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How much of an impact is the protest really having on Reddit? (feddiverse.org)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I read The Verge's latest interview with Steve Huffman here and it seems as though the Reddit blackout is having little to no effect. It also seems as though the communities at large don't really care and will probably just use the official app or don't really know there are 3rd party ones. So it seems this will pass and be mostly forgotten about.

What are your thoughts?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I... don't know. As of now, I'm actively fighting the impulse to write anything on Reddit, but I stopped scrolling through it completely and I'm only opening it when I need some info (I have "site:reddit.com" pinned in my phone's clipboard for Google searches, that's how much I rely on reddit for finding answers).

I think my relationship with Reddit will be similar to the one I have with the pharmacy near my hours: they're assholes that treat their clients like garbage and try to screw them in every possible way and I avoid them as much as possible, but it's a 5 minutes walk from my house, opposed to 30 minutes for every pharmacy owned by nice people (5/10 if you're willing to drive and then look for parking for 20 more minutes), and I will go buy something from them from time to time because I'd rather not shit my pants on my way to the pharmacy if I ate something weird.

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