Moderators from popular Reddit communities say they plan to extend their blackout protests indefinitely.
The vow to extend the demonstration came after CEO Steve Huffman reportedly sent a memo to staff saying Reddit would “get through it” while opining that “like all blowups on Reddit, this one will pass as well.” In response to Huffman doubling down, a user wrote, “Let them fuck around and find out.”
Moderators from well-trafficked subreddits, including r/awww, r/music, r/videos, r/futurology, r/apple and r/NBA (among many others) chimed in to commit to an indefinite protest.
Yes! So happy to hear this! I was afraid the momentum would stall after the initially planned two days. I used Reddit as a basic replacement for google search… but it needs to die. This whole situation has is exactly why the fediverse must succeed. I am so tired of huge corporations pulling this bs. I am so tired of fighting them to hold on to my privacy. I am so tired of bloated websites that load slowly. I’m tired of it all.
Its literally a public network where people chose to post things publicly for anyone to see and consume, I don't understand what degree of privacy people are expecting? If you have some insight into this or your own privacy concerns I'm super interested cuz its left me baffled.
I wouldn't stand out in a public city centre and expect privacy. However with the fediverse at least I choose which city centre I'm standing in and if I still don't like it, I can stand in my own and block anyone else to access it (yay privacy :D).
Also reddit served 'targeted' ads, which were admittedly pretty pants, so they had some degree of selling access to your data to third parties, which the fediverse doesn't have.
I was talking about the targeted ads, telemetry/data that is gathered and sold to 3rd parties, and data retention policies. I understand that posting on a public forum means anyone can see what I post, but I dislike how little control I have over my own data and how it is used. The fediverse is definitely better on that front. If I don't like the privacy policy of one instance, I can simply hop to another. There are no targeted ads here, and most instances ban advertising altogether. It's refreshing, and it's a large part of what I miss from Web 1.0. Privacy isn't all or nothing, and I don't expect it to be. Whatever privacy problems the fediverse has, it's so much better than nearly every other social media platform out there.
I am alsot wondering. I have a feeling that most devs are silently supporting the protest. Also, aren't the leak led memos of Spez suggesting that there are people there sympathetic to the cause?
Obviously leaving reddit has its benefits to the cause, however I'm worried if they bow down and leave everything as it was reddit will try something else in a few months.
Make changes in the back end to stop it happening again preventing black outs then try their move again.
It sure sounds like the only thing that will change the current path is if potential investors shy away from the coming IPO. I've seen nothing (correct me if I'm wrong here) that says that's happening, but it's still early.