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I see a lot of backlash on reddit right now. A few of the top voted comments in a couple of the threads on my current frontpage:

https://old.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/149cq9f/comment/jo4...

https://old.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/148xygd/comment/j...

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I mean, you linked a comment with 700 votes in a thread where the top comment has over 9000 votes. Maybe read through the thread without cherry picking comments: https://old.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/149cq9f/reddit_were...

> A few of the top voted comments

Not the top comment. My point was to show that the threads now have highly upvoted comments like that, which was not the case for the initial blackout.

And how is it possible not to cherry pick when picking examples? Would you rather have me pick completely random comments and say "one of these may show what I'm talking about but I don't know"?

In most of the polls that I have seen, people are supporting an indefinite blackout. There is definitely some backlash, but overall it seems like people support the protest.

Can you link any of those polls? I saw a lot of polls with a vast majority voting for the initial blackout but the tone of the response to this indefinite blackout feels way different.

https://www.reddit.com/r/cremposting/comments/149a7ge/poll_s...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/148w58w/vote_s...

https://reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/148suem/rtennis_blackou...

https://reddit.com/r/SipsTea/comments/148sk76/further_protes...

https://strawpoll.com/polls/e7ZJGVOXBy3 (/r/stardewvalley)

A decent number of them show that people support an indefinite blackout, though there are some exceptions (like /r/tennis), where there is more support for opening back up. It's not universal, but generally people seem to be in favor of keeping the pressure on Reddit this way.

Only today did I spot any poll in the ones I visit regularly, and they voted to stay open for even the initial blackout. Seems like it was mostly mod decisions in the first place.

> I saw a lot of polls with a vast majority voting for the initial blackout but the tone of the response to this indefinite blackout feels way different.

It's selection bias. The average user didn't care or know about the initial blackout. Now that they're affected, they're more likely to vote in these polls.

As they should. As far as I can see, the second they ban the third party services, they will start pushing ads, hard. You'll be stuck with their official app and their website will use anti ad-blocking tech like YT is testing right now. So at the end, it's all about getting more money on the back of the community.

By definition anyone posting/commenting/upvoting right now doesn't support the blackout. I don't think it's fair to say these comments represent the opinions of those communities.

> I don't think it's fair to say these comments represent the opinions of those communities.

The gaming subreddit, relative to other subreddits, is going to be demographically tilted towards the "anti-SJW" types who find collective action intrinsically distaseful regardless of the validity of the cause.

anti-SJW love collective action like vandalizing stores and bridgading forums.

I've noticed that the "anti-SJW" types are inherently opposed to anything that inconveniences them even slightly, no matter how beneficial it is to anyone else (including themselves). If the entire world isn't focused entirely on them they throw a fit.

These people strike me as those who will just take everything lying down. Just because it doesn't impact them it's a lost cause. The reason reddit works like it does today is because of some of those protests.

Reddit was born from protests and seems it could die by them. Digg users protested and migrated enmasse to Reddit. It might happen again.

Thanks, but not going there. The reddit break has been great for me, apart from agreeing with 'the cause'. As much as I will miss the content, I will now do other things. I never saw it as an addiction, but a pleasant habit, and a very easy one to break. Bye, bye 5k+ points (in about c4 months). I was actually quite proud of that. Now, it can all rot in hell.

Reddit has been kind of bad for my mental health. Like many I refresh the various front pages hoping for my next dopamine fix - addicted to the low commitment required and instant gratification. I let the little karma number affect me way too much - I have started to hate such gamification of forums.

Guess I will get my fix elsewhere now and hopefully someday I will stop altogether and make better use of my time. Reddit going bad just makes it a tad easier.

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