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Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout ‘will pass’ (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
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Spez, and Reddit as a whole is basically counting on most subreddits opening back up tomorrow after the 48-hour period.

Really hope that mods can hold out for longer, make them really panic.

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[–] 0 points 3 years ago (6 children)

Subreddits have to prove him wrong or there will be no change.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    yeah, if they can keep the protest up they will win. They may already have. As soon as users take the trouble to create new accounts on things like Kbin, the less likely they'll retreat back to reddit. Honestly for being in its infancy I think this has been a good platform.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Yeah, even if they reverse course and offer a public apology I'll probably end up primarily staying here. Yeah it's a smaller community, but sometimes that's for the best.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    A lot of us have just been waiting for the next big thing to come along, the quality there just gets worse and worse, the large amount of users seems to be only thing reddit has going for it. I'd be thrilled if the Fediverse took off, I'd never go back to the other site again.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I dunno about you, but I rather like it here - it's a bit more old school on KBin and reminds me of my youth. Maybe this will be the renaissance of the BBS and forum, but now federated across the internet in beautiful FOSS and distributed networks.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'm really enjoying Kbin as well. Ironically the people left on reddit are saying they're enjoying reddit more too with the blackout, as they're seeing smaller subreddits they used to not see, and the large subs filled with spam and reposts are mostly dark.

    I think the lesson here is that reddit got too big for quality, which is ultimately what the admins want. Quantity over quality, more users to sell advertising too, and more users to sell their analytics.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago

    I like the smaller conversation lately. I realized I became more of a lurker the last few years because the conversation either got too unwieldy. If I try to make a comment, it just got lost in the sea. Or the threads were filled with same old tired jokes or messaging. I like the older style forum because I felt anyone can participate in a discussion.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Exactly. The 48 hour black out won't change a thing. The only way anything could change is if the black out is indefinite. Personally, I feel like wiping my account and moving on is the best course of action.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago

    I'm planning to begin to wipe my old account once the blackout ends, starting phase two of our protest, the dismantling of Reddit. They should not be allowed to profit from our content in perpetuity. I will delete what I've contributed.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago

    Reddit relies on moderators to mod the subs free of charge. Mods use API powered bots to help make life easier.

    If mods are dumb enough to open up after two days and continue moderating subs, they're going to learn real hard on July 1st how much more difficult it is to manage a sub without all those automod bots.

    We'll see what happens next month when the brown stuff hits the fan.

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