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Confused Redditor observed in the wild! (lemmy.pt)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Currently on a train in the US. Noticed the guy sitting in front of me on the official Reddit app, looking at a bunch of subreddits and getting blocked by the private subs and their protest messages. Flipped around the blacked out content for a while and then gave up. It works!!!

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[–] Squirrel 52 points 1 year ago (5 children)

They must not be on that much. I don’t know how you could have missed every blackout post in the last week.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Considering how many thousands of subreddits are closed down, and how many others have posts restricted but show a sticky with info, that’s quite an accomplishment!

[–] Katt 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Friend of mine didn't know about the blackout. They almost fell out of their chair when I told them. Sweet summer child...

[–] notsorryforpartying 14 points 1 year ago

Sadly the average person is completely oblivious, not just with reddit news but most things in general.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

I am (was) active in some smaller niche subs (certain crafts, mostly) and quite a lot of users in those subs didn't know what was going on. I guess some users only use Reddit for a few specific subs, and somehow manage not to see /r/all, etc.

[–] ch00f 5 points 1 year ago

Probably on autopilot. I’ve definitely absent mindedly opened the site a few times.