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I don't really know why they don't make this a permanent blackout, or at least an amount of days enough to make Reddit lose a significant amount of money.
This sub is used mostly for providing support to those who didn't want to register on official forum. It has little traction, memes, shitposting and engagement in general
So its value stems from users providing support to the main product -- rather than being engagement farm which is profitable to reddit
Yeah, the blackout for subs like these is a bad thing for us users. This type of sub is a very valuable asset for everyone, since a lot of technical support on many things, we can only find it in these subs.
Blackouts for useful subs like this one incentivize people to join the protest against reddit’s changes. I know many people are in support of the protest, but I’ve seen plenty of apathetic responses from users who believe that the changes won’t affect them.