I agree. I’m watching /r/ModCoord and it seems quite a lot of subs are going dark indefinitely - but we need the biggest subs on board to make a difference.
Advertisers are taking note, though, which is promising - especially if we can get a bit of steam behind the campaign to bring subs down indefinitely.
In the linked discussion, the sub and the mod are both named - so I’m assuming I’m ok to re-post that here - it is r/tumblr and u/taytay_is_god
Please post this in as many places as you can, including /r/ModCoord, /r/RedditAlternatives and /r/Save3rdPartyApps (hate to say it, but it’ll probably get more visibility there than on here). It would be great if we could find a way of getting this story into the press, too, but I’m not sure how to go about doing that.
Hopefully more and more will join the indefinite blackout.
Huffman’s memo that dismissed the whole thing shows that nothing can be achieved with just a 2-day blackout.
From the point of view of the mods, there isn’t really anything to lose by staying dark. It’s not costing them revenue having their subs shut down. Hopefully most of them will realise that indefinite is the way to go!
People see bitcoin/blockchain, don’t know the difference between the two, and realise other people have made lots of money on it. Same people see a new thing which also uses (or in their eyes, “is”) blockchain, and think this is going to be the new way to make money.