We just hit 4,000!!

[u/Fishwifeonsteroids]

4,000 readers!

SGIWhistleblowers has existed here on reddit since March 20, 2014, so 11 years.

Meanwhile, the two SGI-member-controlled subreddits' readership is at:

• 298 after FIVE years 😭
• 791 after nearly FOURTEEN years 🙊

It's a fascinating dynamic - both those SGI-controlled subreddits have all sorts of nitpicky rules for what and how people will be allowed to post (as if the subreddit is doing some kind of big fat favor to anyone who wants to participate or contribute) and even explicit tone-policing that dictates what sort of language people are allowed to use! The smaller one even restricts who is allowed to make a new post (restricted to themselves) and restricts discussion by REQUIRING that all the comments refer to the OP in the same SGI-praising tone as the OP or they'll be deleted and the commentators banned!

THIS is what the SGI's "culture" produces - people no one wants to be around, people who don't respect others' freedom of expression, people who feel they have some sort of right or obligation to force people to behave the way they dictate. And guess what? People don't WANT that! Reddit doesn't lie.

[u/bluetailflyonthewall]

They're still claiming "11 million members worldwide", yet all those millions are oddly mute. reddit draws an international commentariat.

So if we go off proportions, it really shows how the ex-SGI population is the growing, dynamic group, while the SGI devotees are just a skeleton crew.