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Watch Reddit go dark: A website that updates live 24/7 (reddark.untone.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by 0485919158191@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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[-] PC509@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Nice seeing so many of those that I visit often are dark. Before the blackout, there was talk of if they should go permanently. But, those discussions will happen after things go back. With Spez being a dipshit about it still, I'm thinking several of them will leave Reddit forever. I'm good with it.

[-] rjd@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 year ago

I've taken my subs down for the couple of days as a starting point. Not sure I plan to bring them back up until there is change but we'll see what happens

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[-] Kissing_Ash@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

So are subreddits still planning to stay shut for only 2 days or are we extending that? Because 2 days does not seem enough for this.

[-] 0485919158191@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A lot of subreddits will stay closed indefinitely.

[-] mtnwolf@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I feel this won't happen. If big subs continue to be dark too long, the reddit admins would simply remove the hostile volunteer mods and reopen the subs. The mods are used to being gods of their little domains. If they cross the line, they will be reminded that they own nothing. They can obey reddit or they can be replaced.

That is what I see in the future for any mods that try to hold subs hostage indefinitely.

[-] NotYourSocialWorker@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

A possible problem is that they would be forced to find new volunteers to run them. While I bet there's many who want to be "gods" I bet it's harder to find people who can do it well enough to run a 10+ million forum. Especially hamstringed by reddits lack of modtools.

So sure, Reddit can remove the mods and do it multiple times but it will continuously lead to a worse experience and sooner or later an unacceptable amount of spam, hate and CP will cause the advertisers to pull their ads.

[-] taj@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

This is absolutely true. There are often calls for 'anyone want to mod' on even smaller subs... and you know, it sounds fun to a lot of folks at first. But if you've ever actualy been a mod, even of a smaller community online? It loses its appeal very quickly.

[-] wbgraphic@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Real-world equivalent: “You should run for HOA President!”

[-] taj@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Or, union president. Or pto president. Or fucking president of anything else that's volunteer run. Just. No. Some things aren't worth it.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I am curious how much time you would say a mod spends a day modding

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[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I'd like to see the mods wipe the subs on their way out if reddit continues to ignore the community.

[-] Dick_Justice@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sadly, I think you're right. And with the wild number of bootlickers out there, they'll be able to find new mods for those subs in a matter of minutes.

Edit: which will be hilarious since all the good mod tools are 3rd party 😂😂😂

[-] hydra@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

these subs will turn into dumpsters due to lack of moderation and people hopefully will leave

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[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I think at least some are waiting to see how reddit responds but I'm guessing they will continue to ignore the community and carry on with their bullshit

[-] pyeri@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Two major subs called /r/technology and /r/programming just went dark. This seems to have reached great levels now considering that CEO /u/spez himself is a senior mod on /r/programming sub.

At this point, I think the most visited and interesting subs are already down on reddit, love to hear any exceptions which are still up and running.

[-] rbits@lemmy.fmhy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

AskReddit is still up, despite the number of posts I've seen on the subreddit asking for it to join.

[-] pyeri@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also /r/technology and /r/programming went dark only after lot's of pressure from all sides and other subs.

[-] rbits@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Surprised r/programming went dark, considering its got multiple admins moderating it. I didn't think they would, and they didn't mention anything before I left

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[-] GingerNeko@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wow, you can't even login to reddit to check what subs are black now. Must be getting hammered to death...

[-] Sprawl@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Don’t even want to login to give them a hit.

[-] wowbyowen@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Same

[-] Aetina@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Unexpected attack on reddit? Hopefully it just makes the admins more butthurt that their userbase rejects their choices, but also, hopefully the subs that did stay open (to help people, like r ukraine or self help subs) aren't interrupted too much...

[-] 15Redstones@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

I can open r/ukraine on RIF. 3rd party apps still work.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Ironic.

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[-] AnagrammadiCodeina@feddit.it 15 points 1 year ago

I'm pissed about r/pcmasterrace not protesting. Anyone knows why?

[-] ultimate_question@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

in general I would assume any subs not participating are run by mods who value their mod status more than the quality of their community

[-] notun@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Because the only people left there are the ones that forgot it was a joke.

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[-] catlover@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Would be nice to see a graph over time

[-] heliumlake@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

The amount of dark subreddits is wild. I'm pessimistic that this will create any meaningful change on the platform, but really hoping either way that alternatives not backed by corporations will grow and compete.

[-] Rezex@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

If nothing else its forced people to consider the need for an alternative and to open their eyes to places like Tilde/Lemmy/Kbin/etc. It may not be much now, but over time if reddit continues it's shitty behaviour and people now know these alternatives exist, more and more people can move over.

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[-] FreezingInFuckingHell@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Holy shit over 2.5 billion combined subscribers. I've also been seeing quite a few people deleting their accounts, myself included.

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[-] Mutisi0n@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

8 years, 11 months.

I'm going dark in solidarity. 100 minutes to go in my time zone.

Goodbye, u/mutisi0n. Goodbye, Reddit. It's been real.

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[-] matt@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I decided to check the front page (as in /r/popular, what people see by default) out of morbid curiosity since most of Reddit has gone dark now, and honestly it’s like nothing has changed for the casual user.

The biggest subs with the most traffic haven’t gone dark at all, and all the same posts and popular stuff still fill the front page, so for many people I suspect they’re not even going to feel this, but maybe it’s a bit too premature to be making this conclusion, let’s see what happens.

EDIT: I was somewhat premature with this post, even /r/popular is pretty barren as things move nowhere near as fast. That being said, it's disappointing to see how much is still open, and how some subreddits (such as /r/pcmasterrace) are clearly missing the point by allowing "certain posts".

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 6 points 1 year ago

same posts and popular stuff

I don't know if you've noticed, but all the top post from today and yesterday are reposts of previous top posts. More so than usual. I might have tightened my tinfoil a bit too much, but it think the Reddit staff is busy posting popular posts to make it appear alive to oblivious and new users.