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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.

Edit to include source: https://www.macrumors.com/2023/06/13/reddit-ceo-blackouts-no-revenue-impact/

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Snoo is the reddit mascot (lil alien with an antenna), and I guess reddit corporate refers to its employees as Snoos, which is so cringeworthy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If my company referred to us as anything but β€œteam members” I’d die on the spot.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Team member" implies equality. I prefer the term "employee"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

"Alienated from the means of production" doesn't really roll off the tongue

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I get called BUM, for bargaining unit member. It is better than most alternatives.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I can't even imagine a company calling me a "Snoo". Imagine explaining that to your family or friends.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It's the name of the reddit alien logo. It's also the name they call the employees apparently.