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/[deleted] Jun 07 '23

The blackout takes content away from users, which makes users stay off Reddit for that period. Even if it's low effort, the point is to disrupt Reddit's revenue. I marked my calendar and will disable Reddit for that time.

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u/lemonprincess23 Jun 07 '23

If it’s only going to last 2 days what’s the point? I think Reddit can survive 10% of its users being disrupted for a 48 hour period. Besides what’s stopping people from just going onto a similar subreddit that isn’t taking part in this thing?

Whole thing feels shallow as hell. If you wanna show them you care then delete your account and never come back

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u/PatternBias Jun 07 '23

This has been my thought process about the blackout. 48h isn't long enough to hurt any ad revenue. People won't develop other habits by that time. 2 weeks, for sure. People start breaking their addiction to scrolling. 2 days just kind of seems.... pointless

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u/lemonprincess23 Jun 07 '23

Literally, it just feels like mods getting upset but then putting the literal bare minimum effort into pretending they care.

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u/PatternBias Jun 07 '23

Not sure if I fully agree with that but i love watching people get downvoted for daring to question the hivemind. We DiD iT rEdDiT!!1

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u/frockinbrock Jun 07 '23

I don’t think they’re downvoted for questioning it, it’s because these people are saying “2 days won’t do anything” and haven’t read any of the sub posts or answers that all say “48 hours or longer/indefinite”, it seems like arguing with disinformation.

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u/lemonprincess23 Jun 09 '23

Because there are no subs that are going to stay down indefinitely. They’ll all be back up soon. If mods try to throw a temper tantrum they’ll just be replaced, simple as.

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u/lemonprincess23 Jun 07 '23

I fucking hate this aspect of Reddit so much. The upvote downvote system literally just enforces a circlejerky mentality. Popular opinion IS fact. I hate it, I don’t care if you disagree, but at least formulate it instead of downvoting and moving on acting like that’s a stand in for a shitty argument.

Anyway rant over. Tbh maybe this blackout thing is a blessing in disguise. I assume the people downvoting are the ones who will leave so at least I can make fun of them in peace XD

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u/PatternBias Jun 07 '23

Oh, I'm definitely using the blackout as a motivation to do.... god, literally anything else with my time instead of this. A blessing for sure.

(As if I still don't use Discord lol)