Lee DunaJul 13, 2023

/r/AccidentalRenaissance moderators have all resigned. The subreddit has permanently shut down and moved to Lemmy.

https://lemmy.nz/post/379273

/r/AccidentalRenaissance moderators have all resigned. The subreddit has permanently shut down and moved to Lemmy. - Lemmy NZ

> AccidentalRenaissance has no active moderators due to Reddit’s unprecedented API changes, and has thus been privated to prevent vandalism. > >Resignation letters: > >Openminded_Skeptic - https://imgur.com/a/WwzQcac [https://imgur.com/a/WwzQcac] > >VoltasPistol - https://imgur.com/a/lnHSM4n [https://imgur.com/a/lnHSM4n] > >We welcome you to join us in our new homes: > >https://kbin.social/m/AccidentalRenaissance [https://kbin.social/m/AccidentalRenaissance] > >https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/accidentalrenaissance [https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/accidentalrenaissance] > >Thank you for all your support! Original post from r/ModCoord

Show threadFlying SquidJul 13, 2023
This is the sort of action I love to see. Reddit thinks they own the moderators who are working for free. They wan slaves. Fuck them.
Show threadPumpkinbotJul 13, 2023

From the very start, ever subreddit should have challenged Reddit and called their bluff. Go ahead, replace the mods for thousands of subreddits. If a few dozen are changed, that’s no problem. Whatever. But thousands? Good luck.

The whole protest seemed so half-hearted from the start. You don’t go on strike with a set end-date in mind. You go on strike indefinitely until demands are met or a satisfactory compromise is made.

Show threadOwenEverbinde

I will say that the short blackout was enough to get me onto the Fediverse. I didn’t even use the apps that would be affected by the API shutdown, so I never would have noticed the controversy without the blackout.

But once the blackout was announced, I recognized how far reddit was going to harvest its users’ data. And after that point, I just didn’t feel good on the site anymore. (Granted, I first created an account on Mastodon because the people calling for blackouts never mentioned Lemmy. But still!)

Between Facebook’s notification system repeatedly failing to direct me to comment replies, Twitter DDoSing itself, and reddit turning into the Eye of Sauron (which, again, I would not have even noticed happening were it not for the short protest), it seemed like the perfect time to exit the sinking ship of corporate social media.

Meaning they did something. Maybe they didn’t avert the reddit apocalypse, but they still did something.

Jul 13, 2023 at 5:50pmWeb
Show threadreevJul 13, 2023
When the blackouts started no one had a clue which of the alternatives would stand out as a viable option.
Show threadGriffinClawJul 14, 2023

True, but it got people (eg me) started on actually looking for alternatives.

Not being very tech savvy, the reddit summaries post backout helped alot too.

Show threadKikkertjeJul 14, 2023
Same. Investigated why there was a blackout, found out Reddit was screwing over RIF in a big way and felt disgusted enough to look for Reddit alternatives. Here we are!