Let’s fucking go. So proud to see #reddit unite to preserve third party apps. Over 2/3s of public subreddits are dark, including dozens of the largest and most popular communities. Reddit is a platform built by its community, and the community is fighting back.
Honestly, the #RedditBlackout should be indefinite. Only going dark for 2 days sends a powerful message, but going dark indefinitely kills Reddit. That would be the real power move. Right now, Reddit knows these communities and their users will be back in a few days. Making it last until Reddit reversed course means they don’t have a choice: reverse course or the company implodes as the site dies.
One of the fascinating things to me about the HN discussion on the Reddit strike is the extent to which a community that's normally extremely pro-capital can suddenly see not only the problems with worker exploitation but the validity of collective action to fight against executive greed.
"On June 12th Reddit is facing a “blackout”: Moderators protesting Reddit’s recently announced API pricing. But it also raises a bigger question about where social media platforms are going.." #redditblackout#reddit#socialmedia
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