• Clbull@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s a funny protest, but it kinda goes against the spirit of the API boycott.

    I’ll give it a week before Reddit goes back to normal. Spez is probably going to do some overtime and start forcefully deposing moderators.

    And as we saw with /r/worldnews, /r/leagueoflegends and pretty much any other subreddit that refused to even acknowledge the initial blackout, there are power users that are more than willing to lick Spez’s boots.

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      1 year ago

      yeah, it’s funny but at the end of the day all reddit cares about are their pageviews, engagement, and active daily users. They don’t care whether people are posting “real” pics or john oliver pics, as long as they’re posting

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    I find it Fucking hilarious. Especially the “community of 30 million John Oliver enthusiasts” LMAO. I was really depressed when this all started, I will really miss Reddit Sync, but the fediverse seems like the beginnings of a better reddit to me and the drama has some bright spots like the above lol. Wonderful!

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        1 year ago

        It means the mods at r/pics just dropped a “Please Cover This” sign to the biggest news show in reddit’s prime demographic.

        It’s honestly kind of fucking genius. Much respect.

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          If they do end up covering it, I hope they mention spez’s doomsday-prepper fascism.

          When society crumbles, I’ll totally be in charge because I’m such a natural leader. I won’t be a slave, but some people definitely will be. But not me, because I have motorcycles and guns. I’ll be in charge when slavery comes back. This is a normal thing to say.

          — spez, least psychopathic tech CEO

  • IntlLawGnome@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    This is a naked appeal to have John Oliver cover the Reddit drama on Last Week Tonight once the writers’ strike is over, and I am here for it.

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    1 year ago

    All subs should do something like this…Reddit want the mods back or they get removed. So bring the subs back but change the sub rules to be insane shit like this. Comply to Reddit’s rules but with your own rules.

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    1 year ago

    If there is one last glorious memory I’ll take away from reddit, I can live with it being this one.

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    1 year ago

    I’m torn, on one hand this is hilarious and if they didn’t do this the admins would just change the moderators to someone who would run it. On the other hand, Reddit got what it wanted: the sub has reopened, posts are flowing, ads are being served and Reddit is making money.

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      1 year ago

      i honestly doubt that the traffic R/pics had before this change will stay.

      this is the best way honestly even better than restricted it will effectively hurt the traffic while they ( officially ) cant be dicks i mean they still can but you know.

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      1 year ago

      They will see a spike in revenue but people will get bored and stop caring about the sub after a while