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Disconcerting responses on Reddit over blackout (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Skyraptor7@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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Apologies if this is the wrong place for this. A few subs opened up and were discussing the possibility of extending the blackouts. The majority wanted the blackout to end to keep the influx of content. That was to be expected.

There was a disturbing tone in some of the messages though. It was a form of cynicism essentially backing Reddit to do whatever it wanted to the devs, and that it was wrong to protest the rule changes as we should be okay with whatever Reddit wanted. It was almost like learned helplessness. I genuinely found it to be disturbing. Is anyone else noticing this in their communities/subs?

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[-] Glunkbor@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

I have witnessed these bad responses on different soccer-related threads as well. They all behave like junkies who really need their fix of reddit desperately that they get toxic against those who protest and dare to take their precious fix away. A bunch of "no one cares, trust me bro"-responses, mods get attacked for having too much power. It's sad really how addicted they are to reddit. I personally hope most, if not all the subs that went dark will do so indefinitely. Might be good for the mental health of those who are dramatically addicted as well.

[-] AMindForeverVoyaging@lemmy.fmhy.ml 18 points 1 year ago

“No one cares, trust me bro”…until their dealer (corporate Reddit) decides to start charging for their fix, or else nukes their favorite subreddit to make the whole place more investor-friendly. Then, it will be “HOW DARE THEY???”

[-] Glunkbor@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it's embarrassing how shortsighted these people are. Reddit will be an absolute mess riddled with ads in the near future, especially when they force mobile browser users into the app and I would not put it past Spez to disallow adblockers being used on their website as well. Then you get spammed with ads unless you buy Reddit premium, which surely will rise in price as well. And then it will be too late to protest. So silly to not see the direction that reddit is taking and to complain about protests now.

[-] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

Most of us have been seeing it for years but failed attempts like voat were discouraging. The type of users they decided to alienate this time was their greatest error. Don't fuck with the mods and the app devs lmao... that's why this exodus is like the absolute opposite of voat.