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Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

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Re: Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

#11
This is what is needed to put pressure on Reddit. A two day protest then returning to normal is a blip in the grand scheme of things. But if they do not change their API pricing, stance on third party apps, etc, then a prolonged blackout could lead to an eventual exodus.

I hope the communities I used to engage in partake in this prolonged blackout.

Re: Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

#12

Does this actually affect subscribers to sub-reddits? If this is extended indefinitely I would expect competing sub-reddits to form.

Considering spez has shown before he doesn’t really care for Reddit’s rules that are applied to the rable and he can do what he wants (like editing others posts), I fully expect the permanently blacked out subs to have new ownership and become public again before too long.

Re: Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

#13
To the people who've been in this situation, what would you do in Huffman's shoes? From my fairly naïve perspective it looks like he's doing a pretty poor job managing this crisis but am I overestimating the trouble he's in?

At some point he'll either be forced to back down or replace the mods of the big subs with people willing to cross the picket line, I don't see why he doesn't just pull the plaster off now either way rather than drag this out bleeding credibility all the while?

Re: Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

#14
post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I left Reddit back when they decided they don’t care about free speech and banned nonewnormal. What happened to this new normal btw? Everything has reverted to pre-pandemic life here as it seems. Wasn't the expectation that we're going to have to live suppressed for all time?

Shhh.... Conspiracy theorists just move to a new conspiracy, they never go back and evaluate how they got swindled the first time.

The important part is you feel superior.

Re: Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

#16
They're getting away with this because there really is no serious competitor for reddit.

When people actually start migrating away from reddit and post/comment volume is significantly down, you'll see reddit suddenly be a lot more willing to engage with the community.

Re: Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

#19
post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I left Reddit back when they decided they don’t care about free speech and banned nonewnormal. What happened to this new normal btw? Everything has reverted to pre-pandemic life here as it seems. Wasn't the expectation that we're going to have to live suppressed for all time?

This would be them saying that they've won the battle. And it's quite possible that some of the left-wing political response to shelter-in-place orders and mask mandates, namely deciding to end them as policy, is because of right-wing (and some left-wing) pushback. I just don't know how much. Though I think it was stupid as hell the way they ended both social distancing and mask mandates back in July of 2021, when in…

Said pushback didn't really happen in the UK - polling data in favour of lockdowns was insanely popular. It still broadly stopped both before the US did.

These campaigns achieved nothing.

Re: Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

#20
post #4

That awkward moment when you (Spez) calls a bluff only to realize it was no bluff.

That awkward moment when spez removes the downvote functions on his profile. Gotta make that profile shine for VCs!?

Spez seems like the latest outed manchild amongst CEOs.
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