Dan GillmorJun 14, 2023

After Reddit's beyond-arrogant CEO dismissed the subreddit blackout as just posturing, moderators of discussions extended the blackout. This is the only sensible response to the company's contempt.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759674/reddit-mods-blackout-protest-extended-indefinitely

Please stay the course.

For my part, I'm canceling my Reddit account and looking at decentralized alternatives.

Reddit communities with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

Moderators of many Reddit communities are pledging to keep their subreddits private or restricted indefinitely. In response to a Tuesday post on the r/ModCoord subreddit, users are chiming in to say that their subreddits will remain dark past Wednesday.

The Verge
Show threadRejZoRJun 15, 2023
@dangillmor I've decided not to use Reddit entirely until shit with API is resolved. If not I'll just stop using it entirely. Did so with Facebook, Twitter and many forums, might do it again.
Show threadraulv
@rejzor @dangillmor I'm in the same bucket. My post on one subreddit was the top of the month for that place just a day before the blackout. I have no idea with who they want to keep that platform alive if all their mods and active posters are leaving
Jun 15, 2023 at 5:14amMastodon for iOS
Show threadRejZoRJun 15, 2023
@raulv98 @dangillmor There is speculation they'll (Reddit) just remove the mods in biggest subs and reinstate their own and have them open again. Which is a likely scenario. I just wonder who's going to moderate it and when word will come out everything will just go to shit. If they think everything will be back to old are gravely mistaken.
Show threadraulvJun 15, 2023
@rejzor @dangillmor well good luck with that. I've read somewhere that Facebook pays something like 1mil people from India to moderate their content, whereas reddit was moderated for free