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Reddit to lay off about 5% of workforce
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this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2023
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Hopefully if the 2-day blackout is unsuccessful they'll extend it or plan more blackouts.
I'd imagine so... it makes sense to me to start with 2 days, and then go from there, rather than starting with the "nuclear" option.
Does Reddit have the power to un-blackout the subreddits? I.e. Overrule the mods and open things up? I feel like, as in most cases, there are a modest sized group of high caring individuals that will reject/boycott/cancel reddit, but the majority of users, casual and the ones that make reddit their life, will just continue on, only slightly inconvenienced.
If they hijack the subs and revive them without the mods then they're going to have a very hard time weeding out the troll content that will inevitably flood in from disgruntled users who want to see it burn down. Good luck selling ad space when every second post is 4chan-esque rants about niggerfags.
Hey, I don't think you were trying to be hurtful with this comment, but slurs - even when not directed at a user - don't really have a place in the type of community that we're trying to cultivate here.