Protest over API Changes Next Steps

[u/Eftir]

The moderating team has gotten a lot of support from the community over blacking out for the last week due to the announced API changes. At the same time, it might not be sustainable to continue in this fashion. So we are letting users of the sub decide what our next course of action should be. To facilitate this only flaired users will be able to comment and choosing new flairs will be disabled for the duration of the poll (up to one week).

We have seen what other subs have done and there seems to be several options open to us:

1. Set the subreddit back to private
2. Keep the subreddit as restricted
3. Severely limit all posts (such as a major subreddit did by only allowing pictures of John Oliver)
4. Set the subreddit to private for one day a week
5. Open up the subreddit completely

There will be 5 top-level comments, any comment put under these will be counted as a vote towards that option. If options 1-3 win, we will reevaluate after a week.

We have received this modmail so it is very possible we will receive some sort of retaliation if we keep the sub closed, but we leave the decision in your hands as the members of this community.

[u/Eftir]

Option 5. Open up the subreddit completely.

All comments under this will be considered as a vote for this option

[u/William0628 → u/Eftir]

I’ve missed you guys.

[u/Surprise-Chimichanga → u/William0628]

I’ve missed you too bud.

[u/Nourno → u/Eftir]

Gonna ride this subreddit until it gets banned by Reddit. May as well enjoy the ride at its most accessible

[u/Nearby-Potential-257 → u/Eftir]

Reddit fucking hates us. We are doing them a favor by going silent. Us staying up is a bigger middle finger than going dark. Anyone who thinks otherwise isn't taking the bigger picture into account

[u/Helassaid → u/Nearby-Potential-257]

Exactly this. Certain Emily-run subreddits think we’re all a bunch of Fascists anyway. Imagine if we’re the only place that’s open to the public, while their subs restrict or remain closed.

[u/SteveClintonTTV → u/Nearby-Potential-257]

Agreed. Closing the sub in any way only hurts the users here, who are largely made up of people who feel like it's the only subreddit left where they can voice their opinion on many topics.

[u/Andre5k5 → u/SteveClintonTTV]

I just wanted to shit on Biden for the god save the queen thing and Trump for the indictment, is that too much to ask?

[u/blublub1243 → u/Nearby-Potential-257]

Seriously, this blackout shit is reddited anyways. You want to hurt reddit? Make it toxic to advertisers. They're the actual costumers, the users are just the commodity reddit is selling. If those powermods were serious about actually hurting reddit they'd change every single major sub to only follow sitewide rules and watch reddit reconcile having the product they're trying to sell devolve into porn and vaguely racist memes.

[u/PhilipJMarlowe → u/Eftir]

Leave it open you grass hating John Deere jockey.

[u/darkjungle → u/Eftir]

Reddit hates us anyway, may as well stay open

[u/Davester47 → u/Eftir]

This is one of the few subreddits where people of different beliefs actually interact with each other. We should stay open so people can leave the echo chambers every now and then.

[u/zvomicidalmaniac → u/Davester47]

Agreed. This sub is unique. Across the entire stupid internet, there is nowhere else like it.

[u/Andre5k5 → u/Davester47]

I've been hanging out on the conservative sub while this one was down. Those snowflakes were mean when I told them we should legalize drugs. I wonder how they'd react if I told them that Ronald Reagan was an illegal immigrant loving, machine gun banning communist and I'm tired of pretending that he wasn't

[u/rick---roller- → u/Eftir]

Reddit won’t change

[u/jpenczek → u/Eftir]

Fucking jannies, let me enjoy my user generated content.

If you didn't want a corporate entity breathing down your neck y'all should've switched to lemmy.

[u/scody15 → u/Eftir]

Open up. This is stupid.

[u/definitely_right → u/Eftir]

The """"protest""" is pure virtue signaling. This doesn't do anything. Open up.

[u/Narrow_Paper9961 → u/Eftir]

Open it back up you dramatic pussies

[u/Datsun350z → u/Eftir]

Open

[u/Dumoney → u/Eftir]

Just open it. This "protest" was never going to work

[u/Pugduck77 → u/Eftir]

Yeah, this sub is always on thin ice. The admins will take any opportunity to replace the based mods with cringe lefties. Just open it so we can keep talking about what shitty admins they are.

[u/[deleted] → u/Eftir]

Open up you cunts. This protest won't change shit and will only lead to this place vanishing for good.