This is why it’s a moral/ethical issue, as it relies on individuals taking personal responsibility. Nobody can be forced into anything. I support the blackout as I don’t support what Reddit is doing with the APIs, but what you as moderators of the community have done is essentially wield your power to make a decision for others. They had no say in the matter. You indisputably have the power do that, but is it the right thing to do? Does your disagreement with a platform give you the right to restrict access to a previously public database? With power comes responsibility, yadda yadda. I can’t make you take responsibility, and you can’t make everyone agree with your actions. It could be argued that if you wanted to leave Reddit, you should have handed moderation over to people who were happy to stay and deal with the API changes. Then people would have been free to make their own choice on whether they also wanted to leave Reddit and come here, or stay on Reddit (and I think people who are against the strike will very quickly realise what a shitshow Reddit becomes without APIs to assist moderation). But what’s happened now is that you exercised personal ownership over something that many other users will feel also belonged to them. Contentious issue

However, strikes have to be disruptive to make their point and force change, which is why I support the blackout. I’m aware that making the sub read-only still lets Reddit receive traffic, but it’s the only compromise. If you make the sub read-only, I’m more than happy to contribute here by moving across any important info I think should be shared