• fcuks@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I feel reddit corp still dgaf and when the majority of subreddits are back then the blackouts will be but a memory…

    For me personally - I gaf, so I deleted my 12YO reddit account, wiped my comments and now going to be a lemmy & mastodon main.

    I think that the fediverse will continue to grow nicely, especially as existing reddit apps start to point to lemmy as a backend. Also places like tildes.net will grow nicely as the reddit is fun app dev has stated he’s building an app for it.

    They’ll no doubt survive, but Reddit really fucked their monopoly with how this was handled.

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    1 year ago

    The Reddit blackout got me to delete my 12 1/2 year old account. Then I jumped into Lemmy to give it a try and I really like the potential. Spez has made a bad error in judgement basically to fill his wallet. The platform was built by a community and should be owned by that same community.

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      1 year ago

      Did the same for my 2 accounts, 8 and 12 years old. Really hope spez will regret his decision but I’m not very hopeful.

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    1 year ago

    I’m considering the blackout to be like massive natural disasters: most leave, some stay behind, some people come back periodically but it’s never the same.

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      1 year ago

      I think the biggest impact is if we all delete our accounts, comments and content. Leaving half of Reddit threads filled with [removed] comments and dead Links.

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        1 year ago

        Yes, I have multiple accounts, some of which are over a decade old. I am getting ready to delete all my old accounts in the next day or so, but I will keep one of my newer accounts as a backup incase they back down.

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      1 year ago

      I really appreciate how reasonable (IMO) the demands are in the stickied comment in that thread.

      Honestly it would be a good business move to accept those terms exactly as presented in that stickied comment. Nothing unreasonable is being suggested there.