What are the chances Reddit doesn’t give a shit and just waits it out. Only gonna last till the 14th anyways.

Some subs are going “indefinite” but Admins will just replace the mods.

WhitePeopleTwitter is doing a half-assed thing that doesn’t actually do anything.

And the big “news” ones that are 100% controlled by feds (news, worldnews, politics etc) are ignoring the blackout too. No polls, no discussions, nothing. Makes sense, too. Those the ones used to push Western propaganda. Can’t let some unpaid shmucks shut it down in “protest”.

  • 4zi [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    What’s the point in a protest that only lasts 3 days? And why are redditors doing this? Can’t imagine they give a fuck about 3rd party apps to care

    • cosecantphi [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Reddit has a storied history of replacing entire mod teams with hand picked stooges if they take protests too far on popular subreddits.

      So I suppose the mods have a vested interest in not being removed. It won't happen, but it'd be great if the moderators of big subs just fell on their swords en masse to force reddit to show its entire ass and start to get users really, really mad.

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      And why are redditors doing this? Can’t imagine they give a fuck about 3rd party apps to care

      It is supported by the reddit userbase because around half(Maybe more?) of the traffic to reddit is from mobile and the official reddit app sucks ass. Everyone uses either Apollo or Reddit Is Fun.

        • Awoo [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          Basically the only reason this is happening is because reddit want to kill these alternative apps because they want that traffic in their own app where they can serve ads. They made api access prohibitively expensive in order to kill third party apps.

          That's it really.

          And their app sucks fucking ass. Even Apple don't advertise the reddit app, Apple have used Apollo in official advertisements and presentations when accessing reddit.

          • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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            2 years ago

            Private property is so cool and good I love how it solves problems instead of creating them!

      • GaveUp [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Whoa, protesting and striking an entire week? That's wayyyyy too radical and extreme. What are we, a bunch of tankies?

    • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      If they can escalate with longer and longer strikes, then 3 days is a great shot across the bow