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?

  • @mimEnglish
    42•1 year ago

    I believe R/datahoarder was working overtime to back up everything. The amount of knowledge stored on reddit on all sorts of topics is very valuable. It’s a shame to let it die if Reddit ever goes bankrupt.

    • OrangeSliceEnglish
      12•1 year ago

      It was a mistake (though natural) to trust Reddit with all that knowledge in the first place.

    • @jcg@halubilo.socialEnglish
      11•1 year ago

      Those guys are exactly the kinds of people who should be on the fediverse, honestly. Running a Lemmy instance, even not participating but just letting it accumulate.