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The irony of organizing a blackout to teach Reddit a lesson while organizing it on a subreddit.

mrits 3y ago
It isn't irony at all. Reddit gets almost zero revenue from the sub organizing it. People aren't protesting Reddit in general, but a policy of reddit.
- mr_00ff00 3y ago
  It’s not about revenue. As people have mentioned already, the CEO said the blackout has had almost no revenue impact. it’s funny to create a protest and hoping for change by showing Reddit that the community can walk away…and then using reddit to organize it. You are basically showing you can’t think of any good alternatives to organizing or chatting with people. So you will continue to use Reddit, even during a protest specifically about not using reddit. “we will leave you if you treat us badly” and then also “I have to use your product cause I can’t find anything else.” Doesn’t work well together.
  - kibwen 3y ago
    ...Except that /r/ModCoord does have other venues, like the Discord linked in the sidebar. They mirror announcements to Reddit because that's the only place that's guaranteed to reach everyone involved, who are on Reddit by definition.
    - mr_00ff00 3y ago
      Sure, but shouldn’t they all not be on Reddit by definition?
    - George83728 3y ago
      If they don't need reddit, then they should stop using it to demonstrate that point. > "I'm not addicted, I can quit anytime I want." > "Okay then, prove it and quit today." > "....No."
      - FemmeAndroid 3y ago
        > If they don't need reddit, then they should stop using it to demonstrate that point. Why wouldn’t you use every available, easy to use mechanism to broadcast a message? Clearly the actual organizing is happening on a variety of channels including Discord.
        mr_00ff00 3y ago
        Because the message is “don’t use Reddit” Use every available and easy mechanism, unless your protest is about one of them.
        George83728 3y ago
        > Why wouldn’t you use every available, easy to use mechanism to broadcast a message? Because continuing to use reddit broadcasts a different sort of message: they're a bunch of addicts who will come crawling back. > Clearly the actual organizing is happening on a variety of channels including Discord. All the more reason for them to quit using reddit...
- cpeterso 3y ago
  The irony is that there is no viable alternative platform for the mods to organize on, demonstrating that Reddit has the market position to set high prices if they want to.
  - mrits 3y ago
    It doesn't take an intellectual giant to realize they are organizing on Discord.

It isn't irony at all. Reddit gets almost zero revenue from the sub organizing it. People aren't protesting Reddit in general, but a policy of reddit.

mr_00ff00 3y ago
It’s not about revenue. As people have mentioned already, the CEO said the blackout has had almost no revenue impact. it’s funny to create a protest and hoping for change by showing Reddit that the community can walk away…and then using reddit to organize it. You are basically showing you can’t think of any good alternatives to organizing or chatting with people. So you will continue to use Reddit, even during a protest specifically about not using reddit. “we will leave you if you treat us badly” and then also “I have to use your product cause I can’t find anything else.” Doesn’t work well together.
- kibwen 3y ago
  ...Except that /r/ModCoord does have other venues, like the Discord linked in the sidebar. They mirror announcements to Reddit because that's the only place that's guaranteed to reach everyone involved, who are on Reddit by definition.
  - mr_00ff00 3y ago
    Sure, but shouldn’t they all not be on Reddit by definition?
  - George83728 3y ago
    If they don't need reddit, then they should stop using it to demonstrate that point. > "I'm not addicted, I can quit anytime I want." > "Okay then, prove it and quit today." > "....No."
    - FemmeAndroid 3y ago
      > If they don't need reddit, then they should stop using it to demonstrate that point. Why wouldn’t you use every available, easy to use mechanism to broadcast a message? Clearly the actual organizing is happening on a variety of channels including Discord.
      - mr_00ff00 3y ago
        Because the message is “don’t use Reddit” Use every available and easy mechanism, unless your protest is about one of them.
      - George83728 3y ago
        > Why wouldn’t you use every available, easy to use mechanism to broadcast a message? Because continuing to use reddit broadcasts a different sort of message: they're a bunch of addicts who will come crawling back. > Clearly the actual organizing is happening on a variety of channels including Discord. All the more reason for them to quit using reddit...
cpeterso 3y ago
The irony is that there is no viable alternative platform for the mods to organize on, demonstrating that Reddit has the market position to set high prices if they want to.
- mrits 3y ago
  It doesn't take an intellectual giant to realize they are organizing on Discord.