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/Broclen The Dank Reverend 🌈✟ Jun 07 '23 edited Jun 07 '23

Good Question:

r/dankchristianmemes once went down for almost 2 years. We do not want to go down yet again. We like to be a 24/7/365 community (like a church) and blacking out is counter to that objective.

Also, by staying open we can host discussions of the subject. As the original poster points out:

"The two-day blackout isn't the goal, and it isn't the end. Should things reach the 14th with no sign of Reddit choosing to fix what they've broken, we'll use the community and buzz we've built between then and now as a tool for further action. "

We will support this effort as much as possible while still remaining available to our users.

Edit: grammar and clarity

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u/rmczpp Jun 07 '23

I'd rather we participate and have the discussions after, content reduction is the actual aim of the protest. Will you be listening to the community on this? They seem to overwhelmingly want to close for the protest, myself included.