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> I'm pretty sure the users in general wanted it for at least a whole bunch of the subreddits.

No, they didn't, most of the users never even spoke.

r/DIY mods never asked before going from the original 48 hrs to permanently deleting.

> Polls are usually pretty accurate.

I hope you're being facetious and realize a time limited self-selective poll where most of the population can't even vote is not accurate.

Polls are accurate when you put work into making them accurate. They're not magic.

> the action of the admins is a betrayal that hasn't been walked back in the slightest.

So what? If you feel betrayed, remove the content you own and walk away instead of locking away content you don't own off the internet and enticing people to post porn of John Oliver.

Tantrum is the perfect word to describe what these people did.



> r/DIY mods never asked before going from the original 48 hrs to permanently deleting.

Okay that's bad then, you didn't mention that one before.

> So what?

So... you should be blaming them a lot too.

> remove the content you own

That's still a tantrum, isn't it? And even less likely to get results.




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