Reddit CEO warns employees not to wear Reddit swag in public as users revolt

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Reddit CEO warns employees not to wear Reddit swag in public as users revolt
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He even claims that around a thousand subreddits went dark. It was 8,000. Hundreds are already pledging to stay dark indefinitely, including huge ones like r/aww and r/videos.

I wouldn't be surprised to see sockpuppet accounts starting / running some kind of "r/videosnew" and "r/awwnew" if they stay offline for a longer period of time