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The Reddit blackout was pretty underwhelming (self.chat)

submitted 1 year ago by tango_octogono to c/chat

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In the last 3 days I've been paying attention to r/all, expecting several posts about it and...

Yeah

Wasn't expecting the website to literally shut down nor to monopolize r/all, because 3rd party users are the minority, but I hoped for more than whatever this was.

At least there's a silver lining, I discovered new alternatives that have healthier communities

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[–] GhostMagician 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Saying you are going on a hunger strike but then announcing you'll only go on it for two days made it a long shot that other subs would push for longer.

Any idea how only a 48 hour black out even got started instead of longer? Who proposed only 48 hours to make it catch on as that short of a protest.

[–] Hexorg 5 points 1 year ago

I wouldn’t put it past a Reddit admin to impersonate a mod to encourage something like that