Reddit communities with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

Reddit’s CEO said he expects this blowup will pass eventually.

This was precisely the wrong thing for him to say if he wanted that to happen

Apparently the head mod of /r/Tumblr has already been forcibly demodded. A bit weird that Tumblr of all places has been the starting point.

Good. I really hope this causes a snowball effect. After spez (fuck spez) basically told all the moderators "fuck you" today, I'd say there is enough momentum to get at least a good half of the participating subs on board with an indefinite blackout. And with more moderators checking their inboxes and feeds tomorrow, "after the blackout," I anticipate seeing a second wave starting tomorrow and throughout the next week, as these mods return to reddit temporarily to coordinate.

KEEP IT GOING!!!

It was truly unexpected to see how large social networks find new and innovative ways to ride and accelerate their downfall.

From my perspective: - Facebook --> Cambridge Analytica fiasco - Twitter --> Elon was bluffing but Twitters Legal team forced him to proceed otherwise the SEC was already looking for blood and an excuse to make his life very difficult for all his previous shenanigans - Reddit --> already downhill since just before Ellen Pao nonetheless may I speculate that perhaps one or more of the larger shareholders/investors forced the current situation but Huffman underestimated and did not realize that the power users and pro bono moderators were entirely dependent on third-party apps.

Moreover, I exclusively used reddit through old.reddit.com I have no idea how current Reddit actually looks like nor do I care as it was unusable.

Sad to see great things go but life continues onward.

Imagine how differently this would have played out if Reddit CEO Steve Huffman had taken a collaborative approach with app developers and stake holders. A few months ago, he could have called them up and humbly asked them for ideas and assistance in making Reddit profitable. Reddit would be on path to financial success by now.

Lemmy is growing but we need to work to make easy to allow reddit mods to setup instances and fund them

Reddit declined to comment

I am guessing their comment would be something like, "FUCK!!!!!!"

Also there alot of bots going around Reddit saying the protest is not working and all the subreddit mods are going to be easily replaced, with who I don't know.

Stuff’s already starting to go back to public, I expect nothing to change for the better.

Cool, well the reason I'm here instead of on reddit is because of this. Last time I did this was when I found reddit after digg.

And reddit still don't give a shit. Just shows how much they care about the community.

Hey folks. Looks like I let this one get by so I'll leave it since there's already some discussion happening, but for the next few days please try to keep discussion of the Reddit situation in the megathread.

Cool that sites are reporting on it. Maybe that’ll add pressure.

I suspect we’re about to see a lot of mods lose their permissions. Reddit will allow some protest but not at the expense of investors getting spooked.

Ahead of the Tuesday post, more than 300 subreddits had committed to staying dark indefinitely, SpicyThunder335 said. The list included some hugely popular subreddits, like r/aww (more than 34 million subscribers), r/music (more than 32 million subscribers), and r/videos (more than 26 million subscribers). Even r/nba committed to an indefinite timeframe at arguably the most important time of the NBA season. But SpicyThunder335 invited moderators to share pledges to keep the protests going, and the commitments are rolling in.

A surprising amount of big names there. I figured it would be more obscure/niche subreddits like /r/TaylorSwift, /r/SpaghettiWesterns, or something like that

While I would expect the larger ones to see admin takeovers, I wonder how easy it will be recruit capable mods to police those large subs...

I hope the struggle continues until Reddit feels the pain to their bottom line.

The thing that worries me is if they do manage to get through this without losing anything significant, it’s only going to give them confidence to go further. How long before old.reddit.com goes? NSFW content?

As much as I do hope this helps, I'm afraid it won't change a thing: Like all blowups on Reddit, this one will pass as well." -Spez. Seem they will ride out this storm. This have to be permanent to make any changes at Reddit.

Don't underestimate the power of spite.

correct.

It will not pass until it is made right.

I guess Reddit has introduced free API calls for moderator apps. They're trying to placate the mods, but screw the users. Good luck with that.

The community literally has reddit by the balls, and are just gonna let go by ending to so early. Good thing at least some are permanently shutting down

good 💙

Zzzzzzz....fuck u/spez.

Couldn't the Admin team just force-open subs, at least the big ones?

Am I missing something? I mean they could just hire new mods.

I hope they don't, but spez isn't exactly known for being righteous

Hit them where it hurts the most!

I'm happy to find a place like Lemmy. It's good to have federated services that don't have to be at the beck and call of a group of heartless investors with the face of a petulant manchild like Spez.