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One of the big arguments in favor of the blackout is that it is supposedly a democratic expression of the will of the communities. But most of the more than 20
by hax0ron3 3y ago
One of the big arguments in favor of the blackout is that it is supposedly a democratic expression of the will of the communities.
But most of the more than 2000 comments on this thread are not only against the blackout, they go further and express derision and hatred toward the mods.
I am not in the least bit surprised. Knowing how Reddit mods on big subs usually function, I did not ever think that this was a bottom-up revolt. The typical big sub Reddit mod is not a benevolent democrat, he is a mentally disturbed petty authoritarian.
- TheBigSalad 3y agoThe people who agree with the mods aren't being active on the site now (like me!)
- hax0ron3 3y agoTime will tell whether a significant number of users have simply left the site, like you have. I am going to register a prediction: I think that the number of people who use Reddit will be almost indistinguishable after the lockdowns compared to before the lockdowns.
- doix 3y agoI agree it's very likely that the total number of people using Reddit might not decrease, it might even increase. But I'm willing to bet the quality of discussion and content will go down. Have you looked at YouTube comments? Millions (billions?) of people commenting and producing mostly absolute garbage. It's entirely reasonable to me that Reddit can grow as a tiktok reposting platform, and if that's what spez is trying to achieve, he's doing a good job.
- hax0ron3 3y agoI used to have a prejudice against YouTube comments, but having paid more attention to them lately I am realizing that in my experience, YouTube comments are not any lower quality than Reddit comments on average.