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Concrete proof that, contrariwise to what Reddit Inc. says, non-mod users are also pissed. (archive.fo)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by lvxferre@lemmy.ml to c/snoocalypse@lemmy.ml

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[Note: the link is for the archive, to not give Reddit unnecessary traffic. Here's a link to the original.]

Apparently r/pics is protesting through malicious compliance; the subreddit is open again, but all content being shown is uninteresting pictures of... who's John ~~Galt~~ Oliver?

And the moderators decided to actually consult their community, on what they should do. You could vote on two options:

Upvote this comment if you want /r/Pics to feature only images of John Oliver looking sexy. As of time of archiving this option was at +51k points.
Upvote this comment if you want to return to normal operation. As of time of archiving this option was -8k points.

Interesting detail on how the r/pics moderators worded it:

Anyway, we – the so-called "landed gentry" – definitely want to comply with the wishes of the "royal court,"

I personally didn't realise that there is such an implication on what Pigboy said - that if he's calling the mods "landed gentry", he sees himself as a king.

EDIT: as other users are pointing out, other subs are doing the same sort of malicious compliance, so I'll share them here:

r/gifs (archive link, (original link). As of time of archiving it has +21k points for John Oliver gifs only, and -5k points for returning to normal
r/art (original link) - as of now (7:20, São Paulo time), votes are still not visible. Same as above, John Oliver vs. normal operations.
r/aww (archive link, original link) - +56k "to only feature John Oliver, Chiijohn, and their lookalikes bein adorable", -2.5k to return to normal.
r/showerthoughts (archive link, original link). Voting on the days that the subreddit should be open or closed.

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[–] J4g2F@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It seems r/gif and r/art are also voting or have voted for only John Oliver content.

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you for pointing this out. I've edited the OP to include this info!

[–] morelikepinniped@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Thanks for compiling all of this. I'm trying to stay off of reddit completely so as to not add traffic to the site so it's nice to get these snapshots of what's going on there. I'll be staying on Lemmy regardless of the reddit outcome, but part of me hopes for it's downfall so some of my more niche communities will start migrating over here.

[–] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

/r/aww just switched over to John Oliver only, and I think it's the biggest sub to do so.

[–] CapnAssHolo@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

So we have r/pics (30mil), r/gif (21mil) and r/aww (34mil) posting only John Oliver. This is beyond hilarious

[–] dan@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That’s a fantastic response. Reddit can’t oust the mods for “opting out”, and they can’t claim the sub is unmoderated. Plus it keeps people’s minds on what’s going on. Great idea.

[–] GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Well, ultimately it can do whatever it wants, it's just trying to minimize the cost of having its way

[–] Spitz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm absolutely on board... but why John Oliver? Why him in particular?

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

I have no idea on why. But it's hilarious.

[–] Sarie@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I suppose to make John Oliver acknowledge what's going on in Reddit. And make at least a little remark on his show.

[–] Goodbyeworld@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know, he has a real rebel sexiness about him. Like a librarian who makes a lot of noise.

[–] noodlejetski@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

*gasp* so taboo

[–] LostCause@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I‘m not even his target audience (I‘m further left), but I‘ve seen some clips of his show and he‘s funny, would be neat to have a sort of "Downfall of Corporate Social Media" episode featuring spez. I‘d watch that.

[–] Bojimbo@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I feel like he would enjoy saying enshittification

[–] Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

He has previously mentioned specific Redditors on his show. So this might be a clever way to get him to do an episode in the meltdown at Reddit.

[–] panopticchaos@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Because he’s peak sexiness obviously.

Really this is just r/pics admitting that all pictures not of john Oliver were really just fooling themselves

[–] gorkx@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Spitz how do you not know john oliver? he's the guy that look lime a maniquin with a square head thick accent and a beack nose, used to be on john stewart, but now has his on show on hbo.

@J4g2F @lvxferre

[–] Spitz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I didn't ask who he was. I asked why pick him especially for the malicious compliance thing.

[–] sunaurus@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is an absolutely amazing (and hilarious) response. I guess this whole saga is far from over!

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Well, spez wants democracy, right? The community shall decide it, right?

It would be a shame however if the community decided against him...

[–] Viper_NZ@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not a mod. On the day the blackout started I blocked reddit.com from my router and haven't been back.

I won't be unless they back down.

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ditto - I stopped moderating for Reddit years ago, I have a thousand bones to pick with individual moderators in that pigsty, and I still think that they're right protesting against it.

I still think that it's nice to have concrete proof that this is not just "a mod rebellion", the userbase got enough of it.

I won't be back not even if they back down though. Screw that place - Reddit Inc. is a user-hostile company, the powermods issue was never fixed because they don't care about the users, and the Reddit community is only so hostile, stupid, and disingenuous because they took the admins as role model on how they should behave.

[–] overzeetop@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's worth noting that, of the 30000000 million r/pics members/subscribers, less than 50,000 participated. The venn diagram of new lemmy users and the SJO voters is pretty close to a single circle I'd bet.

[–] coffeekomrade@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Don't forget the 90-9-1 Rule. Members/Subscribers don't matter when 1% of the userbase generates the most content.

(90% lurker, 9% intermediate contributor, 1% heavy contributor)

[–] aistina@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The link won’t load for me (on iOS), it says no secure connection could be established.

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I edited the OP with a link to the original.

[–] Kichae@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Ok, but Shower Thoughts not pitching becoming a shower review subreddit is a real lost opportunity.

"The hot water ran out half way through. 2 stars"

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