L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoReddit is taking control of large subreddits that are still protesting its API changesmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1351arrow-down125file-text
arrow-up1326arrow-down1external-linkReddit is taking control of large subreddits that are still protesting its API changesmashable.comL4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregraphite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down20·edit-21 year ago The mods and users knew exactly what would happen, either Reddit changes, or they double down. They obviously didn’t know exactly what would happen, because if they did, they wouldn’t have bothered. You’re listing two possible outcomes and pairing them as a single event, which doesn’t make sense. Reddit was never going to change - that’s my point. They were definitely going to double down.
minus-squareNeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year ago they wouldn’t have bothered. Have you ever, ever in your life, protested anything?
minus-squarejtk@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoSo they should have… done nothing and given in? Everyone was pretty sure that’s what they were going to do. The alternative choice is Stockholm Syndrome.
They obviously didn’t know exactly what would happen, because if they did, they wouldn’t have bothered.
You’re listing two possible outcomes and pairing them as a single event, which doesn’t make sense.
Reddit was never going to change - that’s my point. They were definitely going to double down.
Have you ever, ever in your life, protested anything?
Yes.
So they should have… done nothing and given in? Everyone was pretty sure that’s what they were going to do. The alternative choice is Stockholm Syndrome.