We should move. Even if we did a longer blackout, the admins can just replace the mods of the bigger subs and ignore the smaller ones. Even if the blackout is effective, they will pull something like this again.

I've lost trust in them. I'm not going back except maybe for information if I really need to.

This is why I'm hoping people stay even after the blackout. Lemmy has potential but a big part of it is the community. I already like it here and I've seen it grow despite being here for only a week. It's honestly amazing to watch.

It's over. Reddit is done. Lemmy has porn now. Lol. Jk.

I completely agree. Reddit has shown no indication of backing down. They will just wait for it to finish if the lockdown is as short as ~48 hours. If a major/big sub goes on lockdown indefinitely, they'll open it and replace the mods. I'm pretty sure there are tons of people out there willing to mod a big subreddit like r/videos for one reason or another. The reddit of the digg migration era is gone. It's just corporate reddit now.

Or when you comment something and you get a rain of downvotes without even one person saying why they downvoted you.

Yeah, I sometimes have stupid opinions. But how will I know why it's stupid if all y'all do is downvote me? People here are very different and would actually talk to you and explain stuff. This is mainly why I'm much more active here.

Gonna be a spam fest there for a while if they replace the present mods to open the sub forcibly.

I don't think anyone who understands the issue is complaining about them monetising. People know it costs a ton to maintain the infrastructure. That's not the point.

• people don't mind TPAs are billed, but the pricing is a thinly veiled attempt at pretending that they don't want to completely eliminate TPAs. People would have been fine if the pricing is reasonable. They don't like it when you try to pull a fast one over them.
• their own application is bad. There's no way around it. From accessibility to mod tools.
• they have promised to focus on the above points for years now, and there's still almost no improvement. People don't trust them anymore.
• spez's recent comments against the Apollo dev are blatant lies and it only fuelled the outrage. Unfortunately for him, the Apollo dev legally recorded the conversation.
• they do own the data, but it's still the users who create them. If you treat the people who create content for you like trash, expect backlash. This happens on many private companies, not only reddit.

There's more, but I'm out right now so I can't focus much. Basically, if your content is from the users, you should take care of the users and people running your site.

Someone should ask him which reddit alternative will he jump ship to when reddit starts dying. Lol.

This'll be one of the worst AMAs after the James Corden one. Lmao. He'll get crucified.

Edit: or maybe he'll just edit the questions/comments of users before answering.

We were given a sort of a survey in the Joey app asking what's the max we're willing to pay monthly for a subscription. I haven't seen any post from the dev yet. But I'm pessimistic it'll continue since it seems from reddit comments that Joey users are in the minority. I doubt even a subscription fee for its users can save it.

Did they communicate with you about your ban? Or removed your posts?

Imho they should start migrating. Maybe not now or immediately, but gradually. Reddit has shown its hand. I don't think they'll go back to their roots in the foreseeable future.