I remember when Reddit announced it would begin charging commercial developers for access to its API, and in response, thousands of subreddits went dark in protest. I think it lasted for a couple of weeks. The CEO threatened the Reddit mods that he would replace them if they didn’t reopen the subs, so nearly every mod reopened and everything went back to normal. The CEO won easily without offering anything, and he was right when he said that ‘this too shall pass.’ Those third-party apps offered accessibility features for disabled people that Reddit still hasn’t implemented today. Now Reddit is getting even worse. How come there wasn’t a protest like that when they made even worse decisions?
I was forced out when my two main accounts were Banned. (One is now back after being perma-banned 😂) Both times were for calling someones opinion “stupid”. I didn’t disparage someone, use foul language or get nasty with another user. All I said was “That’s so stupid.”
So I happily left since speech was being heavily censored. I only keep my one account active to find solutions to niche problems that are only found on reddit.