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Description: A new sticky post on the 196 subreddit with a poll to decide whether the subreddit should reopen.

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[โ€“] RagTheMan@beehaw.org 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What was the point of the boycott then?

[โ€“] Kes@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 years ago

It created a mass exodus of users, especially active ones who post content, who have founded communities elsewhere. Lemmy exists, and for a lot of users Lemmy has completely replaced their reddit addiction. Though subreddits reopen, the quality of content has gotten significantly worse, and for users fed up with Reddit, they now have a viable alternative to go to