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Re:Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout ‘will ... by smsm42 on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @02:04PM (#36314135)
This sounds like finding ways to fold without it looking like they folded. The question is simple - can they live with the new situation or not? If they are willing to, then protesting on Tuesdays is not going to do much. If they are not, then they are not on every day, not only Tuesday. I don't endorse either side here, but looking realistically, it's either win - Reddit changes their behavior to more acceptable - or loss - Reddit doesn't. Solidarity Tuesdays are just a form of the loss where people still pretend it's not lost yet.
Re:Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout ‘will ... by kibwen on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @02:25PM (#36314597)
For reference, 93% of the responses there so far are for indefinite blackout, and only 7% are for weekly blackouts.
Re:Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout ‘will ... by wlonkly on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @06:12PM (#36318314)
There are a handful of subreddits (for example, one for recovering alcoholics, one for legal advice) that have decided that their value to the community is higher than the value of staying closed. So I think if it does get extended then the eventual outcome is that "general" subreddits will remain closed, and those dealing with, for lack of a better phrase, vulnerable communities, will show solidarity with weekly blackout days instead.