I don't really care. I don't visit Reddit anymore and don't intend to return.

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I suspect there's also sampling bias. The types who are still using reddit are not the same who were heavily in support of the blackouts.

The people left on reddit are inherently anti-collective-bargaining. This protest inconveniences them, with no idea or care why it's happening in the first place. So they stamp their feet and scream about it.

I have to say that the content on Reddit seems low effort and uninteresting as of late.

Let them feast on it if they want. I feel like there is more potential over here

Remember that in an interview, they mentioned that they used fake accounts early on to control the discourse on Reddit.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/z4444w/how-reddit-got-huge-tons-of-fake-accounts--2

Not saying I have any proof they are doing that now, but it does show what they are willing to do to control the platform.

when has the narrative ever changed away from that attitude? look at how mutahar has acted - knowing that we're doing the right thing but still throwing as much contempt into everything as he possibly can. the only times that people side with mods is when we're taking enormous damage so that general users don't cop it instead, or if there's a power-mad despot who should never have control of anything larger than a toy train

There has always been a disconnect between who upvotes and who comments. It is not unusual to see a highly upvoted post filled with negative commenters. The "vocal minority" if you will.
I think it is also likely that the blackout supports are still in blackout. I sure am.

The issue with something the sheer size of reddit or facebook is that whatever your stance, you can be absolutely deluged with thousands of people who feel the same. Everything is just way too big for anyone to be exposed to all of it and get a fair assessment of the stance - ultimately we now rely on algorithms and karma systems and other things to do that filtering for us, and these systems all have their inherent flaws.

Accept that in any system large enough, you will never get a fair assessment of what the majority of people think. And even if you could, what would it matter? Each half of a divisive issue that splits reddit is big enough to go and make its own system, which would still be so big you'd not be able to tell the difference from the original.

Accounts with a ton go gold complaining about mod actions that impact the service they're paying for isn't all that surprising. I think you may just be seeing selection bias in action.

Of course they are. It's money.

There are always people who think of themselves as relating to the service that they use, and not the people that make the service run.

It's the same mentality as yelling at the minimum wage cashier because the price of milk went up.

I'm not surprised, a lot of people that are unhappy have left, at least temporarily, and that means those that don't think it's a big deal are able to come out in the open.

I've also noticed that several of the "Should we remain restricted/private or reopen" polls are going towards open.

who cares about that toxic place? be free of it brother.

There's a lot of people who just resent the idea of mods in general because they feel affronted that they can't just spray their shitposts wherever they feel like and/or object to the idea of the Internet having any kind of quality bar. They're mainly just reacting to it with a "if the mods are for it, I'm against it" mentality.

But yeah, also, the people who didn't leave for the blackout are more likely than not to side with Reddit, or actually like the Reddit app and not care about the fuss.

Also also, there's a vast majority of people who consider this whole brouhaha to be nerd shit and don't care.

There did seem to be a distinct air of smugness/"I told you so" in quite a few of the blackout or future-related comment sections I was in. Whether they're shills or just being cynical/butthurt for losing out on two days worth of Internet points and argument time, I have no idea.

I wouldn't be surprised if Reddit was astroturfing it's on shit on its own shit. Probably ends up as a slide in their next investor meeting as a way to 'steer the narrative'.

This comment is in jest.