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1. Sander van Kasteel (suitedupdev@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Jun-2023 18:52:49 JST Sander van Kasteel

   The blackout at #Reddit continues.

   /r/aww , /r/music, /r/videos and /r/futurology and many others #subreddits are continuing to blackout.

   https://old.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/148ks6u/indefinite_blackout_next_steps_polling_your/

   I wonder how we will look at these events in a 6 months or heck, even a year from now. Will this basically be the end of VC-funded social media companies ? 🤔

   • ringo (ringo@talk-here.com)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Jun-2023 18:52:42 JST ringo

     in reply to

     • tyil
     @tyil @SuitedUpDev
     
     i agree with everything you said there.
     
     i've never really found much utility in it, I grew up in the "linux program name config howto" or reading manpages, era myself.
     
     by the time reddit came along I was too busy to even notice it was there, and didn't even know it existed, until 2016, minus having heard it mentioned once or twice when I lived in san francisco, or shortly thereafter.
   • tyil (tyil@fedi.tyil.nl)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Jun-2023 18:52:44 JST tyil

     in reply to

     • ringo

     @ringo@talk-here.com @SuitedUpDev@mastodon.online I found a reddit search result for /r/AMD and tried to see itImagine how much QA information will be lost to time because #Reddit wanted to make a quick dime at any cost. Its sad, but we all knew this would happen eventually. Its a proprietary platform, they couldn't care less about their users or how much damage they cause, they care only about the short-term profits when it comes down to it.i've never liked redditI have used it plenty when I was younger, mistakes were definitely made. But as time went on, all the fun was banned, "powermods" threw their tantrums, and honest discussion got downvoted. The site encourages group-think with its voting system, and strongly punishes honesty and curiosity. Its the exact opposite of how a healthy society should operate, in my opinion.

     Machismo repeated this.
   • ringo (ringo@talk-here.com)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Jun-2023 18:52:46 JST ringo

     in reply to

     • tyil
     @tyil @SuitedUpDev
     
     I only noticed when I found a reddit search result for /r/AMD and tried to see it, (as a last resort mind you).
     
     i said oh hm that wasnt private the other day. weird.
     
     i've never liked reddit, not ever. would be great if it went away, but other than that i've nothing about it to say :)
   • tyil (tyil@fedi.tyil.nl)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Jun-2023 18:52:48 JST tyil

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     @SuitedUpDev@mastodon.online I have yet to notice anything about their "blackout". Life is good when you have more to do than browse #Reddit all day.