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The protests block access to subreddits, which stops traffic, which means they lose out on money.

• ryandrake 3y ago
  As OP points out, most of these protests are time boxed, so Reddit has probably done the math and feels it can easily weather this very temporary loss. If the protest was "We're shutting down our subreddits indefinitely" they might actually motivate Reddit Corporate to take action. It's like a worker walkout, except one where employees just take a long-ish lunchbreak to wave signs around, and then go right back to working. What's the point? Aint no corporation gonna care about that.
  • the_doctah 3y ago
    > As OP points out, most of these protests are time boxed, so Reddit has probably done the math and feels it can easily weather this very temporary loss. They made this decision before the blackout was planned...
  • BanazirGalbasi 3y ago
    A lot of the ones I've seen have said they're shutting down for _at least_ the two specified days, and a lot of them do use the term "indefinitely". I think that the two-day time span is just to give a starting point, and that as people start getting shut out of subs they like and want to visit they'll be less likely to care about other subs also being unavailable.
  • moffkalast 3y ago
    Lots are planning an indefinite shutdown until decision reversal. If they have people that moderate exclusively through apps it's a forced shutdown anyway, because the alternative is immediate ban due to being unmoderated.