It’s going to be a lot harder to pull off massive protests.

It’s not like they couldn’t put a stop to blackouts before, as seen with the third-party app fiasco, but Reddit has now made that tactic entirely impossible. Mods will now need to get permission from Reddit admins before they can make a sub private. Makes me wonder if they’re about to do something controversial again soon.

  • samwise@beehaw.org
    35·
    3 months ago

    What remains as methods of protest after this?

    Deleting your account and leaving the site. Reddit clearly doesn’t care about the users, and hasn’t for a very, very long time. Remaining there justifies their actions.

    • Lad@reddthat.com
      28·
      3 months ago

      I remember a couple of people on Reddit smugly saying I’d be back soon after I talked about leaving during the third party app shitshow.

      I’ve never went back, so eat a bag of dicks random Reddit users!

      • Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org
        4·
        3 months ago

        Same. There’s been a few times I’ve needed info from reddit subs, but I’ve never interacted since. I miss some of the activity in the more niche subreddits, but I’m more productive with my time now so I guess that’s good lol