Dan Gillmor

It's gratifying to see so many subreddit moderators participating in the blackout of a site run by deceitful, greedy people. But if the subreddits go dark only for two days, and then return as if that solves anything, they'll be empowering the deceitful, greedy people. The message will be lost, or worse, the opposite of what's intended.

Stay the course.

Jun 12, 2023 at 5:23amWeb
Show threadChris DrumgooleJun 12, 2023
@dangillmor Agreed. They should make it a few weeks!
Show threadKevin Lloyd Jun 12, 2023
@dangillmor Exactly right. They must ALL go dark until the changes are reverted. Anything less will be seen as performative and clearly mgmt is too power hungry to care about this protest.
Show threadMastodon MigrationJun 12, 2023

@dangillmor ...simple solution
Move to the Fediverse #RedditMigration

Sign up here:
kbin: https://fedia.io/register
Lemmy: https://infosec.pub/signup

These two instances are run by the same team as infosec.exchange so there is some confidence they can handle the surge of new users.

#lemmy #kbin #reddit

Register - Fedia

content aggregator and micro-blogging platform for the fediverse

Show threadRiaResistsJun 12, 2023
@dangillmor I just deleted my account. I never use it anyway.
Show threadJeremy (יעקב) 🇺🇦Jun 12, 2023

@dangillmor

It already happened with new.reddit. The administrators wavered with vague promises that they weren't gonna touch API and mostly support CSS-like features, then all the subs folded on just the words they knew were empty.

When they folded, they said (behind the scenes and some publicly) there was no point holding out longer since Admins might just replace them if they stayed blacked out.

Admins learned the lesson. Subs will come back online "for the users" and mods will move on.

Show threadMarinerJun 12, 2023

@dangillmor

Probably not noticeable, but I just deleted my reddit account.

As I did recently with my Twitter account a month or so ago.

#reddit #twitter

Show threadVirtuallyTeboJun 12, 2023
@dangillmor I did not realize exactly how much I relied on my favorite communities to solve problems. Reddit is a tool for me as much as a social experience. I would miss it if it goes away. Whereas Twitter and Facebook are just memories of an unhealthy relationships. I hope the CEO can unMusk himself.
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Jun 12, 2023
@dangillmor they should use this downtime to explore alternative to Reddit, because the Rich would rather destroy a thing then let us have some control over it. They'd burn the planet to the ground rather than let the People run it
Show threadShoq 🌿Jun 12, 2023
@dangillmor The good news is that this has educated a lot of redditors that they can migrate their communities to the Fedi fairly easily. I’ve worked on several threaded system, and I’m considering forking Kbin into a something even more discussion oriented. As adequate as they may seem to newbs, web-based forums are still a less-than-optimal UX, imo.
Show threadDavid LaFontaineJun 12, 2023
@shoq @dangillmor as long as the threads are hierarchical, and you can embed photos or other forms of media, it will do for now
Show threadShoq 🌿Jun 12, 2023
@dave @dangillmor Sure. but I’ve never been content with “for now.” I’m interested in what I call ESAP (Enhanced Shareability and Persistence). With due respect to all these young devs, so many of these “new tools” are actually quite dated in their approach. I always hated reddit, so cloning its core model just doesn’t excite me much.