Out of curiosity before midnight, I’ve been lurking in incognito to see what subreddits appear and I saw WhitePeopleTwitter has a long post and is choosing to stay open.
WhitePeopleTwitter shows solidarity with the current protests on reddit against the fundamental changes to site architecture.
This moderated thread will remain open for everyone to comment in.
The comments that are in-favor of a real ‘blackout’ are being deleted.
I was even banned for commenting complicity. Interested to hear people’s takes. Anyone else face a similar story or think it’s justified?
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Support communities made the right call, IMO, by staying open.
Mental health crisis doesn’t wait.
I think we’re seeing the beginnings of what I call the “Reddit Schism”. Once the cats started appearing, it has become official. We are no longer redditors.
Our fruits have become soured, and have soured us, with the latest news from Reddit. Let us, the “lemons” move onto the welcoming arms of the federation!
This was very poetic, yet cult-like. 😂
What should our title be now? Lemmyors?
Yes, join the cult! Just kidding.
I kind of like the term “Lemons” because the general mood seems to be sour towards reddit from the recent migrants. However, even though lemons are sour, they add a lot of flavor and are a fundamental part of a lot of recipes
How about Lemmings?
How about the general term- Fedizens, that has been around for some time?
Aren’t lemming, fedizens, and reddit r/efugees referring to different specific groups of people?
It might be best to go with something that has more appeal. That’s part of why I went with lemon because it seemed catchy. Lemmings, unfortunately, has historically had a negative meaning. Fedizens is okay, but citizen might be better as it isn’t a portmaneau (new word combined from other words)
I dont think it should be forced on any community and furthermore it should not be on the shoulders of the moderators for those communities to uphold. People should be voting with their feet with or without a community going blackout/private. A LOT of people are ok with the changes to reddit and a lot of people dont even use a 3rd party app. If a community wants to stay up during the blackout because most of their users fall into those categories then they should be allowed to do so without being harassed.
Like with most things in life it’s a two way street and not as black and white as everyone makes it out to be.
Personally, im out. I’ve used sync pro/ultra for years and I HATE reddit’s official app. But my viewpoints dont represent the views of everyone else either and if those people are fine with it then they shouldnt be punished because of my views.
Thank you for this super measured response. I’ve plenty of reservations about reddit and am here for a reason, but end of the day I zoom out and think this is a pretty niche issue in a niche corner of the internet that’s not as morally evil/extreme as a lot of people make it out to be.
I think it’s totally appropriate for other people to have their own opinions, or even not care at all.
For example one of my most frequented subreddits, depressionregimens is still active. And I’m so glad they are. They are a really important resource when I (and lots of others) are feeling hopeless or even suicidal. I wouldn’t want someone who doesn’t know/care all this is happening, to go into that subreddit for help/info/support and then find it gone dark.
I hope they stay up because I really dont want those boring people here. That subreddit is funny for a full minute before you realize its just the same shit being over and over again. Its a groundhog day in that place.
And join the club. Im banned there and on a local sub. Only two places ive been banned in the 12 on Reddit.
Edit: before anyone thinks its the subjects I have a problem with, its not, I actually agree a lot with opinions on that sub, I just dislike their moderation and content format.
Short blurbs of captain obvious tweets arent what im looking for online. I would go to Twitter if I want to find the politics.
Doesn’t bother me if subreddits don’t want to protest. The whole point of an online community is that you can have groups with different opinions, needs, etc. Nobody is forcing them to go dark.
Eh… To each their own. Reddit isn’t going away. Many of us may not go back, but there are people who will stay. As long as there’s a thriving community over here it’s all good.
WhitePeopleTwitter shows solidarity with the current protests on reddit against the fundamental changes to site architecture.
This moderated thread will remain open for everyone to comment in.
The second sentence contradicts the first; this gesture is about as useless as “thoughts and prayers.”
I feel like everyone needs to get together and protest by going dark. It’s not just about people using a third party because it makes them happy. There are real issues with how Reddit is handling itself and their lack of accessibility features is deplorable. I know they said they’re going to offer exemptions to apps that do accessibility but I have no hope they mean it.
I think it depends on the subreddit, honestly. For example, subreddits for mental health support (think r/depression, r/antidepressants, r/anxiety, etc.) should probably stay open since many would agree that supporting mental health is more important than protesting Reddit’s API changes.
Then there are subs like r/sysadmin. On the one hand, it’d make sense for them to shutdown since they’re a pretty tech-savvy group. On the other hand, since this sub is one of the first places sysadmins get information regarding security advisories, for example, it’s arguably also important enough to stay open.
Meme subs should probably go dark, though.
I mean they’re not required to and maybe they are fine with the changes.
In general, I can understand not wanting to join the protest, and I think I understand Reddit’s reasons for their changes (though they’ve done a shit job of communicating them).
In this specific case of r/WhitePeopleTwitter, it looks like the mods are just being dicks.
it looks like the mods are just being dicks.
Business as usual, apparently. I once received an automod notice that I didn’t have enough karma points to post a link. (At that point I had accumulated many karma points, but not in that sub.)
So I messaged the mods and asked what the minimum was, since it wasn’t stated anywhere in the rules. The reply? “Sorry, we can’t disclose that.” Wait, what?
