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Reddit's r/sysadmin mods have chosen NOT to participate in the blackout (www.reddit.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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No, we will not be going dark. The reasons are simple:

This form of protest has proven ineffective on reddit repeatedly.

Shutting down the sub on a Monday will have an adverse impact on our readers, including possible production issues.

We have avoided reddit "politics" intentionally and will continue to do so.

You are more than welcome to avoid participating on that day which will make the message far clearer to reddit through their metrics than shutting down the sub to folks in need who would be here anyways.

It's disappointing to see the r/sysadmin mods take this stance, but I guess in a way it's a good thing that they've shown their true colors.

Here's hoping that c/sysadmin thrives and replaces it in the near future as the go-to place for all sysadmin stuff.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Whether it changes Reddit's course or not, the solidarity of people in protecting their interests against giant organizations that control stuff is pretty much always a good thing in the end. Assholes in power need to be reminded of what happens when they treat people poorly, and if that means bankrupting the richest man in the world and destroying our favorite website on the eve of its IPO, so be it. Long live federated decentralized open source!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Yeah, my hope is that reddit is about to enter the "find out" phase. If they only stick to a 2 day blackout however (or snub it like the /r/sysadmin mods), things are going to get right back to status quo real quick unfortunately.