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[–] relyn@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I’m really dying to find out if this blackout continues past the first 48 hours and if it has any impact on their decision.

It sort of doesn’t matter to me since the Apollo dev already said he wasn’t going to keep his app up due to how spez handled the whole situation.

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I think he said June 30 it's done, barring spez changing his mandate ofc.

[–] Jack@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Several large subs are not private anymore according to https://blackout.photon-reddit.com/ 80 not private anymore out of 372 ones that went private (of the top 500 by number of subscribers).

[–] 1bluepixel@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I hate to be a pessimist, but it's not gonna work.

Most big subs will reopen, and those that don't will get their moderators replaced. The bulk of the user base is gonna switch to the official app and meme about how bad it is right on Reddit and get Reddit Gold for it.

I'm still gonna stick to either Lemmy or Kbin. I like the smaller community here; it reminds me of Reddit's olden days when everyone wasn't a cynical asshole.

[–] HQC@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Apollo, Sync, RIF and others have all announced that they are closing permanently. Some of the big subs have done the same.

I fully expect others to join. There were more subs that went dark by the end of yesterday than began the day!