Hi Snoos,
Starting last night, about a thousand subreddits have gone private. We do anticipate many of them will come back by Wednesday, as many have said as much. While we knew this was coming, it is a challenge nevertheless and we have our work cut out for us. A number of Snoos have been working around the clock, adapting to infrastructure strains, engaging with communities, and responding to the myriad of issues related to this blackout. Thank you, team.
We have not seen any significant revenue impact so far and we will continue to monitor.
There’s a lot of noise with this one. Among the noisiest we’ve seen. Please know that our teams are on it, and like all blowups on Reddit, this one will pass as well. The most important things we can do right now are stay focused, adapt to challenges, and keep moving forward. We absolutely must ship what we said we would. The only long term solution is improving our product, and in the short term we have a few upcoming critical mod tool launches we need to nail.
While the two biggest third-party apps, Apollo and RIF, along with a couple others, have said they plan to shut down at the end of the month, we are still in conversation with some of the others. And as I mentioned in my post last week, we will exempt accessibility-focused apps and so far have agreements with RedReader and Dystopia.
I am sorry to say this, but please be mindful of wearing Reddit gear in public. Some folks are really upset, and we don’t want you to be the object of their frustrations.
Again, we’ll get through it. Thank you to all of you for helping us do so.
Sure, because being non violent definitely fixes stuff…
“I am okay with violence, as long as it’s my side that’s doing it. That’s because our cause is just.”
If everyone followed this philosophy, the world would be a much worse place. You can’t be this way and be on the right side of history. If you have 100 great points, this undermines all of them.
It’s also silly to see someone complaining about being portrayed as violent and then immediately going into talking about violence.
If someone takes violent action against you or people you care about, what do you suggest to do?
That’s unfortunately the situation for a lot of people in this world. It’s also sometimes the only way to enact change. It should be a means of last resort, but a means nonetheless.
Absolute pacifism is functionally and morally equivalent to giving up in certain circumstances.
Edit: This obviously isn’t the situation to be using violence though. Nobody needs reddit to survive, at least I hope not.
Nah, I’m not a pacifist. I just think if we’re getting a fresh start in a new place, maybe it’s a chance to be a little more civil.
The comment I replied to seems to indicate you don’t support violence in any circumstances. Maybe you should reword it if this isn’t your beliefs.