“Protest and dissent is important,” Reddit CEO Steve Huffman told the AP. “The problem with this one is it’s not going to change anything.”

  • velourium_camper@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, wasn’t part of Reddit’s reasoning for not backing down that the API backlash only affects a small subset of users and that most of their use base won’t notice what’s going on (besides being inconvenienced by the blackout)? This kind of shines a spotlight on the fact that everyone is seeing what’s going on.

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      1 year ago

      I’d guess many journalists use reddit (like other some) for their work so they’re quickly picking it up and joining the protest in a “chaotic good” way they can try affect the outcome.