Unlike many other large subreddits r/books has not made any statements about the API changes. I did try and post something about it but it ended up getting deleted. At 22.1 million users this would be a pretty significant addition to the protest.
Does anyone know why there hasn’t been anything official?
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There was a post with 28k upvotes a few days ago that mods chose to ignore. I’d take that to mean they’ll be ignoring the API changes altogether.
Ah I missed that. The silence is an interesting choice.
they sold out
Can’t sell out if you are not being paid. I guess they just don’t care, which is fine, if a little disappointing.
I dunno if it counts as selling out when they previously haven’t had a stance on it, but it is disappointing.
At the end of the day, the only ones who can choose to make the subreddit private are the mods, and I don’t think they’ve given any public statements on it either way. It may simply be that the mods aren’t unified on whether or not to join.
That they possibly aren’t unified is a good point since that would explain the lack of statement either way. Whether they do/don’t support it I think a clear statement is important for an issue of this scale and salience. At the moment it just seems like the whole community is ignoring it or doesn’t care which can’t be the case.
I agree. A few subs I’m in (was in?) asked members if they should go dark and went with the general consensus which was yes. I think that’s a better way to go about it if the mods can’t decide. Willful ignorance seems an odd choice
Yeah I agree. Apparently they have ended up turning off posting and comments but not going fully private which is a bit odd.
I’m weaning myself off of reddit, regardless of what the sub mods do. Glad to find a books community here.
I was thinking the same thing yesterday. Seems like a group of readers are best equipped to step away from the internet. Even just for 2 days.
Should be the case shouldn’t it? I guess if they mods won’t go dark individuals can just stop going on Reddit. I haven’t completely cut the cord yet but I did remove the app from my phone and replaced it with Jerboa.
My general feeling is that the only reason to delete a thread is if it’s spam or somehow offensive to site wide rules against violence, racism, etc.
Deleting a thread because you don’t like it or it’s inconvenient is a mark of cowardace and cowards have no business being mods.
I am super glad there is book community here , truly. Is too bad the subreddit is not making a stand but oh well ¯_(ツ)_/¯
They’ve not taken the sub private but they have now put up a post supporting the protest and turning off all posting and commented. A bit half hearted maybe but better than nothing.
