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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by LenticularTorsion@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/maliciouscompliance@lemmy.world

I honestly don't know if this is allowed here but I thought this is malicious compliance at its finest.

If you don't want to drive traffic there I'll repost what the mods posted below:

POLL: Decide on the future of /r/Pics!

Hello, /r/Pics subscribers!

Boy, what a whacky time we've all had lately, huh? Reddit decided to kill off third-party applications, a protest got planned (and possibly exploited by bad actors), the site showed up in the news, various communities started opening back up, others decided to stay inaccessible, and then the CEO of Reddit implied that a bunch of moderators would be removed from their positions!

Crazy, right?

Anyway, we – the so-called "landed gentry" – definitely want to comply with the wishes of the "royal court," and they've told us that we need to run the subreddit in the way that its members want. To that end, we figured that the only reasonable thing to do was directly ask how you'd like things to progress from here.

Which of the following should we do?

  1. Return to normal operations

  2. Only allow images of John Oliver looking sexy To be clear, if people choose the second option, screen-grabs from videos will be allowed (provided that there aren't any visible logos, inserted graphics, or other digital elements present). You could – if you wanted to – look through episodes of Last Week Tonight on YouTube, find moments featuring John Oliver at his sexiest, then post images of those moments here.

It's entirely up to you! Whatever the /r/Pics community decides is best, we'll respect!

Vote, friends! Vote now!

(You can vote by upvoting either of the comments in the thread below.)

Voting has now closed.

Our final tally is as follows:

Return to normal operations: -2,329 votes

Only allow images of John Oliver looking sexy: 37,331 votes

It would seem that the community has spoken!

Henceforth, /r/Pics will only allow images of John Oliver looking sexy.

(Said images must adhere to all of the community's other rules, including those mandated by Reddit.)

Happy posting!

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[-] Plenty@lemmy.world 115 points 2 years ago
[-] minimar@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

Is this real?! What episode is it from!

[-] LambdaDuck 24 points 2 years ago

yes, it's real. it's from the episode on coal from june 2017: https://youtu.be/aw6RsUhw1Q8?t=1443

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[-] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 101 points 2 years ago

He will probably get wind of this and cover it on his show 🤣

[-] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 61 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Now videos should do the same but with rick astly..."you know the rules and so do I"

[-] eee@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago

You know, if more subs do this, I might actually go back to reddit for a bit hahahaha

[-] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

😄 I'd rather not give them the traffic

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[-] ilovefluffyanimals@kbin.social 24 points 2 years ago

Only if it shows John Oliver looking sexy while marrying a cabbage :-)

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[-] TheRealJefe@lemmy.world 79 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Spez really should have read r/maliciouscompliance a bit before he bit off more than he could chew

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[-] raltoid@lemmy.world 67 points 2 years ago

Update on the vote results, for people who don't want to go there:

  • Pro John Oliver: 61.7k

  • Return to normal: -13.7k.

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[-] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 64 points 2 years ago

That's a classic reddit moment. There's such a good community on that website, it's tragic that reddit wants to use that against itself.

These kind of protest won't reduce the traffic on the platform though. They might even gain traction and increase it. If it's not linked to reduced ad revenue, I'm afraid it's counter-productive.

[-] DrGunjah@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago

I think it will reduce traffic at some point, when the lurkers are getting tired of John Oliver pics

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[-] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 63 points 2 years ago

Only having pictures of John Oliver is definitely an improvement over normal r/pic.

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[-] exixx@lemmy.world 57 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This is actually the reason I'm here on Lemmy now. I love John Oliver but with all the other dark subreddits it was a bit much, and already had been looking into it. Led to Lemmy by too much sexy John Oliver.

[-] dystop@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

like porn, sexy John Oliver pics are the gateway to Satan.

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[-] DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world 57 points 2 years ago

archive.ph link for those who don't want to give reddit traffic.

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[-] 00Lemming@lemmy.world 56 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This may be the best highlight of spez incompetence 🍿 For everyone talking smack on the moderators, this is exactly what they should be doing. Malicious compliance. Make it hard for Reddit to know what is going on. Love to see it.

[-] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago

Glorious :) I hope John Oliver picks this up in his show...

[-] tburkhol@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

Plot twist: John Oliver is secretly a mod of r/pics.

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[-] kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago

I've never been so happy to browse old.reddit /r/pics with an ad-blocker on.

[-] Nerogar@feddit.de 40 points 2 years ago

Looks like a few other subs have joined. r/gifs and r/art did the same poll

[-] concealmint@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago

Incredible move. But I doubt it'll last. Reddit is going to became 9gag and iFunny very soon. Rest in peace old reddit. It was fun while it lasted.

[-] darkmugglet@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago

The point is to hit reddit where it hurts - ad revenue. There will be a slight spike in interests as people laugh, then the lack of original content will cause people to be bored. New subreddits will have to be created and built from the ground up. Moderating a subreddit with 40m subscribers is hard.

Spez needs to realize that going to war with the users is a dumb move.

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[-] curiosityLynx@kbin.social 39 points 2 years ago

Has John Oliver already had an episode about spez's enshittifying of reddit? Because if not, I guess this is one way to make him at least mention it on Last Week Tonight. xD

[-] wilberfan@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

Unfortunately, no new LWT episodes until the Writer's Strike is settled...

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[-] tallwookie@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago

fucking lol!!!! big ol thumb to the eye of the High SlimeLord himself, /u/spez

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[-] geoffervescent@kbin.social 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

/r/gifs currently is following suit! If you still have a reddit account go vote ASAP! (Also unsubscribe from all your "business as usual" subs as possible, immediately, if you can't delete your account immediately for whatever reason)

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[-] Senseibu@feddit.uk 29 points 2 years ago

This is brilliant! I had just took a look at /r/pics without logging in and can see its just now filled with John Oliver pics

[-] darkmugglet@lemm.ee 24 points 2 years ago

I haven't laughed this hard in so long. The malicious compliance is epic. John Oliver can't buy PR like this, and he has got to be one of the few people that can appreciate being the face of something like this.

[-] seeCseas@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago

oh my god i love this. it would be a shame if all other subs followed suit...

[-] Alue42@kbin.social 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Quite a few subs had polls today for how to run, one of them was r/showerthoughts voting on which days to be open and had a comment for each day for the next week for open and each day for the next week for closed and it was unanimous of (exactly equal numbers) all upvoted days closed and all downvoted days open.

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[-] personalife@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago

Now this is the definition of malicious compliance!

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[-] RomeCallen@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago
[-] kadu@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago

/r/apple could've only allowed discussions about fruit.

But instead they decided to return to normal operations - they're in the group of mods unreasonably afraid of losing their position as mods, which is honestly quite bizarre.

I understand building a community and wanting to keep at it (I moderated 3 large Brazilian subreddits) but at this point, you just want the title - because you've already lost control, trust, and quality.

[-] ergifruit@lemmygrad.ml 28 points 2 years ago

you mean a subreddit made to bootlick a corporate entity is bootlicking a corporate entity? woah

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[-] Aviandelight@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

Omg I really hope some of those pictures make it over here.

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[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 23 points 2 years ago

This is the spirit. Might as well have fun protesting if you're not giving up just yet.

[-] grehund@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago
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[-] Rogue_General@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Glad you posted this - its the epitome of malicious compliance! And a fantastic form of protest too. With Reddit admins threatening to demote mods unless they re-open subreddits, this move takes away that ammo. Additionally, after the initial boost in activity due to novelty, the sub will get stale quickly and users will think of migrating to other platforms like lemmy or kbin. I'm all for it!

Edit: This is what I'm talking about. Here is one of those Reddit refugees now!

https://lemmy.world/comment/273363

Welcome, @exixx@lemmy.world!

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[-] dystop@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

Definitely allowed. For now, anything that fits in the spirit of malicious compliance is fair game, it doesn't have to be text only too.

[-] Badger@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 2 years ago

Amazing work as always! Though I did have to check it out kind of defeating the purpose of the protest. I think the best way to achieve what they want is to just do a really shitty job in moderating. Let the entire site be over-run with scams / crypto bros / nazis.

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[-] wotsit_sandwich@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

I love this kind of justified pettiness. I am pretty petty myself, and its something that I guess is a supposed bad quality, but it can be so much fun.

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