So for those of us still on Reddit be aware that you can't link Win sites there... doing so results in reddit pulling it and once they've pulled it we can't approve it.
How this works is shown in this reply
So if you want to direct people here you have to type it out, without the Https://
At this point Kotakuinaction.win being typed out doesn't cause the automod to remove it, though this too may change.
They are worried.
Either worried or sick of it being spammed somewhere... or both.
I suspect worried; you can link to all kinds of other things and there's plenty of spam on reddit.
Taking away views and having a free speech alternative, however, kills their potential to "curate" the image and kills their advertising revenue if eyeballs leave.
I see why they don't want to promote a competitor but on the other hand, if they hadn't been a bunch of duplicitous cocksucking pigfuckers, they wouldn't have created their own competition from enraged users.
The last bit there reminds me of something I can't say on reddit now...
So yeah, if they weren't being worthless shits they wouldn't be in the spot they are in, and we wouldn't be forced into building a lifeboat.
This is precisely my point. So first, thanks for building it; that was 100% the right move as it was obvious the walls were closing in.
You can understand, from a brand perspective, Reddit closing out porn subs and even FPH, but The_Donald was actually a canary in the coal mine for us because it said "we don't want to be associated with people who dissent from the SJW orthodoxy".
That's a very different stance than "We can't have Unilever products showing up next to porn".
Second, it's sort of the core point of how this gets solved in the end and the ultimate goal for GG: if people hate you and kick you instead of taking your money, go somewhere that wants your money and engagement. The Win network is actually a sign GG is gaining ground, not losing it.
They fear the Reddit competitor grower.
They're panicking. They never thought that someone would take that 'if you don't like it, built your own' trite crap seriously. Now they have a competitor that's taking huge bites out of their user base, and they're trying to suppress info on it.