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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Apologies if this is the wrong place for this. A few subs opened up and were discussing the possibility of extending the blackouts. The majority wanted the blackout to end to keep the influx of content. That was to be expected.

There was a disturbing tone in some of the messages though. It was a form of cynicism essentially backing Reddit to do whatever it wanted to the devs, and that it was wrong to protest the rule changes as we should be okay with whatever Reddit wanted. It was almost like learned helplessness. I genuinely found it to be disturbing. Is anyone else noticing this in their communities/subs?

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think for most it was just a feel-good move, like carbon offsetting or belittling people for using plastic straws, once the idea of getting serious about it was put on the table, suddenly people started rationalizing the abandonment of any "efforts" they made.

I don't think anyone changed their minds aside from maybe a few honest and naive folks (I might be one, didn't think twice about how pointless it was to promise I'd be back until I saw a video from Luis Rossman slapping me with reality, though I was planning on an indefinite blackout because that's what I thought the plan .)

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