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Reddit's r/sysadmin mods have chosen NOT to participate in the blackout (www.reddit.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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No, we will not be going dark. The reasons are simple:

This form of protest has proven ineffective on reddit repeatedly.

Shutting down the sub on a Monday will have an adverse impact on our readers, including possible production issues.

We have avoided reddit "politics" intentionally and will continue to do so.

You are more than welcome to avoid participating on that day which will make the message far clearer to reddit through their metrics than shutting down the sub to folks in need who would be here anyways.

It's disappointing to see the r/sysadmin mods take this stance, but I guess in a way it's a good thing that they've shown their true colors.

Here's hoping that c/sysadmin thrives and replaces it in the near future as the go-to place for all sysadmin stuff.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really don‘t get their point regarding the negative impact. A platform should never be production critical. No one should rely on it for solving production issues. That is what enterprise support is for. I think that this is just an excuse for not being bothered to participate

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I see it as a massively inflated sense of self worth on the mods' part. Yes, /r/sysadmin has been handy for keeping up to date with events in the IT world. Is it the only source of breaking news? Hell no.