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Mildly Infuriating

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (16 children)

Steve Huffman is pissing all over Aaron Schwartz's grave, and completely abandoning the ideals that was once a foundation of Reddit. Reddit was originally open source, Aaron died in 2013, and by 2017, Reddit had abandoned the open source / community philosophy entirely.

Never forget Aaron Schwartz.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz

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[–] lynny@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (9 children)

At least they took a stand. Thousands of other subs who got the same ultimatums just gave in no questions asked, no malicious compliance.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I can understand that, lot of smaller sub are build by themselves, not wanting to lose something you spend so much time building to some random smug is pretty much human, it isn't about holding that jANitOr job. I've seen a country sub i frequent goes from 4 digit to 6 digit in the span of 6 years, it's a lot of works. Also sub like r/projectzomboid is established by the company and mods are paid position, getting kick out is...weird lol.

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

The issue is, because it's "understandable", it's also what gives spez the power here. If they weren't willing to go all the way, they needn't have bothered with the blackout at all. There was never any actual hope spez would change his mind from a 2 day blackout, anyone that knows anything about how he's handled things in the past should have known this. This was always going to be a standoff.

Besides, after everything spez has done, these mods shouldn't want to be modding for the site anymore. Spez has displayed a level of malice and disrespect for everyone, especially them. Why give him free labor?

That's all it is. Every minute you spend moding reddit is polishing the investment you will never see a single dime of. Spez is going to get a good deal of money off you while spitting on you, and you will get nothing but saliva. Continuing to mod there is an acceptance of that.

Also, let's be real, this isn't the end of it. Reddit will continue to get worse as Spez continues down the Musk-path. Users already can't block certain advertising accounts; I promise you a day is coming when mods won't be able to stop them in their own communities if they decide to post there. Mods will be forced to make their communities adhere to even stricter "ad friendly" content guidelines, just like YouTube. Etc etc, on and on, ad infinitum. Why stay there for all that?

This is the time to leave, to find a new place to start your communities again, get in early and find places as mods around here.

[–] ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Spez has displayed a level of malice and disrespect for everyone, especially them. Why give him free labor?

Especially when it reinforces his batshit delusions of being a post-apocalypse slavemaster: "I also have this somewhat egotistical view that I’m a pretty good leader. I will probably be in charge, or at least not a slave, when push comes to shove."

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Money and fame make you fucked in the head.

Have you noticed that all of those loud doomers are the rich Silicon Valley type? Him and Sam Altman and Musk et al. I mostly think that their main product is not tech, but fear, so they can sell themselves as the Messiahs of the unwashed masses and the only people responsible enough to control their technology.

These tech people really need to read more sci-fi, even their delusional doomer scenarios are just so unimaginative.

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[–] KuroJ@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (4 children)

All I have to say about this is that this was a blessing in disguise for me. I’ve never heard of the fediverse until this Reddit fiasco happened. I’m having a lot better time here being part of something new and it feels good to start fresh.

Same. I've been diving into Linux and open source and self hosting lately anyway, and at the same time you're telling me open source social media is a real thing and gaining in popularity? Count me in.

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[–] devnoname120@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

When you think about the situation, it's really just Reddit cracking down on unions… Of unpaid workers… Who are defending customers' interests… Which in turn support them… And all of this while pretending that they crack down on unions for the benefit of customers. That's a really shitty move Reddit is pulling out right there.

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[–] artistan@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Reddit is picking a fight with the internet…

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[–] Yiggs@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Bit crazy watching Reddit devolve to FAST.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That's what you get when you model your behaviour as CEO on Elon fucking Musk.

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[–] dexchemist@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Steve Huffman is a bastard man

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[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Reddit is going to do whatever the fuck it wants and will gladly fuck over the mods and users in the name of shareholder interests. These actions are chilling for anyone still considering building a community using Reddit.

[–] 0Xero0@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

they didn't follow Reddit's "Moderator Code of Conduct", here's a summarized version for anyone who wants to take their place:

Rule 1: Suck Steve Huffman's dick.

Rule 2: Suck u/spez's dick.

Rule 3: Suck it all the way to the balls.

Rule 4: Suck it like it is the most delicious shit in the world.

*New rules:

Rule 6: You are not allowed to put anything other than Steve Huffman's or u/spez's dick in your mouth.

Rule 7: Pay Steve Huffman and u/spez 20 million dollars a year each for sucking their dicks.

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[–] landedgentry@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] xuxebiko@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

fuck u/spez and fuck reddit's board of directors.

[–] markr@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I needed a kick in the ass to get me here, and the second and third and ... waves of reddit fuckery finally got me to join. It's a shame. Reddit was once a good place on the internet. Now it is entirely enshitified.

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[–] teolan@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

There needs to be a massive resignation of reddit moderators.

If reddit refuses to hear the mod's voice, why would anyone give them their labour for free?

Let the power-tripping mods stay, and let the sane mods come to other platforms. Let the site go to shit or make Reddit spend millions investing in its own moderation team.

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[–] LillianVS@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

If the mods of mildly Infuriating want to jump ship they are more than welcome to have their old positions back!

I am also sure for those of mildly interesting they also would find it easy establishing a mildly interesting community here on Lemmy. I know I would join it!

[–] radix@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

"You have to do what the users want, unless the users don't agree with us." -Reddit admin.

[–] Chalky_Pockets@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Yeah, they're gonna keep ruining Reddit while we steadily migrate here. We're just being a pain in the ass on our way out.

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[–] Silviecat44@vlemmy.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Argyle13@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Spez must leave. Meanwhile, the ones leaving are the ones that create the content that gives them visits and money. Very good decisions, yes. What a shame, Aaron Swartz would be shocked and furious, no doubt!

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[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

As much as I should be happy to see power mods like iBleeedOrange and AwkwardTheTurtle get served a taste of their own medicine, it pisses me off that this is the hill that Spez chose to kill them on.

Unfortunately Spez will have to do so much worse to truly kill off the site.

[–] Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi 7 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Well that went just as I expected it to. The admins are still the admins. They're the top of the power totem and that's that.

Honestly this protest's only purpose shouldve be to raise awareness of alternatives and tell people "were leaving Reddit, and this is where we're going" while we still can. Because Reddit is private property, and therefore will always be subject to the whims of its admins - regardless of how people believe it should be run of if people think it should tolerate protesting against the platform on the platform.

Everyone should've been aware that this protest could only have been temporary.

Sure we reminded them of the power we possess, but they've essentially reminded us that they possess more, and can remove that power regardless of how the community feels. Admins are and have always been at the top.

[–] polygon@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

No one had any illusions about how this was going to go. The point was making them do it. The point was forcing Reddit into a PR nightmare just before their big IPO. The point was giving this platform traction. The fact that this post exists on this platform is proof that the mods succeeded. Sure, Reddit is still huge.. but with entire mod teams being replaced with Spez bootlickers it remains to be seen whether they can maintain what they have, or if this is Digg all over again.

It's hard to predict what will happen, but I'm here, and you're here, so something is happening.

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[–] kresten@feddit.dk 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

mildly infuriating is an understatement, this is insane...

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[–] rakara@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

This entire fiasco has been a blessing in disguise. Reddit's CEO and admins showing their true colors woke up a lot of people. Their behavior is disgusting and unethical.

[–] ghariksforge@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They should migrate to lemmy.

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

Just did.

What a fucking circus that reddit has become in just the last couple of weeks.

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[–] MegaUmbreon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

This is slightly more than mildly infuriating.

[–] lntl@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago

Reddit needs suckers. People who are expendable, do as they're told, and don't ask questions.

[–] Nightingale@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (14 children)

I've joined here because I think Reddit's quality is going to tank after June 30, but I downloaded Jerboa and it doesn't seem to accept my credentials, regardless of instance. I'm confused.

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[–] forkball@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Obligatory Fuck spez

[–] Badass_panda@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

That's absolute garbage. I am mostly on Lemmy now, but I unsubbed from mildly interesting anyway.

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