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Out of curiosity before midnight, I've been lurking in incognito to see what subreddits appear and I saw WhitePeopleTwitter has a long post and is choosing to stay open.

WhitePeopleTwitter shows solidarity with the current protests on reddit against the fundamental changes to site architecture.

This moderated thread will remain open for everyone to comment in.

The comments that are in-favor of a real 'blackout' are being deleted.

I was even banned for commenting complicity. Interested to hear people's takes. Anyone else face a similar story or think it's justified?

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[–] Laxaria@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think there are two different kinds of blackouts here. Most subreddits have opted to fully blackout by going private, but some have instead decided to not take the subreddit private but instead prevent new submissions and instead have a stickied submission explaining why no new comments/submissions can be made.

Larger subreddits might prefer the latter because it allows them to have one submission rise up through Reddit's /r/all or /r/popular, increasing visibility. Going fully dark by going private doesn't easily elucidate the reason as well as having a single submission doing so, and does a decent job when a number of the exact same submission flood the front page and nothing else from those communities.

This isn't to condone what a particular subreddit is doing or not doing but mostly opining about some of the ways different communities are participating