I fully supported the 3 day /r/ BLACKOUTs by many sub-reddits earlier this week, and I fully support the INDEFINITE blackouts that some sub-reddits have now committed to.
I’m just a /r/ user and have kept my account because of the vast amounts of information I find useful at Reddit. Its one of the only social media’s that I still use… I left Discord for Matrix when they were thinking about selling to Microsoft… I left [personal] Facebook when they switched to Meta (way overdue!)… and I continue to choose privacy and shun big tech - I am leaving Reddit.
While I’m happy that there are now de-centralized alternatives, it is completely Reddit’s fault - they finally chose the mighty $$$ over the user; its users ARE the product, just like every other big-tech social media corporation… its a sad time for Reddit.
I hope that more large sub-reddits choose to BLACKOUT as I think this is a pivotal time for the site; I don’t think enough of US will stand up, but I hope you chose to do your part… whats right…
/u/PaulLee420 BLACKOUT INDEFINITE
Congrats! The only way a protest will work is if we all delete our reddit accounts. A blackout is useless if u/spez just removes the mods and replaces them with his flunkies but deleting your account is about the only thing that can hurt reddit as a company. I’m about to delete my account as well, and make the full transition to the fediverse! Godspeed.