Reddit is facing an ongoing blackout from some of its most active users after it revealed plans to charge some third-party apps for data access. But despite thousands of communities within the online discussion network going dark this week, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman told The Associated Press the company is not changing course. Reddit’s response to the blackout has fueled further outrage among protest organizers, who accuse the company of trying to remove moderators of subreddits who are protesting. Reddit says it is simply enforcing its code of conduct. Reddit’s changes to its data access coincide with the San Francisco-based company's reported plans to go public later this year.
As they say, the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. I don’t hate Reddit anymore. I simply don’t care what goes on there. I don’t even care if the blackout continues or ends. If more people migrate out of Reddit to fediverse, great. If not, still great, because Lemmy already has sustainable number of users for a more gradual growth. I just hope Lemmy keeps getting better. Whether that is at the cost of Reddit or not doesn’t matter to me anymore.
This is where I’m at too. I explored this because reddit went to crap, liked it, and don’t really have a reason to go back. The user base has clearly expanded and if it just continues a bit (even at reduced rate) I feel like I’m still in a great spot.