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r/unexpected goes dark (reddark.untone.uk)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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First subreddit over 10M to go private. The message shown when trying to enter the sub is a quote from spez:

I think the problem Digg had is that it was a company that was built to be a company, and you could feel it in the product. The way you could criticize Reddit is that we weren't a company – we were all heart and no head for a long time. So I think it'd be really hard for me and for the team to kill Reddit in that way. Steve Huffman, CEO of Reddit, April 2023

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Will they be back in 48 hours, or are they staying down indefinitely?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They're /r/unexpected, so if they were to state one or the other I don't know if that could be trusted anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What would be truly unexpected is for it to randomly be open then closed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dont give them ideas

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Let them stay private indefinitely. Reddit is already dead like Twitter and Twitch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I think the main plan is 2 days to start, but prolonged if nothing changes. Each sub could do it's own thing though