Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout ‘will pass’

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Post by mfiguiere » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 5:33 PM UTC

Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout ‘will pass’
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#2

Post by minimaxir » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 5:46 PM UTC

Before the blackout, many subreddits hinted at extending the blackout indefinitely if Reddit is being adversarial.

This seems adversarial.

Re: Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout ‘will pass’

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Post by activiation » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 5:47 PM UTC

> I am sorry to say this, but please be mindful of wearing Reddit gear in public. Some folks are really upset, and we don’t want you to be the object of their frustrations.

LoL

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Post by jtode » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 5:49 PM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #2

Before the blackout, many subreddits hinted at extending the blackout indefinitely if Reddit is being adversarial. This seems adversarial.

Seems like someone determined to finish the task his masters sent him to do.

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Post by QuarterRoy » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 5:50 PM UTC

I think he went about this completely in the wrong way and comes off as arrogant but on this I agree.

Many subs that didn’t go dark still seem to have plenty of participants and people need their digital crack.

I don’t see this being a digg moment for Reddit.

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Post by local_crmdgeon » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 5:51 PM UTC

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Post by hopefulrabbit » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 5:53 PM UTC

Got a chuckle from him addressing his employees with a "Hi Snoos".

Am I the only one surprised how hard they are doubling down on this?

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Post by throwaway202351 » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 5:53 PM UTC

I'm so happy that this Reddit stuff is giving HN something to talk about other than ChatGPT.

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Post by TheFreim » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 5:56 PM UTC

If the blackout is only for two days then they're right, but if they continue indefinitely it could force a change (reddit is currently unusable since all but one sub I enjoy is gone, if it was gone indefinitely then reddit would be indefinitely out of the picture for me).

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Post by ortusdux » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 5:57 PM UTC

activiation wrote: post #3

> I am sorry to say this, but please be mindful of wearing Reddit gear in public. Some folks are really upset, and we don’t want you to be the object of their frustrations. LoL

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/are-we-the-baddies