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The Reddit blackout was pretty underwhelming (beehaw.org)
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In the last 3 days I've been paying attention to r/all, expecting several posts about it and...

Yeah

Wasn't expecting the website to literally shut down nor to monopolize r/all, because 3rd party users are the minority, but I hoped for more than whatever this was.

At least there's a silver lining, I discovered new alternatives that have healthier communities

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Have you ever added the word Reddit to a web search so you could find an answer online without a lot of digging?

Stuff like that I imagine got hit hard. There will always be core communities that either stay up or are easy replicate but I imagine they'll be losing a lot of smaller communities.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

yes! i landed on reddit twice during the last couple days that way.

  • the NixOS sub wasn't dark, but users were asking about that and some were dropping the lemmy link.
  • the selfhosted sub (or one adjacent to it, don't remember) was dark, and for this query i actually could not find the info i needed written anywhere else. that was a wakeup call.
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This is just about the only thing I use Reddit for anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is why subreddits shouldn't close permanently. I wonder if its possible to leave subreddits in read-only mode? to allow anyone to find all the incredibly valuable information.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

More importantly this is why we never should have allowed private companies to monopolize our access to our own freely shared information.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yes it's called restricted mode. Only whitelisted users can make posts or comments.