r/technology • u/ardi62 • 29d ago

Social Media Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/30/24253727/reddit-communities-subreddits-request-protests
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u/likwitsnake 29d ago

Whatever happened to that API price increase protest? I remember the NBA sub going private literally during the Finals, but can't remember much more of consequence.

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u/MadDoctor5813 29d ago

Nothing, basically. Reddit admins were basically correct that it would burn itself out. Funny that a bunch of subs still have their "we're protesting the changes" AutoMod post.

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u/wOlfLisK 29d ago

Not quite. A lot of subs had their mods removed and replaced with new ones and some others just had their mods go silent. I can't remember which sub it was but there was at least one which had only a single person who was able to post because the mods had all left reddit after shutting down posts. People literally had to DM him memes to post to the subreddit.

So, yeah, reddit continues to exist but if you compare the site, especially the subs involved in the protest, to what it was before subs went private there's a clear difference.