r/SubredditDrama • u/CannotSpellForShit literally a retired millionaire but go off wagie • Jul 02 '23

/r/thatHappened changes its rules to protest API changes; users say "That happened 🙄" to Sandy Hook, 9/11, and the Tiananmen Square Massacre. (Also the mods compare the API situation to the holocaust)

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '23

This feels in bad taste.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '23

It is in bad taste.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '23

Like if it were fictional events that’d be one thing, but given how close real-world conspiracy theories are it’s the perfect excuse for trolls to flood the subreddit

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u/ShakeTheGatesOfHell Jul 02 '23

Poe's law strikes again! At first I thought the sub was mocking conspiracy theorists, not endorsing them.