/r/flashlight is on strike

SiteRelEnby, 10 months ago

Well, I'll post here if people use it. I hope /r/flashlight do continue the protest, even part time.

masterironchef, 10 months ago

Zak, any thoughts on what happens tomorrow?
Not that I'm itching to get back on Reddit, but instead curious on your thoughts given the bits of information that have trickled out about CEO's position in this "negotiation".

Quipnosis, 10 months ago

What, specifically, escalated the situation and prompted the strike? It was my understanding that the sub would be going dark, and possibly staying dark past the 14th.

Grzybek, 10 months ago

Apollo's app developer has a good explanation here: https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/144f6xm/apollo_will_close_down_on_june_30th_reddits/

kanakana2, 10 months ago

Sorry for the off-topic - but what's a 'microblog' on kbin? Is it like a tweet?

pickle, 10 months ago

Yep, that's my understanding, they're "posts" typically created by Mastodon ~ tweets.

Pigblanket, 10 months ago

I hope this is temporary. The flashlight community on reddit is truly amazing.

Zak, 10 months ago

It's intended to be temporary, but I think recent events mean that Reddit is on a decline from which it will never recover its former glory. I'd like to see things move on to decentralized options precisely because it's difficult or impossible to rebuild a community like /r/flashlight.

cedled, 10 months ago

I honestly feel that now is a good time to shift to decentralized services. It's definitely not an easy task to transfer a whole community, but I guess we should try.

Tzayad, 10 months ago

I wonder how aggressive the reddit admins would be if we heavily promoted this kbin once /r/flashlight comes back up