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Apologies if this is the wrong place for this. A few subs opened up and were discussing the possibility of extending the blackouts. The majority wanted the blackout to end to keep the influx of content. That was to be expected.

There was a disturbing tone in some of the messages though. It was a form of cynicism essentially backing Reddit to do whatever it wanted to the devs, and that it was wrong to protest the rule changes as we should be okay with whatever Reddit wanted. It was almost like learned helplessness. I genuinely found it to be disturbing. Is anyone else noticing this in their communities/subs?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is a distribution bias. The people commenting are the people who didn't leave. Those that did might not have come back, or are not checking regularly.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This. I'm not posting on reddit anymore. I haven't even loaded RiF except to see if my post history is showing so I can edit all traces of my presence there.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Accidentally opened it a couple times from Google but luckily the subs were closed. Unluckily the thread had the answer to an Ubuntu issue I was looking for... I did figure it out eventually but it made me realize that having those communities primarily be on Reddit doesn't particularly fit the FOSS ethos at all.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same, I haven't opened Reddit except for accidently on Google images when trying to find images for a game I run.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yep! Or the occasional cited source in a recent news article that I blindly tapped on mobile