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There are reports of them already restoring deleted content, too. They have zero respect for their users' autonomy.

Edit: Someone started a thread about it here

I deleted every post and comment before deleting my account entirely earlier today. You're right. The only way to stop Reddit from profiting off us is to not only leave, but burn our content down on the way out the door.

I just got done doing just that. I refuse to let Reddit profit off of my content when they treat their community like this

I nuked all three of my accounts, each with thousands of comments. Fuck reddit.

I mean, there was never going to be an ending here where they came out and said, "You know, we've heard you, and more importantly, our VC investors who've given us 1.3 Billion dollars have heard you, and they've told us that your community matters more than their exit."

I see what you did there. 😂

Indeed. I was expecting a two-week "calm before the storm" at this point, as the protest blackout ended but the API was not yet removed. But the protest continued and Reddit keeps stirring the pot. Interesting times.

I know that in the end Reddit will be able to brute-force themselves a "win", but if the Fediverse gets a nice solid critical mass of users as a result then I think Reddit's destined for a long decline.

Eloquently stated. I expected nothing less from @ShartyWaffles 😂

Remember that it won't delete comments from private subreddits. ("Wanna see me do it again?" when one opens back up, at least until the 30th hits)

Also the edit function doesn't seem to actually work (all my deleted comments are just [deleted]... and keep the original edited on date), that may be a technical issue I imagine best bet for that would be to edit-only before deleting your account itself.

You could just refuse to say their name.... Orrrrr you could just get some fun SEO terms going so that when people Google it they get results like Reddit sucks dick or Reddit is shit or Reddit hates you.

It make sense, but reddit also gave mods tools to go private. They gave mods the power to mod their sub as they pleased until they didn't like it. A "no, not like that" scenario

I seem to recall seeing something about him not wanting to do that and throwing in the towel on it, but I may be mistaken, and he can always change his mind if so, anyway. But, god that would be great for the trajectory of non-corporate social media if he did.

I mean, someone else is working on an iOS client inspired by Apollo for Lemmy called Mlem. You can even install it on your Apple device here.

I literally emailed Christian about this when I moved over to kbin

Yes, that's going to really help migrate a lot of people over if that happens!

If the moderators decide to go private again, then Reddit will kick them out and replace them with someone who will toe the official Reddit line. ("Everything Reddit is doing is great and you'll be banned for saying differently!")

If the new moderators are horrible at their job, then Reddit won't care. They're betting on their site being large enough that a few subs going bad won't hurt them. They're also banking on there being no Reddit alternatives for users to flee to. (They don't see Lemmy as a threat just yet.)

I think we’re guilty of thinking that the number of people who think the way we do is larger than it is.

I don’t think that this is going to mean much to Reddit over the short to medium term. They literally have hundreds of millions of users. Reddit’s death will probably be slow, maybe in the same way as Facebook.

Honestly, I think the best hope for the fediverse is something like Hackernews or Stack Exchange…a robust community using a viable or future-proof platform.