great data on the effect of API charges on their bot access.
I hope they do. Would be an obvious wake up call to more people on reddit.
Why is that? Covering up the protests would be the opposite of drawing attention to it surely?
Streisand Effect, which historically is something the people of Reddit LOVE to enforce
My presumption is the kind of people who would notice that kind of thing are either OK with it or are already off of Reddit.
The fact that they would be obviously covering it up would be noticeable to people and would cause what they are trying to cover up to become more prominent in the news and on the site.