Aeonx, 11 months ago

@astrelion did it fail? Because of the protests I learned more about the fediverse and defected here, reddit is dead to me now.

astrelion, 11 months ago

@Aeonx I mostly mean fail as in its not going to get Reddit to change its terms

OSS and fedi awareness is good, but still sad to need a platform to turn toxic

potpie, 11 months ago

@astrelion @Aeonx it's sad because the protest is really trying to save Reddit from itself. Its failure means that anyone who cares will defect to the Fediverse (me) and the Reddit that survives will just deteriorate into a chaotic hellscape of Nazis, bots, and trolls.

Aeonx, 11 months ago

@astrelion yeah, I know what you mean. I was just hoping it hadn't failed yet. :( @potpie man that so true, what a huge bummer :(

evilgardengnome, 11 months ago

@astrelion
It's been made abundantly clear Reddit was never going to give in. Indefinite or otherwise. The company is committed to its own bullshit.
@Aeonx

astrelion, 11 months ago

@evilgardengnome @Aeonx maybe had a chance if indefinite, it was awesome to see so many subreddits (and seemingly widespread support) do a blackout but it just was never going to be enough being only 48 hours :/

evilgardengnome, 11 months ago

@astrelion
Well, we'll not know for sure. I can say it would have harmed the communities. For a lot of people, those subreddits are a major lifeline, and having them go dark (while important) was very hard and some didn't at all for compassionate reasons.

I know personally, as I shared here: https://mastodon.social/@evilgardengnome/110532852826198236

@Aeonx

astrelion, 11 months ago

@evilgardengnome @Aeonx yeah, I think even read-only for some communities would be nice since there is a metric ton of information on Reddit

Hopefully some communities at least branch out elsewhere