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Reddit CEO says the mods leading a punishing blackout are too powerful and he will change the site's rules to weaken them (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 1 year ago by AllonzeeLV@vlemmy.net to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] hodgepodgehomonculus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Over 50% isn't too bad at this point in the game. We'll see if it drops lower over/after the weekend, but that is still a significant portion of subreddits, which are the only thing that generates content for reddit. I don't this this will actually do anything, and I am done with reddit now. I never felt attached to it, and I have found active communities on lemmy for most of my subs, and the community is way better here. I don't need reddit anymore.

[–] bermuda@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

Plus the top dozen subs only make up like a few percentage points of the ones that pledged to blackout. So if those are still out then it's still crippling. Like pics, funny, videos, etc