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[โ€“] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

A new protest and shutdown would be to get it into the media eye in a bad light. Not actually do anything of importance to the site.

After all, the 24 hour news cycle lives on scandals.

[โ€“] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago

After all, the 24 hour news cycle lives on scandals.

And because it is a 24 hour cycle, the scandal will be forgotten and replaced with a new one in the same amount of time.