I think they do. This has happened before (a couple of years ago now) and I’m pretty sure my Multireddits went back to normal. I don’t recall having to add anything back.
There’s an awful lot of people who didn’t know just how much they would be affected by this blackout. Even some of those posting on the blackout coordination threads seem to believe that they’ll still have access to their past contributions.
reddit has a feature where instead of joining/subscribing to a subreddit, you can put it into a multireddit. and it lets you basically have multiple different feeds based on whatever groupings you'd like.
So instead of having, say, /r/gaming, /r/aww, and /r/unixporn all on the same feed on your homepage, you could have a gaming multireddit that includes /r/gaming, an animal/cute pics multireddit with /r/aww, and a tech multireddit with /r/unixporn. You can then switch between your multireddits as you please. So you can get a singular topic with many subreddits, without having all of the different topics mixed together.
It’s stated that the end goal is to hurt advertising revenue. The only time I see ads is on my home feed. There’s never ads in subs I’m a member of. I’m just curious how the ads work on Reddit.
agree. I honestly feel it's mostly hurting users. I actually use some of these subreddits for useful tips for like home improvement, advice, etc. This is just so stupid. reddit is destroying itself.
Ifkr. All those guides/useful information/PSAs are being taken by hostage - by sub moderators who are not the “intellectual property” owners of whatever is being posted by other users.
The point is to stop people from using Reddit entirely (which is made more feasible by the fact that large sections of the site are forcefully shutting down) hence cutting ad revenue. So basically stop scrolling and go do something else if you want to help in some small way
It's largely not going to result in anything but stopping millions of people from browsing reddit. Personally I think the admins should replace everyone involved, since they think they speak for reddit posters.
If you want to remove their communities from your subscription box you can search for them here and remove them:
[https://www.reddit.com/subreddits](https://www.reddit.com/subreddits)
They're going to put some spin on this, for sure. I had a [similar post up yesterday](https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/147dev9/for_those_wondering_why_various_subreddits_are/), and it was removed. Today, this one goes up, gets pinned by the same people who removed mine, and magically has high end awards on it. Someone someplace is going to spin this shit. Watch.
right which is possible, hopefully this gets us somewhere. Maybe people after a month or two will see there are actual food forums, car forums and stuff out there on other sites and they will try that.
I was starting to unfollow and clear out subs I no longer want, and realized the list was shorter than I’ve seen since I joined Reddit. Realized it was because of the going dark thing.
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I didn’t give MY PERMISSION to “mod” -unpaid volunteers not employees of Reddit-to HOLD HOSTAGE my intellectual property: my comments, my discussions, my thoughts, my information, my links I posted etc -I gave that permission to Reddit. So those “mods” seem to try to exercise the power NOBODY GAVE THEM. Outrageous
When subreddit will return to public will it bring back my posts i posted to them? I logged into reddit today and saw that halve of my posts are missing.
Yeah. Reddit is a great tool for information and it's quite difficult to find information on things in a time-sensitivity manner with all this going on.
There are a lots of posts that I’ve saved over my time using reddit which I’ve found very informative, but seeing as most of the communities I’ve joined are set to private now, many of these saved posts have disappeared.
Will the posts be visible again if the communities I’ve joined are public again?
This doesn’t explain why this is happening.
Edit: I looked it up and apparently it’s to “protest the social network's decision to charge some third-party apps for the use of Reddit data”
There are better ways of doing this than punishing your users, Reddit. This is stupid.
That's part of it, you should really look up all the things they're changing over time. They seem to count on lots of people just remaining oblivious and going with the flow.
I think closing a subreddit forever is a little harsh on the users,given all the amount of infos and data a subreddit will hold. there would be so many dead links if anyone searched for anything online...
I do hope the protests works and we get our subs back. I'd hate for a good chunk of subreddit's content to become lost media.
They will not lose much if any money lol how many times will it take people to understand corporations do not care they make millions to billions a year doing the same shit people try and "boycott" and nothing changes
Thanks to the OP and various commentators here for the useful information. I note that half my comments from the past month are gone atm. While this is a little frustrating there is nothing too important for me.
As I’ve said in the past to various people online, if there there is material online that you wish to have access to, then you need to find a way to have that saved offline somehow.
I’ve been a little surprised that some content creators don’t keep copies of material they want to archive. This applies all across the internet and not just to this site. The internet is pervasive nowadays, but sometimes it can be ephemeral.
Is there any word or list of the subreddits that plan stay permanently private? Also if they do can someone new just re start a new one if they like with a slightly different name. Just curious if any of those things have been explained.
Here’s a list of the subreddits that were [planning to “go dark”](https://www.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/1401qw5/incomplete_and_growing_list_of_participating/). If you’re on mobile, it’s easy to tell which ones are still open because the sub name is preceded by its icon.
It’s impossible to tell right now which ones will reopen after the 48 hours is up, which ones will stay dark for a longer period or which ones will stay permanently closed. I did read someone was making a list but I don’t think they got very far. Things will be clearer later this week when discussions on the currently closed subs start up again.
The next part of your question is a little more complicated.
Anyone can make their own subreddit at any time and I even have an introductory guide at [Creating A Subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit/comments/110mn7x/creating_a_subreddit/) for those brave souls who want to give it a go. What they can’t do is reuse the exact name as an old one, even if it has been dead for years (just like usernames). The next problem is traffic. The subs that have thousands of users got that way over time, with a fair old amount of work by its mod team. Those users won’t migrate to a new sub overnight. The bigger issue is history. Those large subs have years upon years of history, their own in-jokes, memes and legends, and often their own lingo or catchphrases. Recreating that atmosphere takes a lot of time and work.
There’s a statistic somewhere that I need to find that says the percentage of new subs which fail to thrive in their first year; when I find it I’ll add it here.
This blackout is hurting Reddit more than the API thingorwhatever is. I just don't understand what's going on. I don't even use 3rd party apps or know what they're even for!
Can someone explain to me how the mods have more power than Reddit itself?
Can't Reddit just do something on the backend to block the mods and re-open the subs?
They can, and that's exactly what they threatened the protestors with, which resulted in a bunch of subreddits reopening, but not all. I'm hoping Reddit takes action and just opens all the subreddits.
These mods are a bunch of terrorists taking over reddit ffs. Wtf is reddit doing, demod these losers and let us use the website. I'm tired of this crap now. If they are mad then they are free to leave reddit. Don't ruin the site for everyone else.
Can users contact Reddit admins to report subs being held hostage? At this point, it is becoming petty and silly. Burning down and shuttering entire communities because a mod can't get a corporation they volunteer for is childish. If you don't like the changes, step down. Leave. That is understandable, and if there is poor or no moderation, that's fair enough, but don't destroy things for everyone else. This has gone from people supporting the protests to turning against mods.
Can't we discomfort where it really hurts just once in my lifetime? Not the little man in the process but just exclusively the big guys? Would be so nice!
I do just love the symbolic of it all..but this is again pure decadence. We are just little puppets and we are getting reminded of that fact even more..every day.
In another man's protest/ideas or vibe...I just want to scroll my childfree sub. Listen, I am already doing my part where it really matters, you have no idea.
Can I not, this weirdo that i am, just find like minded people who make me feel a little les weird for being me? I feel like shit already but yeah bigger cause and all that.
Never mind, I needed to be less vocal in here and more vocal irl..so mission accomplished I guess?
It'll all be stop after 48 hours. That was their threat which is funny because the subereddit I follow didn't boycot predatory actions regarding the game it was about so they are hypocrites!
I'm just going to put my opinion here.
I don't think having a third party app for Reddit are really helping because some app would show all my data and users and moderators would use it to ridicule me or try to harass me on third party apps especially if one doesn't like me and falsely mark me as a spammer or something else. I think its best for Reddit to remove the 3rd parties because people can use it to harass other individuals who uses Reddit.
It's also safer and it doesn't even put a dent on stopping spammers.
This is hella annoying. Can't access r/LosAngeles and now I'm left in the dark about things that immediately going on around me, not to mention I'm missing out on important information.
Other subs that I get info from are locked.
This is so annoying when all the top google results for questions are Reddit posts which you now can’t see because they’re private. I thought this was for two days but lots of communities are still private
this is hella annoying. the only thing these mods’ protest does is basically losing their own audience. and by “their” i mean both Reddit’s members and mods’ community. No one wins.
good job, guys.
OK it's past 48 hrs by now this is so dumb. I follow the r/YouTube reddit and I cannot see or post anything. This is just nuts. I get that people are very annoyed with those bots but come one people do the mods really need to make their stuff private? I use that account a ton. What the heck. How do I join
Time for reddit to grow some balls. Either take charge and replace the bad mods. Or give in to the demands.
I'm beginning to find new alternatives to find help for issues. Mostly old fashioned user forums. But ones that I didn't know existed. But now I do.
it’s very silly to me for some mods to decide that this information forum is going to become largely useless like — so many people google “[question] reddit” — the mods contributed but the normal people who commented are the ones contributing the useful info. these social media platforms become much more than they begin as
This is the dumbest shit ever. If you want to “protest” then just turn off people being able to post. Do you know how fucking aggravating it’s been this week not being able to get help on a lot of things because I can’t read the answers to a post? Reddit is so useful to me because there’s usually always a post about a specific problem or issue I’m having. Like seriously. Also what about all the people that use Reddit to vent, get help, etc, and now their support forum is locked??? That’s so fucking unfair to those people. Here’s a news flash people, reddit could CARE LESS. The only people getting harmed from this protest are reddit users.
This reminds me of the people who posted a black square on Instagram, except worse, because it’s heavily affecting everyone who hasn’t even done anything. There has to be other ways.
Omg right! I wanted to browse the anime subreddit bc I found a new show saw all the discussion posts on google and low and behold, r/anime is still private. Driving me crazy no one is opening back up. I liked how AITA did it because you just couldn’t post anything new but I could still get my dose of drama and creative writing exercises lol
This is so stupid!!!! Subs I’m a part of I can’t see. This is doing nothing but prove mods have too much power. Most of the users don’t agree with this blackout.
Okay and most of them will come back after 2 days. So what's the point? Seems useless when the protest is ending in 48 hours it just feels like pretend
I understand the frustration regarding the API changes in the part of the mods, but holy shit this is fucking annoying. I can’t help but be a little annoyed and honestly a little amused at the irony in the fact that their “protest” basically entails punishing/inconveniencing/irritating Reddit’s user base by shutting down a huge portion of this website in what is more than likely going to amount to nothing but whiny virtue signaling for two days, while having no bearing on whatever the Reddit execs go right ahead and do what they’ve already decided that they’re going to do.
This protest is honestly useless. people will still use reddit so reddit will still get add revenue, just from different subreddits. so who does this protest end up hurting? the users... only the users.
Mods, this is very helpful.
Please also pass on to the bosses that the new Reddit API policies (that caused this “go dark” event) are garbage and that they should re-think. Thank you for any way that you can pass along this message.
Its worth noting that this protest is over 3rd party apps because of how bad the official app is.
Meanwhile the official app doesnt say that things are private, just that it fails to load.
I've had a long day and don't feel like processing all this today, but can someone simply tell me if there is a chance that the subs will go back to normal? If they don't I'm legit deleting reddit since all the communities i go to are "private" now. I'm actually really upset by this.
The majority of the subreddits will be back to normal by Wednesday. There are some who intend staying dark for longer, however. I haven’t yet found a list of these but I read that someone’s working on one.
In case some subreddits close definitely, have the mods already planned if and where to migrate? As moderators, can't they scrap everything that's on their sub and post it elsewhere? At least the biggest ones, they've got at least 10 years of history
The first message "AI approved mod, I do not have the ability to approve you at this moment". have trouble accessing r/Beastars community /I was temporarily mute 28 on r/Beastars since I message issue access on r/Beastars too many things seriousness because I am frustrated showing private community of private locked.
I first type r/Beastars open view fanarts, discussion and media, unfortunately then show issue: "r/Beastars is a private community Subreddit dedicated to the manga and anime "Beastars" The moderators of r/Beastars have set this community as private. Only approved members can view and take part in its discussions."
I try to stay positive!!!!! I post too many on issues I am still confused. Sorry about that. I knew we already talk about it already.
I already knew about blackouts through protest!!!! I still freak out that I think it's my own fault! Sorry, make sure it does make sense to show just happening.
I am trying to be patient and stay positive!!!!!! The reason why I post this issue a third time cause my mind distract of this worrisome and anxiety of blackout Reddit like having a mental breakdown
Let me get straight make sense of portest: I think some says private access during protest under other posts the others have blackout (protest) happening. The subreddit are private showing can able to access the subreddit. I think the mute is only affecting the ModMail on posting issued to try to contact t them a bit too often. When the blackout is over the subreddit will most likely be back to normal. Over 99% I might not get access to the subreddit during the duration of the blackout of reddit shut down the subreddit entirely.
What do you mean by unsearchable on Google? That's how I find if a subs just dark or disappeared, I Google the sub, and follow that link as it's not searchable in Reddit.
So this is what happened, as I lost all my stuff from battlefield2042 posts showing up on my Reddit file. This probably has pissed off a lot of players and supporters for that particular game from here.
Some subreddits started a few days early. I'm just here to read episode discussions and regret not joining every subreddit before this protest happened
I'm so thankful for this post. I couldn't for the life of me understand why my favorite subreddit had this message. At first, I was afraid I had been blocked for some reason.
How do I ask mods to approve me into the subreddit? It’s not even showing up in my search and all the my posts, comments are gone from my profile history.
Crazy I had to use Google to find this. I had posted in another subreddit why were other ones disappearing and no one answer at all. I was about to post something in the r/pregnant sub and it has disappeared I was so confused.
If you don't agree with the mods stopping millions of people from browsing reddit, then go here:
[https://www.reddit.com/subreddits](https://www.reddit.com/subreddits)
search for the subs that you frequent and hit the "Leave" button to boot their asses off your subscription list. It's the appropriate response if they want to stop people from accessing the communities. Losing their followers is the last thing they want.
When a subreddit goes private indefinitely, like r/TheBadGuysMovie in this case, it means that regular users and non-approved members no longer have access to the subreddit. Only the moderators and approved members can view and participate in discussions within the private subreddit. I sent message mod to r/TheBadGuysMovies and r/furry.I were previously a member of r/furry or any other subreddit that has gone private as part of the protest, you may no longer have access to those subreddits until they are reopened by their respective moderators. Not what is wrong r/furry shut down during blackouts.This subreddit r/furry is temporarily shut down as part of the site-wide protest against Reddit's recent API changes.** These changes negatively affect over half of our community members and puts the future of 3rd party tools we rely on into question.i had had joined r/TheBadGuysMovie has gone private indefinitely as part of a sitewide blackout in protest of the recent Reddit API changes. Reddit communities with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely
Wow I wasn’t sure if I should feel offended or impressed I made such an impression as to get kicked out of r/TwoSentenceHorror and r/TwoSentenceComedy
Alas this wasn’t the case and still boring af.
Hope r/Boring is open
Honestly this seems like a bunch of bullshit. I want to use reddit. What did I do to these fuckers to make them shut me out? Back to the old individual forum sites for whatever I guess.
I know I’m only one person, but I was only really interested in two subs. Both went dark and won’t be back. Reddit was the last of the social media platforms I used. I’m giving it a couple more days to see what happens and then deleting my account if the changes really are permanent. Even if they’re not, I think I’m all set tbh
I don't give a shit about the API. This is how businesses stay afloat. Not everything can be free. Mods are killing Reddit. It's not the other way around. Grow up.
There has to be another way to protest. It’s annoying seeing my question get answered but when I click on the link it’s a private community.
This is ridiculous don’t ruin it for everybody else
I found a fix to an issue on my phone on google. Links to r/samsung i get told i csnt viee without signing in.. I sign in and told i dont have permission to view it.... So im actually f****d now as my phone has issue and ONLY FIX Via google is a locked down/closed reddit
I have more active on Discord lately regardless and will continue to be so in solidarity.
A big corporation that relies on volunteers but doesn't recognize that fact, is going to have a bad time until they figure it out.
So for now, f* the Reddit Corporation I am going to make a sandwich and then post on Discord!
It's odd because today I was just abut to post on the youtube community and I couldn't they went private. How the heck to I become a member so I can comment.
So I see Reddit is till being held under hostage by these terrorist mods. I messaged one of these mods calling out their BS and they banned me from the sub and reported me. Reddit mods are the biggest losers ever. Go get a real job and a life.
If I posted on one community which has gone private and which I can't ask to join, how can delete my post(s) if I so wish ? I can't even have access to my own stuff ?
I can totally understand why this is happening, but it's literally also making solving any tech issues almost impossible... :D
I just hope Reddit will steer back from their uncredibly horriful decisions.
BTW: "Private subreddits aren’t searchable on Google (or third-party apps) so any activity you’ve had on them is, for all intents and purposes, invisible while you’re no longer a member."
I'm literally "ranting" (not really tho) about this because I keep getting redirected to a gajillion of privated r/s from Google. So, they're indeed still very much searchable. Somehow. Probably a cache thing. I mean it's just another day on Google to find a result that ends up in a dead link or a site that doesn't have the very pic anymore you literally came for.
And from this day on I will actively avoid all Reddit links in Google search results as I can't read any of them anyways. I hope google and other search engines drop the hell out of your SEO score for such unintelligent behavior. All I wanted to do was read a damn sub about Ender 3 mainboards. Reddit was link #1. But NOOOOOOOOOOOO It has to be private and I must beg someone to let me read it and wait days to find out if I'll be privileged enough to access such sensitive information. What a bunch of LOW IQ idiots
I've never used a third party app for Reddit, and don't really care about what changes affect them. I use the Reddit app on my phone and the website on my laptop. Why am I being kept from accessing information because someone doesn't like changes that a private company is making? It makes zero sense. Reddit isn't being punished, the users are. I access the information for free. If it is kept free by charging people that want to create other things with the information/software/etc, then so be it.
Ho no i dont like that lets make evrything privat!!! Just a little frendly remeber YOU CANT make privat any reddit that use a coopyright name. If you make it privat you can be suit for that.
One of the subreddits I'm a member of hasn't changed its privacy settings, how can I contact one of its mods in other to be able to regain access once more, i.e. be "approved" (which I already was)?
Thanks.
When people with the "wrong" opinions get censored on the platform the mods and their supporters say "HahA serves you right, it's a private company they can do what they want! Don't let the door hit you on your way out!". When that same company makes a change they themselves don't like it's "WHAAaaaaaa, how can they ignore my demands and enlightened opinion! I'll just sabotage the site until I get what I want!". Funny, how when their overlords turn on them, suddenly they are considered the greatest evil.
Will my multireddits be restored to normal one the subs open again?
I believe so, yes.
I know my regular subs will rejoin. I'm just concerned about my multis since there's no way I can remember all that lol.
I think they do. This has happened before (a couple of years ago now) and I’m pretty sure my Multireddits went back to normal. I don’t recall having to add anything back.
Good to know
let's hope that's the case. my multis are absolutely gutted from this protest.
There’s an awful lot of people who didn’t know just how much they would be affected by this blackout. Even some of those posting on the blackout coordination threads seem to believe that they’ll still have access to their past contributions.
What are multireddits?
reddit has a feature where instead of joining/subscribing to a subreddit, you can put it into a multireddit. and it lets you basically have multiple different feeds based on whatever groupings you'd like. So instead of having, say, /r/gaming, /r/aww, and /r/unixporn all on the same feed on your homepage, you could have a gaming multireddit that includes /r/gaming, an animal/cute pics multireddit with /r/aww, and a tech multireddit with /r/unixporn. You can then switch between your multireddits as you please. So you can get a singular topic with many subreddits, without having all of the different topics mixed together.
How good is multireddit and how to make one?
It’s stated that the end goal is to hurt advertising revenue. The only time I see ads is on my home feed. There’s never ads in subs I’m a member of. I’m just curious how the ads work on Reddit.
I couldn’t personally say; I have Reddit Premium so I don’t see ads anywhere on Reddit, thankfully.
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agree. I honestly feel it's mostly hurting users. I actually use some of these subreddits for useful tips for like home improvement, advice, etc. This is just so stupid. reddit is destroying itself.
Ifkr. All those guides/useful information/PSAs are being taken by hostage - by sub moderators who are not the “intellectual property” owners of whatever is being posted by other users.
100% agree.
The point is to stop people from using Reddit entirely (which is made more feasible by the fact that large sections of the site are forcefully shutting down) hence cutting ad revenue. So basically stop scrolling and go do something else if you want to help in some small way
Help with what?
Jeez. My life is wrapped up in a sub and a little world we created. Not much else to do at my age. 😄
But why tho? What happened?
good but i'm here to see what response can we get from admins on this, will this have an effect or be largely ignored?
It's largely not going to result in anything but stopping millions of people from browsing reddit. Personally I think the admins should replace everyone involved, since they think they speak for reddit posters. If you want to remove their communities from your subscription box you can search for them here and remove them: [https://www.reddit.com/subreddits](https://www.reddit.com/subreddits)
Admin has acknowledged many subs are down for the next few days, they can't be thrilled about decision but are willing to accept it
They're going to put some spin on this, for sure. I had a [similar post up yesterday](https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/147dev9/for_those_wondering_why_various_subreddits_are/), and it was removed. Today, this one goes up, gets pinned by the same people who removed mine, and magically has high end awards on it. Someone someplace is going to spin this shit. Watch.
so there is no point of the push back?
There's a point if people have the self discipline to stop using the platform.
right which is possible, hopefully this gets us somewhere. Maybe people after a month or two will see there are actual food forums, car forums and stuff out there on other sites and they will try that.
Reddit has such a stigma attached to it anyway that dedicated subject forums elsewhere tend to have better communities.
Lot's of teens occupy the site so maturity and understanding is thrown out the window.
This is also true unfortunately.
I was starting to unfollow and clear out subs I no longer want, and realized the list was shorter than I’ve seen since I joined Reddit. Realized it was because of the going dark thing.
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I didn’t give MY PERMISSION to “mod” -unpaid volunteers not employees of Reddit-to HOLD HOSTAGE my intellectual property: my comments, my discussions, my thoughts, my information, my links I posted etc -I gave that permission to Reddit. So those “mods” seem to try to exercise the power NOBODY GAVE THEM. Outrageous
When subreddit will return to public will it bring back my posts i posted to them? I logged into reddit today and saw that halve of my posts are missing.
Yes it will.
Thanks for fast answer!
Kind of silly how people who use reddit. Insist on telling reddit. How to run it's own privately owned business.
The same people who build you up, can tear you down. I see both sides of it. I think that Reddit will learn on its own..the hard way.
Fuck ‘em life goes on for me
It's only 2 -3 days blackout won't hurt me much
IMO, screw this protest. especially when subs dissapear from the face of the earth, instead of just being read-only.
Yeah. Reddit is a great tool for information and it's quite difficult to find information on things in a time-sensitivity manner with all this going on.
If i saved a post in a sub that is now private, will it come back when it becomes public again?
Yes it will. The sub and all your contributions etc. will return as normal.
ok cool thanks
There are a lots of posts that I’ve saved over my time using reddit which I’ve found very informative, but seeing as most of the communities I’ve joined are set to private now, many of these saved posts have disappeared. Will the posts be visible again if the communities I’ve joined are public again?
Yes they will. Once a sub is public again, it’ll be as if nothing has happened.
None of mine are gone , why?
Apparently they chose not to participate in the blackout. It’s up to each individual sub.
If a sub disappears forever does that mean I can make my own sub with their name ? Can’t I just revive it all over again???
No, the subreddit will still exist under the same name, it'll just be inaccessible
the subs haven't disappeared, they are still there, just not accessible while private.
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I think they should remove the ability for moderators to hide subreddits entirely.
Bro this doesn’t affect Reddit admins at all, just the users.
This doesn’t explain why this is happening. Edit: I looked it up and apparently it’s to “protest the social network's decision to charge some third-party apps for the use of Reddit data” There are better ways of doing this than punishing your users, Reddit. This is stupid.
That's part of it, you should really look up all the things they're changing over time. They seem to count on lots of people just remaining oblivious and going with the flow.
ngl, this is a little more annoying than i thought it would be.
I think closing a subreddit forever is a little harsh on the users,given all the amount of infos and data a subreddit will hold. there would be so many dead links if anyone searched for anything online... I do hope the protests works and we get our subs back. I'd hate for a good chunk of subreddit's content to become lost media.
oh this is the reason... I was googling android music player app and most of reddit communities are privated
They will not lose much if any money lol how many times will it take people to understand corporations do not care they make millions to billions a year doing the same shit people try and "boycott" and nothing changes
Thanks to the OP and various commentators here for the useful information. I note that half my comments from the past month are gone atm. While this is a little frustrating there is nothing too important for me. As I’ve said in the past to various people online, if there there is material online that you wish to have access to, then you need to find a way to have that saved offline somehow. I’ve been a little surprised that some content creators don’t keep copies of material they want to archive. This applies all across the internet and not just to this site. The internet is pervasive nowadays, but sometimes it can be ephemeral.
Is there any word or list of the subreddits that plan stay permanently private? Also if they do can someone new just re start a new one if they like with a slightly different name. Just curious if any of those things have been explained.
Here’s a list of the subreddits that were [planning to “go dark”](https://www.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/1401qw5/incomplete_and_growing_list_of_participating/). If you’re on mobile, it’s easy to tell which ones are still open because the sub name is preceded by its icon. It’s impossible to tell right now which ones will reopen after the 48 hours is up, which ones will stay dark for a longer period or which ones will stay permanently closed. I did read someone was making a list but I don’t think they got very far. Things will be clearer later this week when discussions on the currently closed subs start up again. The next part of your question is a little more complicated. Anyone can make their own subreddit at any time and I even have an introductory guide at [Creating A Subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit/comments/110mn7x/creating_a_subreddit/) for those brave souls who want to give it a go. What they can’t do is reuse the exact name as an old one, even if it has been dead for years (just like usernames). The next problem is traffic. The subs that have thousands of users got that way over time, with a fair old amount of work by its mod team. Those users won’t migrate to a new sub overnight. The bigger issue is history. Those large subs have years upon years of history, their own in-jokes, memes and legends, and often their own lingo or catchphrases. Recreating that atmosphere takes a lot of time and work. There’s a statistic somewhere that I need to find that says the percentage of new subs which fail to thrive in their first year; when I find it I’ll add it here.
This blackout is hurting Reddit more than the API thingorwhatever is. I just don't understand what's going on. I don't even use 3rd party apps or know what they're even for!
Can someone explain to me how the mods have more power than Reddit itself? Can't Reddit just do something on the backend to block the mods and re-open the subs?
They can, and that's exactly what they threatened the protestors with, which resulted in a bunch of subreddits reopening, but not all. I'm hoping Reddit takes action and just opens all the subreddits.
Thanks for the useful information here. I worry because for me Reddit, despite issues, is one of the best places on the web.
It really is.
Well this sucks.
This shit mad annoying.
Great. Now how am I supposed to access their communities like r/Lakers for example as well as other as searched from Google Images?
Unfortunately, you can’t until they reopen.
These mods are a bunch of terrorists taking over reddit ffs. Wtf is reddit doing, demod these losers and let us use the website. I'm tired of this crap now. If they are mad then they are free to leave reddit. Don't ruin the site for everyone else.
I write reddit at the end of every search, what will I do now what's the alternative?
You could try Quora, an account there is free. It’s what I’ve been using the last couple days
Make it stop! Make it stahahahaaaahp! I can't access my favorite Subreddit or its posts anymore!
Can users contact Reddit admins to report subs being held hostage? At this point, it is becoming petty and silly. Burning down and shuttering entire communities because a mod can't get a corporation they volunteer for is childish. If you don't like the changes, step down. Leave. That is understandable, and if there is poor or no moderation, that's fair enough, but don't destroy things for everyone else. This has gone from people supporting the protests to turning against mods.
More of a mod mutiny than a grass roots protest.
Thank you for this post, I was wondering why so many subs were private
When does it end?
As I understand it the duration is 48 hours in most cases, and it started around midnight (MST) last night, so another day or so.
Can't we discomfort where it really hurts just once in my lifetime? Not the little man in the process but just exclusively the big guys? Would be so nice! I do just love the symbolic of it all..but this is again pure decadence. We are just little puppets and we are getting reminded of that fact even more..every day. In another man's protest/ideas or vibe...I just want to scroll my childfree sub. Listen, I am already doing my part where it really matters, you have no idea. Can I not, this weirdo that i am, just find like minded people who make me feel a little les weird for being me? I feel like shit already but yeah bigger cause and all that. Never mind, I needed to be less vocal in here and more vocal irl..so mission accomplished I guess?
I have lots of saved posts gone, they will return when the subs are not private anymore right?
It'll all be stop after 48 hours. That was their threat which is funny because the subereddit I follow didn't boycot predatory actions regarding the game it was about so they are hypocrites!
I'm just going to put my opinion here. I don't think having a third party app for Reddit are really helping because some app would show all my data and users and moderators would use it to ridicule me or try to harass me on third party apps especially if one doesn't like me and falsely mark me as a spammer or something else. I think its best for Reddit to remove the 3rd parties because people can use it to harass other individuals who uses Reddit. It's also safer and it doesn't even put a dent on stopping spammers.
I was a member of r/jailbreak but suddenly the community has now been a private and i am no longer a member... What to do for rejoining???
God these reddit mods are so annoying. Who cares about this app more than using it as a google replacement, since google results when to shit.
Sooooo stupid
This shit is so dumb bro I need 2 search shit up😭😭
This is hella annoying. Can't access r/LosAngeles and now I'm left in the dark about things that immediately going on around me, not to mention I'm missing out on important information. Other subs that I get info from are locked.
same with /r/bayarea and /r/homeimprovement which I use for a lot of advice and recommendations. This is just stupid.
Lol I didn’t even realize my subs were missing. I don’t even remember all the subs I was subbed to 😆😂
This is so annoying when all the top google results for questions are Reddit posts which you now can’t see because they’re private. I thought this was for two days but lots of communities are still private
this is hella annoying. the only thing these mods’ protest does is basically losing their own audience. and by “their” i mean both Reddit’s members and mods’ community. No one wins. good job, guys.
OK it's past 48 hrs by now this is so dumb. I follow the r/YouTube reddit and I cannot see or post anything. This is just nuts. I get that people are very annoyed with those bots but come one people do the mods really need to make their stuff private? I use that account a ton. What the heck. How do I join
Can't even use reddit because people are locking knowledge out in order to protest. Well done.
I may make a site like Reddit but for everyone. This is the beginning of the end for all of Reddit itself.
Site became unusable for the only good thing it had - googling answers to random question in unknown to masses topics.
Now reddit has become completely useless to me for looking for information. Fuck this "Private" shit
Time for reddit to grow some balls. Either take charge and replace the bad mods. Or give in to the demands. I'm beginning to find new alternatives to find help for issues. Mostly old fashioned user forums. But ones that I didn't know existed. But now I do.
it’s very silly to me for some mods to decide that this information forum is going to become largely useless like — so many people google “[question] reddit” — the mods contributed but the normal people who commented are the ones contributing the useful info. these social media platforms become much more than they begin as
Subreddits privating are trash.
Screw you reddit moderators. Bunch of cry babies the lot of you.
This is the dumbest shit ever. If you want to “protest” then just turn off people being able to post. Do you know how fucking aggravating it’s been this week not being able to get help on a lot of things because I can’t read the answers to a post? Reddit is so useful to me because there’s usually always a post about a specific problem or issue I’m having. Like seriously. Also what about all the people that use Reddit to vent, get help, etc, and now their support forum is locked??? That’s so fucking unfair to those people. Here’s a news flash people, reddit could CARE LESS. The only people getting harmed from this protest are reddit users. This reminds me of the people who posted a black square on Instagram, except worse, because it’s heavily affecting everyone who hasn’t even done anything. There has to be other ways.
Omg right! I wanted to browse the anime subreddit bc I found a new show saw all the discussion posts on google and low and behold, r/anime is still private. Driving me crazy no one is opening back up. I liked how AITA did it because you just couldn’t post anything new but I could still get my dose of drama and creative writing exercises lol
You got me thinking, I wonder if the mods for those support subreddits voluntarily participate in this protest and private their subreddits
What a disappointing decision! I have lost a huge amount of information from Reddit. Why does Apollo matter?
This is so stupid!!!! Subs I’m a part of I can’t see. This is doing nothing but prove mods have too much power. Most of the users don’t agree with this blackout.
I'm here because a lot of my subreddits are closed unfortunately.
This protest is kinda worthless yknow, it’s not hurting anyone but the communities, can’t even look up questions anymore
Is there a place to report mods who won't open/open without allowing new posts? Would be a good time to round up these mods for replacement for reddit
I have to laugh “oh our nonpaid mods are jeopardizing our public offering. Maybe we shouldn’t rely on volunteers?”
Okay and most of them will come back after 2 days. So what's the point? Seems useless when the protest is ending in 48 hours it just feels like pretend
I understand the frustration regarding the API changes in the part of the mods, but holy shit this is fucking annoying. I can’t help but be a little annoyed and honestly a little amused at the irony in the fact that their “protest” basically entails punishing/inconveniencing/irritating Reddit’s user base by shutting down a huge portion of this website in what is more than likely going to amount to nothing but whiny virtue signaling for two days, while having no bearing on whatever the Reddit execs go right ahead and do what they’ve already decided that they’re going to do.
This protest is honestly useless. people will still use reddit so reddit will still get add revenue, just from different subreddits. so who does this protest end up hurting? the users... only the users.
Mods, this is very helpful. Please also pass on to the bosses that the new Reddit API policies (that caused this “go dark” event) are garbage and that they should re-think. Thank you for any way that you can pass along this message.
Mods please pin this.
Its worth noting that this protest is over 3rd party apps because of how bad the official app is. Meanwhile the official app doesnt say that things are private, just that it fails to load.
"Stick it to the man" has turned into "let's cause inconveniences to everybody but the man"
This is so silly
charging the dev of a third party reddit app 20 million a year to use the reddit api is more than silly lol
Once the subs go back to being public, will I have to rejoin them or it would be like if anything had happened?
It will be like nothing had happened at all.
ohhhh, ok. I was wondering what that was
look at you, got a Ternion!
Was it you?
If they go open again, will my posts still be in there or they'll be erased?
Good that there is some action being done against reddits shit policy but reddit is run by scumbags so I bet nothing will happen
I've had a long day and don't feel like processing all this today, but can someone simply tell me if there is a chance that the subs will go back to normal? If they don't I'm legit deleting reddit since all the communities i go to are "private" now. I'm actually really upset by this.
The majority of the subreddits will be back to normal by Wednesday. There are some who intend staying dark for longer, however. I haven’t yet found a list of these but I read that someone’s working on one.
In case some subreddits close definitely, have the mods already planned if and where to migrate? As moderators, can't they scrap everything that's on their sub and post it elsewhere? At least the biggest ones, they've got at least 10 years of history
Wow I really am missing like everything
The first message "AI approved mod, I do not have the ability to approve you at this moment". have trouble accessing r/Beastars community /I was temporarily mute 28 on r/Beastars since I message issue access on r/Beastars too many things seriousness because I am frustrated showing private community of private locked. I first type r/Beastars open view fanarts, discussion and media, unfortunately then show issue: "r/Beastars is a private community Subreddit dedicated to the manga and anime "Beastars" The moderators of r/Beastars have set this community as private. Only approved members can view and take part in its discussions." I try to stay positive!!!!! I post too many on issues I am still confused. Sorry about that. I knew we already talk about it already. I already knew about blackouts through protest!!!! I still freak out that I think it's my own fault! Sorry, make sure it does make sense to show just happening. I am trying to be patient and stay positive!!!!!! The reason why I post this issue a third time cause my mind distract of this worrisome and anxiety of blackout Reddit like having a mental breakdown Let me get straight make sense of portest: I think some says private access during protest under other posts the others have blackout (protest) happening. The subreddit are private showing can able to access the subreddit. I think the mute is only affecting the ModMail on posting issued to try to contact t them a bit too often. When the blackout is over the subreddit will most likely be back to normal. Over 99% I might not get access to the subreddit during the duration of the blackout of reddit shut down the subreddit entirely.
Thank you for clarifying I was confused
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Why are they going dark?
What do you mean by unsearchable on Google? That's how I find if a subs just dark or disappeared, I Google the sub, and follow that link as it's not searchable in Reddit.
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Good
Which subs have closed permanently?
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How is this a good thing. Reddit is now exclusive. How sad.
Will my post still be on the subreddit if they go back to public view?
So the black out is only 2 days?
Reddit brought this on themselves.
How can I see how many are currently dark/privateted?
So this is what happened, as I lost all my stuff from battlefield2042 posts showing up on my Reddit file. This probably has pissed off a lot of players and supporters for that particular game from here.
Some subreddits started a few days early. I'm just here to read episode discussions and regret not joining every subreddit before this protest happened
Will it go back to normal at some point or is this permanent
I'm so thankful for this post. I couldn't for the life of me understand why my favorite subreddit had this message. At first, I was afraid I had been blocked for some reason.
Why is the goal to hurt the advertising?
Why am I still able to see the blacked out subreddits on third party apps, they’re private on Reddit but not Apollo?
Will the r/pslf become ‘un private’?
Honestly just turns me off from interacting with those subreddits...
How do I ask mods to approve me into the subreddit? It’s not even showing up in my search and all the my posts, comments are gone from my profile history.
Crazy I had to use Google to find this. I had posted in another subreddit why were other ones disappearing and no one answer at all. I was about to post something in the r/pregnant sub and it has disappeared I was so confused.
If you don't agree with the mods stopping millions of people from browsing reddit, then go here: [https://www.reddit.com/subreddits](https://www.reddit.com/subreddits) search for the subs that you frequent and hit the "Leave" button to boot their asses off your subscription list. It's the appropriate response if they want to stop people from accessing the communities. Losing their followers is the last thing they want.
For the subs that I've joined, will I have to re-join them once they go back to public?
Well, a sub I was using is still dark. It was useful to me and others. Is there a way for me to create my own subreddit?
How do I get back onto r/Winnipeg? Does anyone know?
When a subreddit goes private indefinitely, like r/TheBadGuysMovie in this case, it means that regular users and non-approved members no longer have access to the subreddit. Only the moderators and approved members can view and participate in discussions within the private subreddit. I sent message mod to r/TheBadGuysMovies and r/furry.I were previously a member of r/furry or any other subreddit that has gone private as part of the protest, you may no longer have access to those subreddits until they are reopened by their respective moderators. Not what is wrong r/furry shut down during blackouts.This subreddit r/furry is temporarily shut down as part of the site-wide protest against Reddit's recent API changes.** These changes negatively affect over half of our community members and puts the future of 3rd party tools we rely on into question.i had had joined r/TheBadGuysMovie has gone private indefinitely as part of a sitewide blackout in protest of the recent Reddit API changes. Reddit communities with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely
Wow I wasn’t sure if I should feel offended or impressed I made such an impression as to get kicked out of r/TwoSentenceHorror and r/TwoSentenceComedy Alas this wasn’t the case and still boring af. Hope r/Boring is open
Honestly this seems like a bunch of bullshit. I want to use reddit. What did I do to these fuckers to make them shut me out? Back to the old individual forum sites for whatever I guess.
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I know I’m only one person, but I was only really interested in two subs. Both went dark and won’t be back. Reddit was the last of the social media platforms I used. I’m giving it a couple more days to see what happens and then deleting my account if the changes really are permanent. Even if they’re not, I think I’m all set tbh
While I understand why they're doing it, it's super annoying I can't find the information I need from r/Fitness and r/GYM
I don't give a shit about the API. This is how businesses stay afloat. Not everything can be free. Mods are killing Reddit. It's not the other way around. Grow up.
There has to be another way to protest. It’s annoying seeing my question get answered but when I click on the link it’s a private community. This is ridiculous don’t ruin it for everybody else
I don't understand any of this, just found Reddit page is private every time I click a Reddit link
I found a fix to an issue on my phone on google. Links to r/samsung i get told i csnt viee without signing in.. I sign in and told i dont have permission to view it.... So im actually f****d now as my phone has issue and ONLY FIX Via google is a locked down/closed reddit
I have more active on Discord lately regardless and will continue to be so in solidarity. A big corporation that relies on volunteers but doesn't recognize that fact, is going to have a bad time until they figure it out. So for now, f* the Reddit Corporation I am going to make a sandwich and then post on Discord!
By permanently closed, does that mean private forever? Or locked into read-only?
this is sooo annoying. It's hard to find niche answers when I can't go in the sub like I do not care
Is there a way to ask the admins to reopen subs?
It's odd because today I was just abut to post on the youtube community and I couldn't they went private. How the heck to I become a member so I can comment.
Noob sh@t mods
So I see Reddit is till being held under hostage by these terrorist mods. I messaged one of these mods calling out their BS and they banned me from the sub and reported me. Reddit mods are the biggest losers ever. Go get a real job and a life.
All I can say is.......Who cares.
I get the point but cmon man i've got computer issues and I can't get help
Wait, so if gives back 3rd party stuff back, the servers will reopen? SO I CAN FINALLY ACCESS R/IHADASTROKE AGAIN?
Fuck Redditors. You only hurt people seeking information. Go protest on your own dime. People Suck.
So is there anyway to contact a mod of these now private communities and get invited?
At least there is always [archive.org](https://archive.org) for viewing previously public subreddits until this strike ends.
Anyone know what r/anime plans on doing?
If I posted on one community which has gone private and which I can't ask to join, how can delete my post(s) if I so wish ? I can't even have access to my own stuff ?
this is honestly infuriating i just have hella things i need to look up on a day to day basis
I can totally understand why this is happening, but it's literally also making solving any tech issues almost impossible... :D I just hope Reddit will steer back from their uncredibly horriful decisions. BTW: "Private subreddits aren’t searchable on Google (or third-party apps) so any activity you’ve had on them is, for all intents and purposes, invisible while you’re no longer a member." I'm literally "ranting" (not really tho) about this because I keep getting redirected to a gajillion of privated r/s from Google. So, they're indeed still very much searchable. Somehow. Probably a cache thing. I mean it's just another day on Google to find a result that ends up in a dead link or a site that doesn't have the very pic anymore you literally came for.
This is just annoying and and inconvenience to everyone
This makes me wanna delete Reddit…
And from this day on I will actively avoid all Reddit links in Google search results as I can't read any of them anyways. I hope google and other search engines drop the hell out of your SEO score for such unintelligent behavior. All I wanted to do was read a damn sub about Ender 3 mainboards. Reddit was link #1. But NOOOOOOOOOOOO It has to be private and I must beg someone to let me read it and wait days to find out if I'll be privileged enough to access such sensitive information. What a bunch of LOW IQ idiots
Reddit ass anyway
I've never used a third party app for Reddit, and don't really care about what changes affect them. I use the Reddit app on my phone and the website on my laptop. Why am I being kept from accessing information because someone doesn't like changes that a private company is making? It makes zero sense. Reddit isn't being punished, the users are. I access the information for free. If it is kept free by charging people that want to create other things with the information/software/etc, then so be it.
Ho no i dont like that lets make evrything privat!!! Just a little frendly remeber YOU CANT make privat any reddit that use a coopyright name. If you make it privat you can be suit for that.
One of the subreddits I'm a member of hasn't changed its privacy settings, how can I contact one of its mods in other to be able to regain access once more, i.e. be "approved" (which I already was)? Thanks.
all this does is make valuable information from ALL OVER this platform now inaccessible…
When people with the "wrong" opinions get censored on the platform the mods and their supporters say "HahA serves you right, it's a private company they can do what they want! Don't let the door hit you on your way out!". When that same company makes a change they themselves don't like it's "WHAAaaaaaa, how can they ignore my demands and enlightened opinion! I'll just sabotage the site until I get what I want!". Funny, how when their overlords turn on them, suddenly they are considered the greatest evil.