Had the subs gone off for longer (2 weeks) or indefinitely, the risk of Google bots dropping links may have shaken things up more. Personally, I don’t see Reddit going anywhere. There frankly is not enough backing for a sustained enough period of time. Reddit knows tomorrow subs who joined for 2 days will re-open.

Reddit & Twitter going crazy only few months appart, and with this attitude they deserve to vanish in trashbin of internet history

Just migrated here from reddit. Don't plan on going back. That platform is done.

Well at least they'll be more "profitable" with so many less users coming to the site and using third party apps.

Glad I've found Lemmy.

Good, I hope it crashes and burns. They forgot their origins.

This is great news. I want federation

This kind of protest is meaningless, going back online after 48 hours? It's just a way for communities to feel good about themselves. The best way to protest is to delete the account / subreddit going offline indefinitely (although I doubt the effectiveness of this)

Yeah, at this point. All these big tech companies are succumbing to their greed.

Good that FOSS are being made to be the shelter for this wasteland that is big tech.

Ayo, fuck you spez!

just deleted my last account. fuck em lol

And that's why this is my first comment on lemmy! Just in case Reddit eats itself.

The disrespect that the average person gets from corporations these days is fucking unbelievable. This current thing with reddit is something especially BS. ALL of the work in the various subreddits were done by the community, supported by third-party apps ALSO built by the community.

Because they know that ultimately the layuser will stay on reddit. Super sad to see, but maybe if subreddits like r/movies stay dark indefinitely it may push them to make at least some changes to their current stance.

If not and they just swap moderators, the outcry might be pretty bad.

I'm sticking with lemmy then

Then my friend is truly dead.

My first post on lemmy! RIP Reddit and fuck you Pez.

Really curious to see how long the more popular subreddits will remain private. Surely the admin won't just turn them public again without having any mods, right? I kinda would love to see that dumpster fire.

Captain of the Titanic: "we're sticking to our course, despite the iceberg being dead ahead"

he is getting into Elon levels of denial

Bye, bitch!

There's a stupid question I have (c/NoStupidQuestions?)

What do mods gain from reopening the subs after two days, even if demands are not met? Are they gaining money or something? Perhaps the bigger ones.