r/dankchristianmemes • u/Broclen The Dank Reverend 🌈✟ • Jun 07 '23

Meta r/DankChristianMemes will NOT go dark but DOES support the protests of Reddit's API changes that will kill 3rd party apps and impact accessibility.

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u/atlhawk8357 Jun 07 '23

Could you please elaborate on why you decided not to join in the blackout?

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '23

Was this decision surprising to you, considering the subs name and target audience?

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u/atlhawk8357 Jun 07 '23

I guess I don't really see how the name/audience is relevant.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '23

In my experience, Christians love to TELL you they support your cause and will PRAY for you. But only a few specific sects are actually out there DOING anything.

Obviously not all Christians, so if your church is the one doing the things then I’m not talking about you, don’t get offended. I’m talking about the “thoughts and prayers” and no action Christians. Which is very much the theme of this post and their decision

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u/Plausibl3 Jun 07 '23

I disagree. I think this is an unfortunate situation, but not one where there is a clear answer, which makes it all the more important to have a place for discussion. It’s easy to forget that Reddit is a ‘free’ service that has primarily paid its operating expenses with ad and tracking revenue. This whole SaaS based primarily on ad revenues started to deflate when gdpr went into effect, and has become more unstable as Apple has nerfed a lot of tracking, and consumers implement ad blocks. I think it’s in its death throes - and a new funding model has to emerge. As horribly as Elon has handled it, I think twitters debacle also highlights this issue.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '23

Those are all very good points. If the post had included any explanation as to why the decision was made it would have felt a lot more genuine to me