Most people here are probably already aware of the situation on Reddit. This is a thread to discuss it here.
Personally, as much as I loved Reddit, I think there needs to be a move away from centralized platforms that can keep pulling this shit time after time. Hopefully there’s a way to ensure the contents of r/flashlight are archived for posterity, but I don’t think I’d be terribly inconvenienced if it was, for instance, permanently locked.
The community is the people, not the place, and I’m happy to be seeing familiar faces here already.
Has anyone tried archiving r/flashlight on archive.org yet?
Hi, everyone! I’ve really missed r/flashlight. This does feel something like home, though. Glad to be here!
IMO, it would be best to leave r/flashlight in restricted mode forever, so people can still see the useful info. Then officially announce the transfer to Lemmy (or kbin), and just rebuild the community.
At this point, completely opening r/flashlight again will make the community look weak, in the eyes of the R3ddit the company. In my honest opinion, of course.
Just a note of support from the soon to be ex mod of r/edc!
Welcome. I should probably put /c/edc@sopuli.xyz in the sidebar to encourage some intermingling.
The sub hasn’t been burned down. It’s engaging in the extended protest. There’s a difference.
