BREAKING: Subreddits are going public again!
BREAKING: Subreddits are going public again!
The private subreddits went from 8400+ to now being back to 6900ish today due to the 2 day "protest" time being up.
Seems like most of the reddit mods couldn't touch grass for more than the allotted protest time, though I'm sure some subreddits go public for a good reason like asking their community whether they should go private indefinitely and all that...
Let's hope the number will go back up again tomorrow, if not then I guess reddit had a reason to not worry about this "protest".
I mean 8400 to 6000 is still good, remember the blackout was originally only 48h
I'm actually surprised 6k sub are still dark atm, happy about it, but still surprised
I dont think these numbers will hold for too long. I think that after the changes actually get put in place and 3rd party apps like Apollo or Infinity (what I used) get killed, then many many people will actually stop interacting with Reddit (posting, commenting) but only use it to look up past information.
I agree, but I don't think the numbers leaving at the end of the month would reach a size that would give reddit pause.
I'm more concerned about the bigger subs since mods' tools won't be the same. Unless reddit improves their app drastically before then, which I doubt.
I know people disagree on what to do, but I overwrote my comments and deleted my posts yesterday, at least what I could in open subs. I no longer agree with Reddit possibly profiting from my content. I will check again in case any subs opened back up.
I have also been commenting an explanation of the fediverse and urging people to move to Lemmy. Mostly fine, though I received an instant permaban in /r/france, which raised an eyebrow given their rabble-rousing over Reddit's actions.
Anyway, let's gooooooo Lemmy!
That permaban was obviously because the reddit mods didn't want less people to stroke their egos hahaha. I'm glad I discovered this. Let's go Lemmy!
Well... I don't give a crap about them :D Lemmy is cool with the right amount of users.
Almost all of the ones I am subbed to are still on private. The only 3 that I can tell that switched are a random cat subreddit, linux_gaming and NCD.
Not gonna lie, I'm still browsing reddit from time to time, but that's because third party apps still work.
Once the API changes are enforced, that will be mostly goodbye from me. There is no chance I will be using the horrible official app nor the website (from the phone).