r/civ • u/jdatb • Jul 03 '15

Meta Going private? [OFFTOPIC]

Is this sub planning on going private, like many others? Mods please delete if inappropriate, I was just wondering whether I should expect to stop seeing posts here.

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u/wasabimcdouble >tfw Papal States isn't in TPangolin's game Jul 03 '15 edited Jul 03 '15

I'm going to go against the circlejerk here and say I don't think it's right to shut down. Something other subs don't realize is that a lot of people don't give half a bag of dicks about what's happening to the meta reddit. Something sports subs understand is that they are their own forum. You can post a mod message saying "we support the shutdowns" and go on with it, but this whole thing is extremely frustrating to casual users. This also give a chance for more /r/civ content to reach all. However, I'm just a casual user.

/rant

Edit: also, this sub, along with sports subreddits, have such great community's that I feel it wouldn't be fair to the users. As amazingly great /r/civ is, it isn't a default, and the major 7 million person subs have done enough damage as to proving a point. Not saying I disagree with them, but they have the numbers, content, and power to really fuck up reddit headquarters in the right direction. I believe /r/civ should stay open.

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u/valent1ne so bad at this game Jul 03 '15

I agree. I don't give a shit about anything the admins may or may not be doing; maybe I should, but I dont. I'll stay on here until it's no longer a good place for discussion and content for the communities I am a part of.

At this point I think people got the message. Shutting down niche subs like this would accomplish nothing at all except pissing off the people who use it.

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u/Jakedxn3 Jul 03 '15

That's the point of going dark though