It looks like a lot of people think the blackout is pointless and support Reddit's choice : reddit

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It looks like a lot of people think the blackout is pointless and support Reddit's choice (www.reddit.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by disney@lemmy.world to c/reddit@lemmy.ml

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https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/149cq9f/reddit_were_sorry/ (Full post)

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/149cq9f/comment/jo4gy94/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 (One comment)

"This is the most neckbeard thing I’ve ever seen in my life. Reddit is a business trying to make money, no shit they are going to get rid of third party apps eventually. Welcome to the real world. You are not being oppressed. This protest has zero effect on anything other than just inconveniencing users. If losing third party apps ruins your reddit experience (oh no) just find another app or website."

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/149cq9f/comment/jo4fs7t/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 (Another comment that got gold)

"This is absolutely stupid virtue signaling. It’s just a few power hungry mods pretending to add some meaning to their life so the other 99% can’t use the platform.

None of us regular people give a crap about the changes. Get over it."

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[–] count_smith@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

People on reddit say the blackout is pointless, but it brought awareness to reddit's shitty behavior towards its community. Of course the 2 day protest would not bring down reddit, but it showed they don't care about the community concerns by not changing their stance at all. Why would I continue using that site then? These recent events have made me feel like not using reddit anymore so I won't.

[–] fear@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The username of the commenter is so ironic. The guy who invented transcendental meditation did the same thing to meditation that spez did to reddit's API. TM is meditation's superfluous third nipple and heavily monetized. Anyone can meditate for free, but for it to be considered "transcendental", you must pay a certified teacher and learn through them. I guess some people just like it when people are charged for things unnecessarily.

[–] Levii@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

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[–] roofuskit@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Looks like a lot of the toxic boot-lickers will be staying on Reddit.

[–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fuck me those comments were hard to read. You know what, I don't think I'm going to miss Reddit much.

[–] BobVersionFour@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Reddit was already really toxic but with the blackout it's even worst all the one that was not for it are in victim mode right now.

Between toxic redditor toxic bot and all the repost i won't be missing reddit exept for some niche sub but im sure i can find forum for those

[–] SaucyGoodness@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The funny thing is, if reddit's app wasn't such a raging piece of garbage, I might have considered staying. But because it's such a putrid waste of space I literally just cannot use the site any more.

When RIF goes, so does reddit for me. I primarily use the site on my phone, so a good app is vital. And if none exists, then, well... What to do?

Then again, if it wasn't this, then I am sure they have removed old.reddit instead. And for the few times I am on my PC to look at reddit, I would not have been able to stomach it.

TLDR; the reddit app is genuinely an affront to all things sacred in the world.

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