Hey guys, first post here :)
Just saw this video and wanted to share it with you. Found it very interesting and I think this is a good recap of what went wrong with the strikes. Honestly, I’m kinda glad that things went this way, because it gives the opportunity for the Fediverse to grow even more.
What do you all think?
I saw that video on YT a couple of days ago and I didn’t like it, it’s too extreme IMO and doesn’t really do justice to everything that’s happening.
I’m not a mod, just a user, but I used reddit for many years so there are a few things I can understand nonetheless.
First about the blackout: it’s true that only 2 days don’t do much but it was probably the only way to get such a massive participation, if it was indefinite from the start, it’s possible many big subs wouldn’t have joined, why I don’t know, but that’s how reddit works.
The blackout has been immensely useful nonetheless, it made many people aware of alternatives and it’s the reason why lemmy and kbin are growing so much. It also sent spez in panic mode, regardless of him swearing it was just a noise, we crashed the platform after all.
About subs reopening, it’s not all of them, the guy making the video cherrypicked probably the most pathetic post he could find about it and used it to categorize every other mod, that’s not the way to go IMO, they’re not all the same.
It’s possible that a few mods are making reddit their purpose in life, but most of them have a meaningful life, a full-time job, a family, and moderate on reddit on their free time because they enjoy a good community and exchange of knowledge, saying they’re all like losers in a basement is highly unfair because it’s not true.
There are still people on reddit fighting the good fight, it doesn’t mean they’re not planning to move away, several mods are making plans on discord AFAIK, and it takes time to organize a community, especially if big.
But the main thing the guy of the video is not getting, in my opinion, is that the purpose now is not to make reddit change their mind about the API, because they won’t, the purpose is to hit reddit in their wallet, damaging ad revenues and possibly the IPO, those still protesting on reddit are doing this exceptionally well.
Thanks for your comment. Very insightful indeed.
I agree with you when you say that not all mods are the same. However I do believe this kind of behavior from these “bad mods” reopening their subreddits not to lose their mod status was pathetic. To give up so easily on something so important for the future of the platform. It just doesn’t make much sense to me.
I do appreciate the mods and users that continue to fight. I know there are some good mods trying to change things around and I support their fight. But unfortunately I won’t be there to see the result of their fight. I hope they succeed and make Reddit realize that is not going anywhere without their user base and not everything in life can be about making more money.