about 50% content is like this, no matter what view you select. I think /r/pics has the right idea; it is so dominating. Other subs should change their post to be like this (with their own messages) I think.

Also, what sub did spez mod in 2008?

  • Communist@beehaw.orgEnglish
    25·
    2 years ago

    I just wish they’d link to lemmy! It’s almost pointless to just shut down for a few days and not make people use competitors.

    • aponigricon@beehaw.orgEnglish
      21·
      2 years ago

      As a mod I’ve been considering this, but with the amount of moderators and communities that have been banned for attempting to steer their users to alternatives, it’s simply not worth the risk. For now, I’ve just linked visitors to our Discord server instead, and people should be able to find the Lemmy and Raddle alternatives there if they wish to.

      • Communist@beehaw.orgEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        This is actually illegal, if they ban you for that they’re violating the GDPR, so i’d say let them.

          • Barbarian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            26·
            2 years ago

            GDPR is absolutely not applicable here. Their platform, their rules when it comes to what people can and can’t post (with the exception of personal information, that is covered by GDPR). If tomorrow they decide that commenting the word “Banana” is a bannable offence, they’re well within their rights.

    • andyMFK@beehaw.orgEnglish
      14·
      2 years ago

      Exactly. Shutting down for 2 days just says we’ll be back in 2 days. Shutting down and saying we’re going to Lemmy with a link to a specific community shows reddit we are serious about this.

    • 0101010001110100@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      Some of them are. I visited a couple subs that went dark yesterday, and they had popup messages with fediverse lnks.

  • BlackCoffee@fedia.io
    23·
    2 years ago

    My eyes are screaming just looking at the new.reddit UI.

    Sometimes it’s good to be reminded what an abomination it actually is.

    • eccentricengineer@beehaw.org
      10·
      2 years ago

      Yeah this “new” redesign is really horrific. I really don’t understand why they did this. I get that they have old.reddit for now, but if that goes Reddit will really be completely unusable.

      I really feel like they’re making an instagram clone instead of a discussion forum. The whole site is becoming more and more image dominated. So sad :(

      • Killer@beehaw.org
        5·
        2 years ago

        They want to look like all the other big sites so that people are more willing to try them out because of the familiar look, and also so they can easier/more sneakily put ads in.

        • BlackCoffee@fedia.io
          5·
          2 years ago

          Agreed.

          Someone linked an article from 2019 about the fact that the investors wanted the same returns out of Reddit as in Facebook/instagram.

          If Steve actually was “with” the users and Reddit as a platform he should have told them to eat shit.

          I am quite sure it is the reason why Reddit is heading the way of Facebook/Insta/Tik tok etc.

          And I have zero interest in being a part of it.

          • markipol@beehaw.org
            2·
            2 years ago

            Yeah, Reddit has 0 interest in being Reddit anymore. They want to be tiktok/Instagram (that’s why the video player is fucking trash, they want it to look like tiktok). The thing I don’t understand is those apps are already much larger than Reddit, why would people from those apps ever come to Reddit? And why would you just completely abandon your loyal userbase?

  • WhoRoger@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    2 years ago

    On r/all in Slide, I have 3 black “killing apps” pics followed by 3 other protest posts, and then it’s just normal. I respect that not everyone wishes to join the protest, but it would have been more fun if protest posts went on for at least a couple pages.

    • qtj@feddit.deEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      I think that’s allready pretty good because many people who are against these changes will just probably stop participating on reddit at all during the protest and thereby not influence what’s on the front page.

  • copacetic@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    10·
    2 years ago

    Well, initially he moderated everything. He also creates lots of sock puppets for fake activity. That would be much easier today with chatgpt.

    • crank@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      me too “you broke reddit”

      everybody who ever had an account refreshing to see what will happen lol

  • crank@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    Also I will add that the posts which do not directly related to the blackout are all 6-12 hours old.

  • mxh@lemmy.mxh.nuEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    He was listed as a mod on /r/jailbait. While the man deserves pretty much all that’s coming his way, this part is mostly constantly repeated misinformation.

    Back then you could add anyone as a mod to your subreddit without their confirmation or agreement. Every admin was listed as a mod on tons of subreddits.

    Still, this is what happens when you rile up an angry mob against yourself.

  • jaller698@feddit.dkEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    I think the comments said he was a mod of jailbait. Yeah… tells a lot about the guy.

    • dfyx@lemmy.helios42.deEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      As much as I hate this guy, could we please stick to the facts and criticise him for things that he actually did?

      From what I can see, spez did not moderate jailbait. He was added by one of the other mods because back then you could just add people as mods without their consent. I have yet to see proof that he ever actively participated in that sub.

      So please, go ahead, dislike him for being a lying jerk who‘s actively killing reddit but don’t jump on something that someone else did without asking.