r/Unexpected 3d ago

Mod Post /r/unexpected is joining the protest on June 12th and will go dark

309 Upvotes

We're going dark, and we might never be the same afterwards.

I'm sure you've already heard about the API changes that reddit is going to introduce.

I've been a user of reddit is fun (rif) for over 10 years now. I browse reddit as a user with it and also do all my moderation with this app. I've tried the official app multiple times in the past, but it's a buggy mess on Android and it's impossible to use it effectively, as a user and especially a moderator. It's so infuriating to me, I just can't do it, even if I wanted to.

/u/talklittle is the developer of rif. I wanted to support him for his great app and asked in the past what I can do. He refused that I sent him any money and said I should invest into Firefox instead, because they fight for an open and free Internet. I'm an annual supporter now, that's how great he and the app is.

Anyways, I created /r/unexpected and has been active since. This will change. On July 1st, I won't be active anymore, so this is not only a protest and strike, this is also my moment to say good bye.

It has been a great time and I enjoyed most of it, even if reddit's incompetence and greed has made the work for us incredibly hard. We fought against bot and troll farms, we fought against a CEO that doesn't have the best interest of this site in mind. We've fought against racism and hate. We've fought against spammers. We fought for minorities. But mainly it felt as we were fighting against Reddit itself much of the time.

My co-moderators pledged to keep the standard of /r/unexpected high, but I won't be available to monitor /r/unexpected anymore and make the final decisions. I trust my team, but this subreddit will be without an active top mod anymore. I might stay on the list for a while and keep in contact with the team, but basically I will be a dead account.

I don't have much hope in general for reddit's future. It's done and it only goes downwards from here. It will go public, the CEO will get his payout for allowing troll farms roam free, for supporting disinformation, for fudging traffic stats...and then it's dead.

Long talk, nothing said. I wish you all the best for the time after the lockdown. If it was only me, I would've burned the subreddit down, but there are people that still care and don't have the same dark vision of the future as myself.

Love you


r/Unexpected 7h ago

Hes Done

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r/Unexpected 2h ago

What is happening here, is it a cartoon car?

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r/Unexpected 5h ago

Just a bird

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r/Unexpected 17h ago

Kane helps a kid in arcade

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r/Unexpected 5h ago

What's happened to the bike?

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r/Unexpected 17h ago

A special food

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r/Unexpected 22h ago

That’s one way to find out…

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r/Unexpected 5h ago

surprise on ice

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r/Unexpected 1h ago

Off roading...it'll be fun

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r/Unexpected 5h ago

Trying to shake the hoop

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r/Unexpected 4h ago

Always looking out for you

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r/Unexpected 20h ago

Keto diet

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r/Unexpected 1d ago

Welp

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r/Unexpected 21h ago

Skill i didn't even know existed

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r/Unexpected 1d ago

he'll never trust again

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r/Unexpected 23h ago

They missed eachother

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r/Unexpected 23h ago

Hair hole

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r/Unexpected 15h ago

Happy Birthday Cheyenne!

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r/Unexpected 7h ago

Bro is like: Never let them know ur next move

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r/Unexpected 2h ago

It's Impossible to live with him

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r/Unexpected 1d ago

Tow

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r/Unexpected 22h ago

Smooth Criminal…

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r/Unexpected 4h ago

You probably thought he's the MC of this clip

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