• relyn@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I’m really dying to find out if this blackout continues past the first 48 hours and if it has any impact on their decision.

    It sort of doesn’t matter to me since the Apollo dev already said he wasn’t going to keep his app up due to how spez handled the whole situation.

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      1 year ago

      I hate to be a pessimist, but it’s not gonna work.

      Most big subs will reopen, and those that don’t will get their moderators replaced. The bulk of the user base is gonna switch to the official app and meme about how bad it is right on Reddit and get Reddit Gold for it.

      I’m still gonna stick to either Lemmy or Kbin. I like the smaller community here; it reminds me of Reddit’s olden days when everyone wasn’t a cynical asshole.

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        1 year ago

        I agree that it probably won’t work but I’m trying to be hopeful that people will see that there are other places to post content and interact with each other that don’t view us as cattle.

        I can’t stand the stock Reddit app and more importantly I think it’s disgusting the way Reddit has treated the Apollo dev so I won’t be going back regardless of what happens. If people go to lemmy or kbin or whatever other alternatives I’ll join but if not I guess I just won’t participate and this kind of content anymore.

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      1 year ago

      Apollo, Sync, RIF and others have all announced that they are closing permanently. Some of the big subs have done the same.

      I fully expect others to join. There were more subs that went dark by the end of yesterday than began the day!