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That one comment saying "the mods take it too seriously, they act like they get paid" How anyone could use that as an argument against the blackout is beyond me

they all have exactly the same tactics -

make some bullshit point that ignores the actual ideals behind the protest ignore any and all answers, just yelling that same bullshit point over and over again, keep on yelling to attempt to derail conversation get banned send modmail get muted

Frankly one of my favorite parts about the blackout - and opinions like this - is that Lemmy is going to end up being populated by people who have the capacity to think about others and form intelligent opinions. All of the people with this attitude will stay on reddit, which is what will ultimately kill it. I hope he stays.

Looks like a lot of the toxic boot-lickers will be staying on Reddit.

Reminder of how stupid and toxic some communities are

I think it's important to remember a lot of people participating in the blackout are still on a break from Reddit and aren't commenting on these kinds of posts.
Anyway, we did indeed "just find another app or website", so we're good.

As a mod, I've gotten: hate mail, death threats, and Reddit cares notifications for posting that we would be restricted indefinitely.

I do think the blackouts are pointless, but I absolutely do not support Reddit Inc. in any way.

What the moderators should do instead of blackouts, is to stop moderating and let all the major subreddits be overrun by spam and hatespeech. Good luck with your IPO and with finding advertisers after that. That would have been a much more effective way to communicate how valuable the volunteers at Reddit are.

I hope they do stay there. I don't want their drivel here. 🤷 If the main thing on their mind is being angry with the blackout, I can only imagine the content they would contribute to their communities anyway. 😵‍💫

Tbh it's like the Twitter migration. Anybody who actually cares has left and it's mostly dickheads that remains now.

To me the main reason for the protest is not 3rd party apps themselves, but the fact that when these are gone, they will have full control on user data (both personal and posts) and how its presented. Even if you just look at cat pictures, they can then potentially do stuff like feeding you with whatever post or idea they want/ get paid to promote. E.g. Youtube now sorts comments in the most convenient way to make you feel good and watch more videos when you scroll down, stuff like this it's scary to me...

It looks like a lot of ~~people~~ idiots think the blackout is pointless and support Reddit’s choice

These aren't real people. These are Bots.

Well that was a frustrating read. I don't get it. Why are people so okay with reddit treating them like garbage?

well we did find another app or website

I have to say imo it would be awesome if the "Rexxit" leads to a split between people interested in tech and ready for change and the "normies" that just want to see funny cat pictures. I am mightily impressed by the whole Lemmyverse and all the stuff one can do here.

The funny thing is, if reddit's app wasn't such a raging piece of garbage, I might have considered staying. But because it's such a putrid waste of space I literally just cannot use the site any more.

When RIF goes, so does reddit for me. I primarily use the site on my phone, so a good app is vital. And if none exists, then, well... What to do?

Then again, if it wasn't this, then I am sure they have removed old.reddit instead. And for the few times I am on my PC to look at reddit, I would not have been able to stomach it.

TLDR; the reddit app is genuinely an affront to all things sacred in the world.

99.9% of their userbase weren't even aware of third party apps, which frustrates me even more.

There are lots of corporate bootlickers coming out of the woodwork. I wouldn’t be surprised if they turn out to be Reddit employee sockpuppet accounts.

People on reddit say the blackout is pointless, but it brought awareness to reddit's shitty behavior towards its community. Of course the 2 day protest would not bring down reddit, but it showed they don't care about the community concerns by not changing their stance at all. Why would I continue using that site then? These recent events have made me feel like not using reddit anymore so I won't.

A lot of it is due to some lack of information, and a lot of news outlets only telling part of the story.

I was seeing stuff on CNBC, Reuters, and Louis Rossman and stuff on youtube talking about the protests, and everyone one of them leaves out critical information. Some people see it as moderators being upset about losing tools, others see it as third party app developers being upset about having to pay a fee to reddit. But they leave out that moderators are volunteers and arent paid to moderate, and would have to pay to be able to do so from a third party app. Or that reddit is asking for a ridiculous amount of money in less than a month for app developers to access their APIs. Overall theyll talk about a few points but miss on others.

It creates a lack of a sense of urgency or meaning to all this. "Regular people" think no one wants to pay reddit and get stuff for free, or that mods are power tripping.

But theres still 15 days before apps shut down and then people may change their tune once they cant access reddit using their favorite app of choice.

If losing third party apps ruins your reddit experience (oh no) just find another app or website.