I just saw this post over on r/modcoord which is basically a massive list of subreddits participating in the blackout protest. If I’m being honest I haven’t seen this much anger and coordinated frustration since the era right before the digg exodus.
Assuming more and more subreddits join in, it’s going to send a pretty massive message to the users who interact with a blacked out subreddit. Then I’m trying to imagine what happens if after a massive coordinated blackout, Reddit continue on the current trajectory. Is Lemmy even prepared to handle the amount of potential incoming traffic that API closure could lead to? It’s absolutely bonkers to me that the Reddit team might just stay the course…
I think this will raise awareness but I’m skeptical that reddit will change their plan. I think that whatever we see from them in the future will be what they planned all along. Even if they lower the API data price, they probably planned to do that anyway (anticipating the backlash to their bullshit). Not to mention NSFW content is at risk.
Seconded on this.
I’m optimistic it will get the people at Reddit who need to see how it will affect people to see what exactly is happening.
But the realist in me says they’ve bean-counted how many people will leave or migrate to their default apps and are willing to eat that cost back when they bring out the IPO.