• zach@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Are people really that angry? I mean I know we live in a crazy world, but this seems a bit much.

    • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 years ago

      No, I don’t think so. This is coming from the same guy who claimed that the Apollo dev tried to extort him for $10 million and threatened him, when the Apollo Dev had the phone call recorded and proved that he only offered to sell the company.
      He’s feeling threatened and trying to make the users participating in the blackout look bad.

      • PrinceHabib72@vlemmy.net
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        2 years ago

        He even claims that around a thousand subreddits went dark. It was 8,000. Hundreds are already pledging to stay dark indefinitely, including huge ones like r/aww and r/videos.

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          2 years ago

          I wouldn’t be surprised to see sockpuppet accounts starting / running some kind of “r/videosnew” and “r/awwnew” if they stay offline for a longer period of time