I've seen a few discussions about the "failed" protests and wanted to talk about it

So I've seen a few posts regarding news outlets calling the protests a failure, and I don't really think that's the case. The protests have clearly made an impact, especially if the Reddit CEO is willing to oust MODS to reopen subreddits. I truly believe that something has been jump started here on Lemmy, Kbin, and all of the fediverse. What happened on Reddit has simply pushed those already on the fence, or looking for other social media platforms to jump ship. I truly believe the impact is greater than what the media and Reddit in general want us to believe. Something has started here on the fediverse that simply cannot be stopped, all we can do is inform others and show why it's the future of aggregated news boards and social media.

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    burgersc12,

    The second the replies from the AMA stopped I realized i was gonna have to find an alternative to Reddit. I was 50/50 before that, since Joey was disappearing. Once i saw the replies from not only spez, but the three other accounts representing Reddit, I knew I had to leave. It was clear they didn't give a shit about anything but telling blatant lies and forcing people on their app.

    xc2215x,

    Reddit will be less popular than Discord and Twitch but will not die. Use KBin and Lemmy.

    artisanrox,
    artisanrox avatar

    Well, Gab is still kinda around and so is """TrUtH Social....it'll be a garbage bin that collects nationalists and pr0n soon enough.

    aquarisces,

    Turning mods and power users off Reddit, even casual users who are getting tired of the disarray in their subscribed subreddits are unsubscribing - I definitely think it's having an impact.

    LinkOpensChest_wav,

    It obviously had an impact because reddit wouldn't have taken such draconian action in response. Reddit admins have been forced to show their ass to the public, and many people who previously had positive or neutral opinions of Steve Huffman & co. have now seen what a manipulative, dishonest group they are. They are looking to harvest more user data at a point when no reasonable person would entrust them with this data. They are looking to expand advertising at a point when a significant number of users have either jumped ship or are remaining behind only to actively sabotage the site. More and more people have come to understand that migrating to the fediverse is no big hurdle.

    Of course reddit will pay certain outlets to report that the protest has been a failure, but to me it looks like it has been a great success. We knew reddit wouldn't reverse its decision, and we knew it wouldn't just disappear (Digg is still around ffs), but a lot of people have seen that ... reddit the web site never really meant that much to us.

    nieceandtows,

    Yeah the blackout resulted in a sustainable alternative to Reddit, which tbf didn’t exist before the blackout. I call that a huge win.

    Tashlan,
    Tashlan avatar

    Reddit admins have been forced to show their ass to the public, and many people who previously had positive or neutral opinions of Steve Huffman & co. have now seen what a manipulative, dishonest group they are

    There's a long tail here that will get spez in the ass later, and that's been the Verge, NYT, Forbes, and so many mainstream outlets that were previous incurious about spez having to talk to him and report on his AMA. He could very quickly end up characterized as a Musk-like buffoon if that's how people who need to make their money from ink start to see him, especially if he doesn't manage to find a new personality before he opens his mouth again. Like the average Redditor, spez doesn't think he's transparent when he's being smug or snarky, and that is particularly visible to journalists who have degrees in snark.

    megane_kun,
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    Excellent point, but I just want to comment on this:

    He could very quickly end up characterized as a Musk-like buffoon…

    Steve Huffman idolizes Elon Musk. Being characterized as any flavor of Musk-like would be taken in as praise rather than the condemnation that is intended.

    Mewithband,

    I’m a normal user and just want a place to browse comments and read comments I don’t care if it’s Reddit or something else.

    Dick_Justice,
    @Dick_Justice@lemmy.world avatar

    Theres been plenty of "articles" with biased view points, jumping in on the false narrative that this is a protest driven by a small number of mods. Meanwhile Reddit is bleeding users

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