Comment by UnholyDemigod on 26/05/2019 at 10:21 UTC

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View submission: Article from October 2011 where the admins announced their locking of /r/reddit.com - the decision that paved the way for Reddit not having this central community, and instead having topical subreddits.

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An extraordinarily large number of accounts were made for the express intention of unsubscribing from it.

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Comment by bodnast at 26/05/2019 at 11:34 UTC

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Yep that was the conspiracy theory of the time. I finally made an account just to block out f7u12 and funny

Comment by ShiningConcepts at 26/05/2019 at 21:17 UTC

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Why couldn't they just unsubscribe from it on their main account?

Or are you referring to people who normally didn't have an account, so they made one just to filter it out? Sorry, I haven't been around here for that long.

Comment by Philarete at 26/05/2019 at 14:21 UTC

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Yep! I was one of those people.