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Hey folks. Looks like I let this one get by so I'll leave it since there's already some discussion happening, but for the next few days please try to keep discussion of the Reddit situation in the megathread.
How do we get to the 'megathread' ? I never knew one existed.
The community literally has reddit by the balls, and are just gonna let go by ending to so early. Good thing at least some are permanently shutting down
Cool, well the reason I'm here instead of on reddit is because of this. Last time I did this was when I found reddit after digg.
Can I get an eli5 on digg? It seems to have happened years and years before I joined reddit
The thing that worries me is if they do manage to get through this without losing anything significant, it’s only going to give them confidence to go further. How long before old.reddit goes? NSFW content? Blocking users with adblockers?
Nsfw got killed by that as well basically, moderating nsfw subs is one hell of a work, and they can't use third party tools at all anymore because the api just doesn't forward nsfw stuff anymore, all their bots will 100% go out and that will be the day reddit gets flooded with Child porn and billions of onlyfans links. You just cant moderate a sub without tools, and reddit itself offers absolutely nothing.
Good. I really hope this causes a snowball effect. After spez (fuck spez) basically told all the moderators "fuck you" today, I'd say there is enough momentum to get at least a good half of the participating subs on board with an indefinite blackout. And with more moderators checking their inboxes and feeds tomorrow, "after the blackout," I anticipate seeing a second wave starting tomorrow and throughout the next week, as these mods return to reddit temporarily to coordinate.
KEEP IT GOING!!!