I notice he says about a thousand when the article cites closer to 8,000 subs going dark. This is probably the closest theyโll get to admitting the protest did anything at all to Reddit.
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All I can say is that for every person voicing their opinion and leaving by making a scene, there are many more of us just silently deleting our comments and posts and just disappearing from reddit. Those are the ones reddit should be concerned about.
Saddens me that while the community could muster a great effort, the short 2 day time limit of the blackout wasn't enough.
I've joined Mastodon after the twitter "melt down" and I have not gone back. It's quite good and feels like the BBS days of yore.
And I will stay here as well (lemmy) hoping to get the "reddit feel" back again.
As a fellow Reddit transfer, so far it feels like it has! Thereโs a couple of subs that where quite important to me so Iโm hoping I can track them down on here, or get them up and going!
A lot of sudreddits are vowing to go dark indefinitely in response to this it looks like. Many were already, but the official position on /r/ModCoord is an indefinite blackout for all but critically important subs.
Assholes, but i guess redditors deserve that much. They are doing the same job as many govs do and ppl are just getting their asses fcked.
Between this and the fact that r/AdviceAnimals is apparently back with Reddit moderators, I think Reddit will go on. They own everything and can re-open every subreddit whenever they want. Many of the more technical/informed Reddit users will remain absent from the site but the bulk of casual users will likely remain. Whether the content that's left will satisfy them remains to be seen.