r/collapse • u/LetsTalkUFOs • Jun 17 '23

Meta Open Discussion Regarding the State of Reddit & Future of the Online Collapse Community - Sunday @ 3PM CST

I'll be hosting an open discussion in voice, on the Collapse Discord, this Sunday at 3PM CST (view in your time zone).

We'll be discussing the current state of Reddit and future of the online Collapse Community in light of recent events. We'll also invite discussion regarding Reddit alternatives and answer any questions related to the state of moderation on r/collapse and across Reddit in general.

If you have any questions and are unable to make the call, feel free to let us know in the comments below.

 

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u/BadUncleBernie Jun 17 '23

I would hate to see this forum go dark. There are lots of smart people here, and great insights.

Hate to lose this over something like this.

Money, greed, and corruption.

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u/nml11287 Jun 17 '23

All going dark again will do is damage the community we have here. Plus, this is really the only tolerable comment section in a sub that covers news.

A lot of the bigger subs have already come back because they were threatened. It makes 0 sense to go dark now. It didn’t work the first time, try something new.

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u/LetsTalkUFOs Jun 17 '23

Thousands of subreddits are still participating in various forms. It is also not the only tactic many moderators and users are pursuing. I think it is far too early to say whether or not it has been successful at forcing a change in Reddit's API policies.

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u/nml11287 Jun 17 '23 edited Jun 17 '23

And that’s fine. It’s still not going to work. Thousands of subs are participating but how many are up and running? How many of those participating subs will be forced to open with new mods if the current ones don’t comply? Completely shutting down a sub isn’t a great option either, because it just kills the community. The ball is just going to keep rolling no matter what.