Reddit does greedy API change
A ton of subreddits decide to do protests
r/196 moderator’s do poll to determine the length of their protest
Only 2 options are “2 days” and Forever
Poll gets flooded by bigots wanting to shut the sub down forever
Mods look at poll and decide to kill the sub
They make off-site migration post which split’s the sub into several smaller community’s
There are ~600 comments on the post begging the mods this is a horrible idea and not to kill the sub
Mod “addresses” the controversy without actually addressing or responding to it
Comments are auto-removed so nobody can respond to them
mfw destroying the most successful non-bigoted meme sub does more harm to gay people then reddit
Thanks for the pride month gift, 196 mods!
Yeah this is a pretty good response IMO. As others have pointed out, the point of a strike is to withhold the labor that actually makes corporations money. Reddit has never compensated the moderators that keep the site from turning into a cesspool that advertisers wouldn’t touch with a 20-foot stick, and they’ve been completely unwilling to accommodate the users that actually provide the content for their site. A strike is completely valid here and any strike is a battle. The “we want to work with the bosses” approach is a losing battle, and the strongest strikes take a fighting approach. My only critique is that I’d maybe give a preferred alternative but honestly given the extremely sudden circumstances of this whole thing I understand the fragmentation.
This and !twobestfriendsplay are basically the only communities I miss/want to see come back on different platforms but I’m glad there’s at least a general place to keep track of things.