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[โ€“] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

I'm sticking with lemmy then

[โ€“] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

The disrespect that the average person gets from corporations these days is fucking unbelievable. This current thing with reddit is something especially BS. ALL of the work in the various subreddits were done by the community, supported by third-party apps ALSO built by the community.

[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

Then my friend is truly dead.

[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

he is getting into Elon levels of denial

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[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Captain of the Titanic: "we're sticking to our course, despite the iceberg being dead ahead"

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[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Is anyone surprised? The "blackout" seems to have been a total flop most subs don't give a shit.

[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

The blackout helped me to leave.

It's difficult to rewire a dopamine pathway you've been traveling for 14 years.

Knowing that other people care enough to abstain for two days is useful in that process.

I never expected Reddit to change their policy. I have been surprised at how petulant, dishonest and unprofessional they've been. I would have expected a bland corporate response.

Anyway, onward and upward.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not surprised, still disappointed. Will discuss with other mods the idea of nuking our community as a "fuck you" to Reddit.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

7750/8300 subreddits are blacked out. Plus the server issues caused by the blackout yesterday. Iโ€™d be interested to see if an indefinite strike could be powerful enough to reverse this plan

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[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Of course they aren't going back. We saw how arrogant spez was. There was no doubt in my mind he is just going to rely on the fact that most people are rarely committed enough to do anything.

My expectation... Some will stay with the fediverse. Others will see the blackout as a "we did everything we could" and then go back, business as usual.

I for sure will not be back. I like RIF and it is the only way I browse. With RIF gone so too am I.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Oh, I fucking hate CEO's.

[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I can see subs being dark becoming a permanent thing, hopefully coders update reddit to html updater or similar tools to pull from archived zsv files.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (4 children)

There's a stupid question I have (c/NoStupidQuestions?)

What do mods gain from reopening the subs after two days, even if demands are not met? Are they gaining money or something? Perhaps the bigger ones.

[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Valid question. Hate to say this, but if most subs reopen after 2 days, we're essentially handing reddit bosses an easy win. It's like protesting with no terms, and instead merely creating a brief storm that'll pass and quickly be forgotten. Might as well throw eggs at a tank with that thinking.

The only way this protest works, is if subs stay dark with no deadline, and terms that must be met to end the standoff. That's how these things work. That's how it's always worked.

[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some subs have already decided to go indefinite. They are coordinating in r/ModCoord.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its hard to abandon a community that youโ€™ve spent years cultivating. No money involved at all, just emotional baggage really.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (7 children)

It's going to be an uphill battle and maybe even a siege. It's going to mean these sub-reddits are going to have to be dark for the foreseeable future if they want to make it painful for Spez and team.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

no wonder since most of the subs are only going offline for 2 days

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[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

They absolutely detest their userbase :(

[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What I don't get is who they're posturing for now.

They showed the developers that the game was fixed and there was no plan to negotiate in good faith.

They've shown the userbase they aren't responsive to strongly held concerns.

They've shown a potential IPO audience that they're capable of burning down the platform in record time and not even waiting until after they cashed out to do so.

They've shown everyone they don't even have the most basic understanding of corporate bullshit speak. It's not hard to put together "We hear your concerns and will assemble a committee of top minds who will proceed to ignore these concerns."

I guess they just want to say they didn't back down. That and $12.50 gets you a cup of coffee.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

Shame they killed it like this, but fuck 'm! First comment on Lemmy ๐Ÿ‘Œ

[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

Hey Lemmy gang. Just signed up after seeing this.

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll be interested to see if they try to keep the money happy by trying to kill porn on reddit. If they try that reddit would be in worse shape than Trump.

[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Worked out so great for Tumblr. But apparently the plan is to take all the worst ideas from the past couple years and speedrun 'em, so I wouldn't be surprised.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"Money rules everything around me" -The CEO of Reddit

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