this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2023
69 points (98.6% liked)

Reddit

13435 readers
2 users here now

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/149cq9f/reddit_were_sorry/ (Full post)

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/149cq9f/comment/jo4gy94/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 (One comment)

"This is the most neckbeard thing I’ve ever seen in my life. Reddit is a business trying to make money, no shit they are going to get rid of third party apps eventually. Welcome to the real world. You are not being oppressed. This protest has zero effect on anything other than just inconveniencing users. If losing third party apps ruins your reddit experience (oh no) just find another app or website."

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/149cq9f/comment/jo4fs7t/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 (Another comment that got gold)

"This is absolutely stupid virtue signaling. It’s just a few power hungry mods pretending to add some meaning to their life so the other 99% can’t use the platform.

None of us regular people give a crap about the changes. Get over it."

top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] 00Lemming 57 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Frankly one of my favorite parts about the blackout - and opinions like this - is that Lemmy is going to end up being populated by people who have the capacity to think about others and form intelligent opinions. All of the people with this attitude will stay on reddit, which is what will ultimately kill it. I hope he stays.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Same with mastodon too. A lot of those on mastodon are so kind in their posts and empathy to others, meanwhile on twitter people get a lot of hate.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I really like how here people tend to make longer comments and have nice discussions and stuff.

[–] LUHG_HANI 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)
load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] michikade 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don’t think anyone has a problem with a business trying to make money. The problem is the extortionate pricing and also not having things in place for mods or the communities with accessibility needs. And the timeframe in which the change is being implemented is ludicrous. And that isn’t even touching on the literal libel stating that Christian was blackmailing them.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't have a problem with a business trying to make money, but lurkers need to realize that the site isn't run by the company it's run by the users who submit content, converse about it, and moderate it all for free.

All reddit does is keep the servers functional and take all the money, now they want a bigger chunk of money while not adding any more value.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] disney 9 points 1 year ago

Exactly!! The protest wasn't solely about the API changes but people were also protesting /u/spez and his blatant lies to try and shift blame onto other people, which he just loves doing

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Well that was a frustrating read. I don't get it. Why are people so okay with reddit treating them like garbage?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those are Gamers™.

They aren't exactly people known for their critical thinking. They are however known for eating a whole bunch of shit from game publishers and devs, even going as far as thanking them for being able to buy said crap-sandwich.

[–] axtualdave 15 points 1 year ago

I was going to say, "Gamers are being buttholes? No way."

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Those are most likely the same people who think games should have paid dlc on day one and paywalls in games. Best to never think about em until they are all crying that Reddit turns into 90% ads for onlyfans

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

At least here they're being shit on like the weak-willed idiots they are.

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1494sa8/gaming_is_now_public

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] spacepotato 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reminder of how stupid and toxic some communities are

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Also remember there are "free market" apologists that think a business should be able to charge whatever they want, whenever they want. Charging so much for access that it drives servicew/apps to shutdown is not ok on any level.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think it's important to remember a lot of people participating in the blackout are still on a break from Reddit and aren't commenting on these kinds of posts.
Anyway, we did indeed "just find another app or website", so we're good.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Yup a lot of good has come of this.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] WaffleFriends 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

When the blackouts started, I decided to leave reddit permanently for Lemmy, a decision that I don't regret. I checked back in briefly today and it seems like reddit is currently tearing itself apart. There's definitely a lot more people vocally disagreeing with the blackout now.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

There’s definitely a lot more ~~people~~ bots vocally disagreeing with the blackout now.

FTFY.

Of course, there are indeed plenty of real people, along with bots, disagreeing. Their daily Reddit routine has been disrupted, and they don't like it. Of course, these folks aren't generally affected (so far) by API changes, so they just want things to go back to what they were. They don't understand what is coming, given the mod issues, etc.

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (3 replies)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

That one comment saying "the mods take it too seriously, they act like they get paid" How anyone could use that as an argument against the blackout is beyond me

[–] coldv 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tbh it's like the Twitter migration. Anybody who actually cares has left and it's mostly dickheads that remains now.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looks like a lot of the toxic boot-lickers will be staying on Reddit.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] a_crappy_pirate 17 points 1 year ago

they all have exactly the same tactics -

make some bullshit point that ignores the actual ideals behind the protest ignore any and all answers, just yelling that same bullshit point over and over again, keep on yelling to attempt to derail conversation get banned send modmail get muted

[–] Ashhwaghandaa 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People like to dig their head in the sand and pretend nothing is wrong. As long as their little lives aren’t disrupted, they go along with anything. I can’t say I entirely blame them, everyone just wants to come home from work/school and scroll on their stupid little app till they fall asleep and don’t have the energy to care. That’s literally what I do every night :/

But we have more power than we think. The first day of the blackout was great, people working together to say fuck you to capitalism, but going back to normal before any changes are made is not how protesting works.

[–] disney 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

100% agreed, the protest should've lasted indefinitely and having it be only 48 hours was such a stupid idea. But like you said the start of the protest was fantastic and it had the potential to really make an impression that people are serious about this.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] haelusnovak 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hope they do stay there. I don't want their drivel here. 🤷 If the main thing on their mind is being angry with the blackout, I can only imagine the content they would contribute to their communities anyway. 😵‍💫

[–] popcornheadlines 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's crazy how many people would shill for a company because theyre slightly inconvenienced

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

As a mod, I've gotten: hate mail, death threats, and Reddit cares notifications for posting that we would be restricted indefinitely.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

There are lots of corporate bootlickers coming out of the woodwork. I wouldn’t be surprised if they turn out to be Reddit employee sockpuppet accounts.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Predictable and moronic reactions.

  1. Some people just love to feel superior by mocking people who demand change
  2. Some people love to feel superior by pretending they knew that this would happen
  3. Some people love to feel superior by implying the other side are clueless kids, hippies, idiots who know nothing about the real world.

I think the whole reddit issue can be summed up very concisely. The users liked reddit because it was simple to use, free of ads and other distracting bullshit. That's how they got big. But there's no money in that. For some reason, investors still threw money at it. Now, they want their money back and reddit has 2000 employees. They need to find more and more ways to make money, which effectively kills the reason reddit got popular in the first place.

TL;DR don't invest gazillions in a site simply because it has many users.

[–] SaucyGoodness 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The funny thing is, if reddit's app wasn't such a raging piece of garbage, I might have considered staying. But because it's such a putrid waste of space I literally just cannot use the site any more.

When RIF goes, so does reddit for me. I primarily use the site on my phone, so a good app is vital. And if none exists, then, well... What to do?

Then again, if it wasn't this, then I am sure they have removed old.reddit instead. And for the few times I am on my PC to look at reddit, I would not have been able to stomach it.

TLDR; the reddit app is genuinely an affront to all things sacred in the world.

load more comments (5 replies)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do think the blackouts are pointless, but I absolutely do not support Reddit Inc. in any way.

What the moderators should do instead of blackouts, is to stop moderating and let all the major subreddits be overrun by spam and hatespeech. Good luck with your IPO and with finding advertisers after that. That would have been a much more effective way to communicate how valuable the volunteers at Reddit are.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The whole idea of a protest being pointless is pointless!

Protests often do not accomplish their stated goal in the moment. That doesn't mean there wasn't an effect, it may just take awhile (or more protests) to be noticed. Even if it doesn't ever have a measurable effect, the idea that people should just shut up and not express themselves is completely contrary to all of the ideals of democracy.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Exactly. A two-day+ blackout is a warning. "Check your metrics. See that red line? This time, it's temporary. Next time could be permanent. Just saying. Anyway, how're those accessibility features coming along?"

Everyone saying "it's pointless" or "it failed" is not seeing beyond the tip of their own noses. It only "failed" if moderators and Redditors aren't willing to follow through on the threat come July. We have yet to see if that's the case.

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] iwan2c 10 points 1 year ago

well we did find another app or website

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have to say imo it would be awesome if the "Rexxit" leads to a split between people interested in tech and ready for change and the "normies" that just want to see funny cat pictures. I am mightily impressed by the whole Lemmyverse and all the stuff one can do here.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] twistedtxb 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

99.9% of their userbase weren't even aware of third party apps, which frustrates me even more.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, but remember the 1% rule. 90% of users lurk, 9% comment, 1% contribute. The power users upset at this change are at least in the 9%, if not the 1%, and enough of them go, the site grinds to a halt for the other 90%.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The username of the commenter is so ironic. The guy who invented transcendental meditation did the same thing to meditation that spez did to reddit's API. TM is meditation's superfluous third nipple and heavily monetized. Anyone can meditate for free, but for it to be considered "transcendental", you must pay a certified teacher and learn through them. I guess some people just like it when people are charged for things unnecessarily.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fuck me those comments were hard to read. You know what, I don't think I'm going to miss Reddit much.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Reddit was already really toxic but with the blackout it's even worst all the one that was not for it are in victim mode right now.

Between toxic redditor toxic bot and all the repost i won't be missing reddit exept for some niche sub but im sure i can find forum for those

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

A lot of it is due to some lack of information, and a lot of news outlets only telling part of the story.

I was seeing stuff on CNBC, Reuters, and Louis Rossman and stuff on youtube talking about the protests, and everyone one of them leaves out critical information. Some people see it as moderators being upset about losing tools, others see it as third party app developers being upset about having to pay a fee to reddit. But they leave out that moderators are volunteers and arent paid to moderate, and would have to pay to be able to do so from a third party app. Or that reddit is asking for a ridiculous amount of money in less than a month for app developers to access their APIs. Overall theyll talk about a few points but miss on others.

It creates a lack of a sense of urgency or meaning to all this. "Regular people" think no one wants to pay reddit and get stuff for free, or that mods are power tripping.

But theres still 15 days before apps shut down and then people may change their tune once they cant access reddit using their favorite app of choice.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

To me the main reason for the protest is not 3rd party apps themselves, but the fact that when these are gone, they will have full control on user data (both personal and posts) and how its presented. Even if you just look at cat pictures, they can then potentially do stuff like feeding you with whatever post or idea they want/ get paid to promote. E.g. Youtube now sorts comments in the most convenient way to make you feel good and watch more videos when you scroll down, stuff like this it's scary to me...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

In other words the person admits to being ableist as the API change is killing apps that help those with disabilities, unlike reddits app

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I don't care.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

People on reddit say the blackout is pointless, but it brought awareness to reddit's shitty behavior towards its community. Of course the 2 day protest would not bring down reddit, but it showed they don't care about the community concerns by not changing their stance at all. Why would I continue using that site then? These recent events have made me feel like not using reddit anymore so I won't.

load more comments
view more: next ›