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They gave a fight. If Reddit had just been silent, I bet most of the subs would be open now. Instead, Reddit has fought for every inch and in turn created an enemy to rally against. I was initially bummed and left to support the blackout and figured I'd just reduce my Reddit usage. With how nasty Reddit has acted though, I'm avoiding them as aggressively as possible now.
I had similar thoughts at the beginning. I initially planned to simply manage my Reddit addiction for 2 days (lol).
As the individual subreddits started talking about going black indefinitely, I began to change my mind. When I read the internal memo from spez saying “this will pass” and they demonstrated their complete unwillingness to negotiate, however, that was the end of Reddit for me.
I like your description of them as ‘nasty’ - it’s fitting.
It kinda looks like when governments pass a stupid law, people react negatively to it and then governments double and triple down with worst stuff.
For sure, I don't think they understand it.
The amazing communities of Reddit can recreate somewhere else - but that means Reddit will lose it's grip on aggregating the internet.
It's a good thing - it means that many communities will possibly go back where they should never have left (e.g. Manjaro forums is far more useful and less toxic than r/Manjaro).
What interests me more, though, is that once something gets posted on Reddit, it's instantly searchable - and that's an issue with Fediverse.
Insert "They came after gamers" copypasta here.
If only spez shut his mouth, Reddit would come out of this mess relatively unscathed. But no, he had to run his mouth like Elon Musk, but without an army of fanboys to back him up.