Reddit has diverse groups of users, and they have been uniting under one cause: saving the internet.
"The front page of the internet" have hosted a lot of controversial debates and scandals. But when it comes to preserving the web, they are standing united against one common evil: the FCC with its plan to end net neutrality.
To show Reddit is fighting for the web, it has lit up numerous posts, encouraging members to take stance against the collapse of net neutrality. This is Reddit's answer to FCC's Chairman Ajit Pai after revealing his plan for a full repeal of the Obama-era regulations.
The move has been seen as a big win for broadband and wireless companies, but digital rights groups say it could open the door to internet providers controlling how their users access the internet.
Reddit users stand to the the principle that internet should be neutral, and all internet traffic should be treated equally and internet service providers (ISPs) can't prioritize their content over competitors'.
Net neutrality is just as important to Reddit as it is to redditors, and we will continue to advocate for and work constructively to maintain a free and open Internet.
Please take a moment to learn what you can do at https://t.co/MOyTKGqZRi https://t.co/qoLCIXiqej— Reddit (@reddit) November 21, 2017
And here is where internet users are getting fired up, and Reddit users are seeing crimson red posts.
Most of these posts are linking to a website called Battle for the Net, which advises netizens how to submit their complaints about the FCC’s net neutrality bill to the Congress.
Backed by digital rights groups Free Press, Demand Progress and Fight for the Future, the website also provides a suggested script to follow when calling Congress.
"This is your last chance to stop ISPs from messing up your Internet," the site reads.
The site has been upvoted on popular subreddits like r/books, r/NYKnicks and even r/Nascar upwards of 20,000 times each.
This isn't the first time that net neutrality issues have made their way to Reddit. The site is often a controversial place for discussion around about anything, including issues to do with regulation of technology and the internet.
And for the internet we all have (before the end of net neutrality if it happens), netizens owe it to each others' effort to keep the internet open and free.
Here is where Redditors stay vigilant as the fight is not over.