Makes a lot of sense since it's a sub for power users. The proportion of 3rd party app users is probably among the highest at Reddit
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It's so nice to see some subreddits sticking to their guns and ideals and push through until real change happens! r/Nintendo is still down too, which was a nice surprise when I was looking around to see the state of my subs on Reddit.
Oh wow, /r/nintendo stayed down through a Nintendo Direct that announced a new Mario game? That's a lot more chutzpah than I'd expect from a subreddit focused on a game console.
r/Games didn't even have the balls to shutdown because "summer game fest is more important than a protest"
They are more based than /r/pcgaming, /r/pcmasterrace, /r/linux, and /r/buildapc. Got my respect. To see them still holding strong is not at all what I would have expected. PC community pretty much completely dropped the ball.
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Hot damn they mean business. NICE!
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Damn that's amazing. Lot of the subs I expected would be locked down like /r/pcgaming, /r/pcmasterrace, and /r/buildapc are the ones who ended up not caring despite thinking it'd align with the values of openness when it comes to hardware and software. I suppose it isn't a surprise given that they were probably the ones buying scalper prices for GPUs and then scalper prices from nvidia themselves. Even /r/patientgamers who are supposed to be patient... were not patient enough to rush to go back to normal like they were snatching up preorders.
But, it's /r/Nintendo that ended up stepping up to the plate. Respect.
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r/Nintendo is still down too, which means even Mario’s had enough of spez and his bullshit.
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For the record, I know this because I'm going through my old comments and turning them into ads for lemmy 😅
Just a heads up
Go to reveddit.com and throw your username in there. Check if your comments aren't being shadow removed.
Not much you could do about it, tho, but I noticed that the comments I edited to make an ad for Lemmy were all removed. They show up for me, but for other users it shows as "removed".
Reveddit lets you know that.
You could just use Unicode lookalike characters instead. Guarantee they aren't scanning for that:
lеmmу
That doesn't actually say "lemmy." They're Unicode lookalike characters, not ASCII. CTRL+F for the word lemmy, that instance above won't show up.
Just checked mine. Apparently, some of my edited comments were removed, while others stayed up (with identical content).
Subreddits where my edited comments (in new) were removed unconditionally:
- /r/linguistics
- /r/nottheonion
- /r/memes (only commented in that subreddit for a short time frame, so whatever auto-removal there is might only apply to edits to old comments)
- /r/eu4 (lots of removals, but 1 edited comment survived, no idea why, it's neither the youngest nor oldest edited comment there)
Partial removal subreddits:
- /r/facepalm (some edited comments survived, at least one was reversed, didn't notice a pattern, might be based on user reports or depend on which mod sees it)
- /r/pettyrevenge (edits of comments younger than about a month were removed, edits of older comments survived)
Also, looks like some subreddits that were private when I ran the edit script (like /r/MadeMeSmile) have since gone public, so I'll have to re-run Power Delete Suite.
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As it should be, all the subreddits that was part of this protest should have done that and not given the end date
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Honestly I feel that the android community here on lemmy is more active than the r/android subreddit before the lockdown
way more active and less random spam imo, seems more interesting than actual r/android lol
I'm perfectly fine with less total content if it actually stays on-topic.
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What do you mean? You're telling me you don't want to watch reviews for the weekly Oppo/Honor/Xiaomi/Nubia phones with identical specs?
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One of the mods of /r/Android here (/u/cooldude5500), tbh I've barely used reddit after the spezification. 'tis a nice change...
Admins are going to be taking them over soon. I got the threatening modmail on all my subs, even the really tiny under 1000 ones
I mean, they can threaten thousands of subs that they're gonna take over... But with what manpower
Sadly most mods seem to give in the moment their existences as mods are endangered.
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r/apple is not which I find very disappointing
Seems on brand of them
Typical average consumer does not care as long as they get to keep using the product. That's likely the majority of Apple users, it'll take a replacement (like this one) getting popular enough for them to notice and try it, otherwise on Reddit they'll stay till death.
With apple aficionados, it would also take costing a lot of money to make them interested.
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I expected r/apple to go on an indefinite blackout.
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Still super shitty that sync for reddit is vanishing soon. While it's great that apparently it's getting re-leveraged as a fediverse reader, still amazed at how poorly this API transition happened because Spez wants to be a knob
In case you're stuck on Reddit, the Revanced Team decompiled the APK and made a version of Sync that lets you use your own API key. I'm not sure how well that will work, but I'm definitely going to try it out after The Final Day
It would be better if people switch to another platform instead of keeping supporting reddit.
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Meanwhile.. At r/selfhosted...
I'm interested in doing this but I don't want to have a computer/server running in the background 24/7. I'd do it if I could use like, an old cellphone though lol
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Props to the mods, but they are on borrowed time. It is just a matter of time before Reddit admins step in and take over the site. I just hope that replacement mods say enough to get the role and then immediately carry on.
That's wrong. Reddit cannot find replacement mods that easily. Have you looked at r/interestingasfuck? It's modless after a week, and technically closed because Reddit is too dumb to realize that they actually made the sub participate in the blackout by removing the mods. If many subs remain closed at the same time, it will be impossible for Reddit to find free replacement mods.
The estimated free labor done by mods is valued at around 3.5m a year, how are they gonna find that amount of manpower? And how are they gonna properly vet these mods in such short notice?
Mods already are carefully picked and yet slips happen often, if they rush a replacement (which they will have to do if they force new mods) then moderation issues will be a big issue on reddit
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A logic move, power users after all
I'm happy that they aren't scabs. I would like to see them point to alternative communities ahem in their top post, though. The more people we can drive to the Fediverse the better.
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Hell yeah! :) I just edited all my comments in:
[This comment has been deleted in response to the new Reddit API Policy in 2023]
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r/androidapps is also still going hard!
wish they would put a link to one of the Lemmy Android communities, otherwise people will eventually go back whenever Reddit forces them back open
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I wish we had an official android_beta here, missing it quite a bit
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