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[-] amanaftermidnight@lemmy.world 229 points 1 year ago
[-] PenguinJuice@kbin.social 47 points 1 year ago

I'm a simple man. I see fuck Spez and I upvote.

[-] u_spez@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago
[-] jon@lemmy.tf 15 points 1 year ago

You seem popular, it may be a good idea to invest in some queuing poles and velvet ropes for all the people that want to have intercourse with you

[-] r00ty@kbin.life 157 points 1 year ago

I like this kind of protest. Using their own rules against them. But, you know admins are going to do something. r/PICS are keeping up the good work where others have folded and I salute them from the fediverse.

[-] rustyfish@lemmy.world 110 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We understand that you are likely very busy, so we will wait until Friday, July 7th before taking any additional steps.

Dear Admins,

these are our balls. Please direct your attention at how enormous they are.

Edit: I wonder what will happen next. Maybe only screenshots of the open letter are allowed.

[-] ramble81@lemmy.world 103 points 1 year ago

I'm fully behind the moderators and read their well crafted response, but the admins are going to nitpick the definition of "sudden" and kick out all the mods. /r/pics was one of their highest ad revenue boards and they can't let that happen.

[-] filthyhookerspit@kbin.social 34 points 1 year ago

Honestly, what's stopping mods from just enshittfying the sub. Like, make it text posts only. Remove all images and see how it impacts the traffic.

[-] pizza_rolls@kbin.social 64 points 1 year ago

The videos sub is text posts only now. Must be text posts describing videos lmao

[-] I_Miss_Daniel@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago
[-] DrNeurohax@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

Now this is a gif I have not seen in a looong time.

[-] Galluf@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

They closer they walk the line, the longer they can drag this out before they're replaced. That means more subscribers move on to other active communities.

[-] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 89 points 1 year ago

Greatest mods on Reddit.

Btw the 2 or 3 subs I subscribed to that didn't do jack shit to protest can suck it. Looking at you, polandball.

[-] Voyajer@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago

I didn't realize polandball didn't participate, that's disappointing to hear.

[-] Coki91@dormi.zone 12 points 1 year ago

Polandball didnt participate? Holy shit what a waste

[-] mrbubblesort@kbin.social 69 points 1 year ago

the meantime, to ensure that /r/PICS is adhering to all of Reddit’s guidelines and requests, we would be happy to revert the NSFW setting, restrict posting, and remove any and all content that could be considered “offensive” by anyone.

They're gonna nuke the sub next and I'm loving it

[-] Striker7@kbin.social 27 points 1 year ago

They've gone too far to turn back now!

Lmao, next post is the official "We're moving to Kbin" post.

[-] PenguinJuice@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago

Was anyone seriously considering reddit ever again after this? That site is dead and buried. It's a sinking ship.

[-] RiikkaTheIcePrincess@kbin.social 29 points 1 year ago

One must have no mind at all to take that place seriously at this point. No consistency, no fairness, no honesty, no integrity. One never knows what to expect nor from where to expect it.

Hell, they don't seem to know what they're doing. Their admins fight over who does what to whom and apparently they close subs then threaten themselves demanding that they reopen them. This didn't have to be a big mess but it was forced to be one anyway and there's no sense in trusting it to get any better.

[-] abff08f4813c@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Their admins fight over who does what to whom and apparently they close subs then threaten themselves demanding that they reopen them.

What? Where and when did this happen?

Sorry, I don't know where I saw that but one of the "Reddit admins close down a subreddit" posts around here has someone talking about that happening, and some others mention mod actions being done/undone/partially re-done over time due to internal confusion or struggles or whatever. It seems clear no one knows what Reddit is doing, inside the company or out.

Hell, maybe the bots are doing the adminning too. There's no foolishness like absolute foolishness, yes?

[-] abff08f4813c@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Ah I think I remember that. It was r/mildlyinteresting iirc - an admin demodded the entire mod team for breaking a rule that they didn't actually break (they filled the flag but didn't actually allow any NSFW) and a different admin added them back.

[-] AndyGHK@lemmy.zip 60 points 1 year ago

91% Upvoted

Fuck you, Spez

[-] nickajeglin@lemmy.one 57 points 1 year ago

Wonderful, I hope they burn the sub to the ground before reddit makes any more ad revenue off it.

[-] BoomBoomLemon@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

ngl, I hope they figure out more malicious compliance to make the Reddit management looks like fools before nuking it from orbit.

[-] SrElsewhere@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

"[T]o make the Reddit management looks like fools..."

Reddit management has already taken care of this.

[-] ragnarokonline@vlemmy.net 45 points 1 year ago

Petty af and I’m here for it.

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 37 points 1 year ago

They look to be enjoying their malicious compliance, and so am I.

[-] pizza_rolls@kbin.social 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I miss reading all the salty comments by users who contribute nothing but are mad their mindless scrolling was impacted

[-] Deez@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago

Excellent. John would be proud.

[-] TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

No, he wouldn't. He would say continuing to visit a site you are protesting against isn't a protest at all.

[-] penguin@lemmy.fmhy.ml 30 points 1 year ago

This is just incorrect.

What you are describing is a boycott. And it's probably true that that's the most powerful thing a normal user can do against reddit.

But mods can do much more by messing with their sub. In terms of headache caused.

[-] holycrap@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

They're driving away the holdouts by making the content useless. I think that's better than just leaving, burn it down on your way out.

[-] Max_UL@lemmy.pro 8 points 1 year ago

He’d be all for both, but he certainly likes malicious compliance as protest when feasible.

[-] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago
[-] McMillan@lemmy.fmhy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

Well, that escalated quickly...

[-] Vorlon@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

What do you mean "quickly"? :-)

[-] HamSwagwich@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

What do you mean "quickly?"

[-] VulKendov@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

What do y'all mean "quickly"? 🤠

[-] admin@lemmy.magnor.ovh 9 points 1 year ago

This guys are litterally pissing on the captain while the Titanic sinks. Quite the move.

[-] Nougat@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

This is a historically notable letter.

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Malicious Compliance

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People conforming to the letter, but not the spirit, of a request. For now, this includes text posts, images, videos and links. Please ensure that the “malicious compliance” aspect is apparent - if you’re making a text post, be sure to explain this part; if it’s an image/video/link, use the “Body” field to elaborate.

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