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  • calmblue75@lemmy.mltoUnpopular Opinion@lemmy.worldProtesting needs to evolve
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    15 days ago
    1. I think protests work(not the sign carrying ones), and are constantly evolving.

    2. This “No Kings” day was a rally at best.

    3. You need to be clear about what you’re protesting against, put forth actionable demands and threaten some action if the demands are not met.

    I remember being part of the Reddit API protest, where we protested the new policy by logging off our accounts, closing hundreds of subreddits for 2 days. Some of them had millions of subscribers. We asked Reddit to withdraw its new API policy and threatened to leave Reddit if they didn’t change the policy. They didn’t, and many of us who did the 2 day blackout followed through. We mass deleted our accounts and many of us migrated here, to the fediverse. Reddit does remain, but it has lost many people who built and maintained the community.