I could not agree with you more. I don’t feel like 48 hours is long enough. I woke up this morning and thought, “I can use Reddit again…wait why? Fuck Reddit they’re assholes.” And then proceeded to jump onto Lemmy and kBin hahaha. Peace out Reddit.
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The problem is that people on here are complaining about people creating alternatives to their old subreddits so people either stay on Reddit or miss out. Make up your mind, peeps.
Does it really matter? I feel like as long as we have a good community here or somewhere else in the fediverse, what Reddit does or does not do is irrelevant. The main problem was we didn’t like their policies and there wasn’t anywhere else to go with a decent sized community.
I personally think you should message them if you think it will make you feel better, but I wouldn't expect anything to come of it. I assume the mods are aware of the implications of their actions and are choosing to reopen with that impact in mind.
In my opinion, reddit was an interesting experiment 10-15 years ago that grew stagnant and somewhat boring. The people running it have chosen, with intention, to make the site as suitable as possible for their financial goals. I don't like it, but it's their right to do so. The issues which have recently boiled over were always present, and I just don't think you can put the Shit Genie back in the bottle RandyBoBandy.
Reddit will lumber on, it will probably go right behind Facebook and many users will continue to use it. The more creative users will likely flock to platforms like this and create something new that will take a longer period of time to go through a similar cycle.
I may leave my account intact over there. Maybe I'll occasionally pop over to see if it still works like I do on fark.
I think the fun part of reddit is over.
“I think the fun part of reddit is over.” Upvoted until I saw this, and had to comment to say you are absolutely right. Reddit will live on for now but the fun times feel over.
I think one of the big problems is that the mods are just as 'addicted' to reddit as the users are. The mods don't want to lose their community. If it's not for all the work that went into it and the joy they get out of it or for providing a community for a niche group, it's for the 'powertrip' of being a mod.
So it's also a case of selfdiscipline. Are they able to restrict themselves.
If you have to ask then you're probably fighting a losing battle. I'd focus more energy on making kbin (or Lemmy) a viable alternative. Post content that people want to see. If you are a dev contribute to open source.
I'm sure the potential users who are on the fence would be more likely to move over if the platform was in the best shape it can be. It needs an actual community of users and content for that to happen.
I cannot believe these neanderthal mods went public lmao that is the STUPIDEST decision they could make. I thought everyone was agreeing to go longer than two days. What a joke.
You're essentially asking people to brigade. It doesn't matter if it's 'politely' or not. You're asking people in one area to go to another website and start contacting people there for an agenda. This really isn't what Kbin should be about.
I don't think it's unreasonable to ask.
Some have also polled their userbase elsewhere, the Retro Gaming Network, which represents about 70 subs, polled on Discord - they're currently 492 to 55 to extend the blackout indefinitely. I've just looked at Reddark now and the only sub that's included from those 70 is r/retrogaming, so add 69 more to the 6250 currently dark.