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>>stanis+(OP)
It will be interesting to see the eventual outcome of this saga. I have already seen backlash against the backlash in many subs. /r/NBA, which was mentioned in the article, had a poll one day before the blackout and made the decision based on 8000 votes (out of a total 8+ million members). Casual users were not happy to find out that they would have nowhere to discuss the most important game of the season, and the mod announcements were very heavily downvoted (the blackout happened nonetheless).

Will a chunk of users stay off the site permanently? Maybe. Will Reddit as a business be better off without these users? Also maybe. There's definitely a case to be made that the community would benefit from more casual participation minus power tripping and over moderation from the top 0.01%.

>>paxys+L4
This is about the transition from a site mostly about engaged focused discussion by enthusiasts to a more mass market generic social site.

I bet most views at this point are just the generic popular view, not driven by a subscription to a sub.

>>lokar+S6
Ok, but why can't reddit serve both types of user?

Split old.reddit off into an "old school" version that has 3rd party apps, but needs a subscription to access. Then keep new reddit as their tiktok Instagram clone.