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I mean, they have as much a right as you do to not care and not do anything, right? Its clearly not just people who use third party apps but also the opinions o

I mean, they have as much a right as you do to not care and not do anything, right? Its clearly not just people who use third party apps but also the opinions of people who believe in more than just apathy. "They don't have the right to organize and decide on collective action" just reads like, "I'm entitled to not be inconvenienced by things I don't care about" /shrug, just my two cents.

PrimeMcFly 3y ago
Sure they have a right, but their decisions based on that right are inconveniencing a ton of people. It seems a better solution would be for them to just leave, and hand over the subs to people who have no issue with the API changes and are happy to continue to moderate. I mean, if their protest works I'm all for it, but I suspect it won't, and the communities that want to keep on communing don't deserve to die because mods made a unilateral choice for everybody.
- shadowfoxx 3y ago
  I mean, you're more than welcome to create a subreddit and start rebuilding with the members of the community who think as you do. I'd also like to point out that inconvenience is a desired feature of protest, not a bug. Why is it other peoples responsibility to not inconvenience you?
  - PrimeMcFly 3y ago
    I'm also more than welcome to just attempt to take over the existing subs, which is much more convenient for everyone involved. Inconvenience is a desired feature of the protest, but not of Reddit - at least not to this extent. > Why is it other peoples responsibility to not inconvenience you? I never claimed it was. But if people are leaving to Lemmy, then they should leave the subs to people that are fine staying on Reddit. Ultimately, they don't own the subs, Reddit does, and if Reddit is willing to reassign them, I don't see a problem with that.
    - shadowfoxx 3y ago
      > I'm also more than welcome to just attempt to take over the existing subs, which is much more convenient for everyone involved. Well, not everyone involved right? If I understand correctly, just the people who don't care about the people affected by the API cost increase.
      - PrimeMcFly 3y ago
        Everyone involved still relevant. The people doing the protest say they will not use reddit after third party apps no longer work, so really they shouldn't care about what happens after they leave.
        shadowfoxx 3y ago
        They are only irrelevant if the protests don't work, right?
        PrimeMcFly 3y ago
        Yup.

PrimeMcFly 3y ago

Sure they have a right, but their decisions based on that right are inconveniencing a ton of people. It seems a better solution would be for them to just leave, and hand over the subs to people who have no issue with the API changes and are happy to continue to moderate. I mean, if their protest works I'm all for it, but I suspect it won't, and the communities that want to keep on communing don't deserve to die because mods made a unilateral choice for everybody.

shadowfoxx 3y ago
I mean, you're more than welcome to create a subreddit and start rebuilding with the members of the community who think as you do. I'd also like to point out that inconvenience is a desired feature of protest, not a bug. Why is it other peoples responsibility to not inconvenience you?
- PrimeMcFly 3y ago
  I'm also more than welcome to just attempt to take over the existing subs, which is much more convenient for everyone involved. Inconvenience is a desired feature of the protest, but not of Reddit - at least not to this extent. > Why is it other peoples responsibility to not inconvenience you? I never claimed it was. But if people are leaving to Lemmy, then they should leave the subs to people that are fine staying on Reddit. Ultimately, they don't own the subs, Reddit does, and if Reddit is willing to reassign them, I don't see a problem with that.
  - shadowfoxx 3y ago
    > I'm also more than welcome to just attempt to take over the existing subs, which is much more convenient for everyone involved. Well, not everyone involved right? If I understand correctly, just the people who don't care about the people affected by the API cost increase.
    - PrimeMcFly 3y ago
      Everyone involved still relevant. The people doing the protest say they will not use reddit after third party apps no longer work, so really they shouldn't care about what happens after they leave.
      - shadowfoxx 3y ago
        They are only irrelevant if the protests don't work, right?
        PrimeMcFly 3y ago
        Yup.