I Miss the Community

[LambTalk]

The only reason things have been this way for so long is stubbornness and I don't see any value-added to keeping it this way.

You were given reasons why they closed the subreddit outside of the API changes. All the API changes did was speed up the timeline.

If you want a Jellyfin subreddit for user engagement, then go make one. The team have said multiple times that they are happy for community members to open their own unofficial Jellyfin subreddit, but they are not interested in maintaining Reddit as a support channel due to the challenges that come with it.

That's a convenient answer, why not just pass the ownership torch to members who want the subreddit? That would be the most reasonable thing to do if that's their position.

I have a feeling there are ulterior motives.

We get it, you're not happy that the official Jellyfin subreddit is only used for announcements. 

The Jellyfin team are not going to hand over ownership of an official communication channel to community members and people not affiliated with the core team. That's what unofficial subreddits are for.

Instead of ignoring the honest answers you have been provided and claiming there's some malicious reason the JF team don't want to hand over ownership of THEIR subreddit, the most reasonable thing to do in your position would be to take the advice given to you and open up an unofficial Jellyfin subreddit run by fans and community members. Then you can farm karma and user engagement to your hearts content.