Apologies if this is the wrong place for this. A few subs opened up and were discussing the possibility of extending the blackouts. The majority wanted the blackout to end to keep the influx of content. That was to be expected.

There was a disturbing tone in some of the messages though. It was a form of cynicism essentially backing Reddit to do whatever it wanted to the devs, and that it was wrong to protest the rule changes as we should be okay with whatever Reddit wanted. It was almost like learned helplessness. I genuinely found it to be disturbing. Is anyone else noticing this in their communities/subs?

  • Muddybulldog@mylemmy.winEnglish
    33·
    2 years ago

    “Most” people are going to be annoyed, more than anything. While extremely tech-savvy, my brother isn’t an avid Redditor… only ends up there for one or two niche things or when a Google search gets him there. All of a sudden he can’t get there and doesn’t really understand why. Even reading the various synopsis doesn’t make it particularly clear to a newcomer. Once I explained what was going on an answered a few questions he got it, but he’s still irritated by the fact that he knows there an answer behind that locked sub that he needs.

    Those of us who have arrived thus far are not “most people”.

    • mim@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      39·
      2 years ago

      I believe R/datahoarder was working overtime to back up everything. The amount of knowledge stored on reddit on all sorts of topics is very valuable. It’s a shame to let it die if Reddit ever goes bankrupt.

      • jcg@halubilo.socialEnglish
        12·
        2 years ago

        Those guys are exactly the kinds of people who should be on the fediverse, honestly. Running a Lemmy instance, even not participating but just letting it accumulate.

      • OrangeSlice@lemmy.mlEnglish
        12·
        2 years ago

        It was a mistake (though natural) to trust Reddit with all that knowledge in the first place.

    • Mewtwo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      The last few days I have been learning specific things about my hobby. Of course, when googling questions the answer is on Reddit as the top result. So from am outsiders perspective the blackout was annoying.