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[–] TheRealBob 161 points 1 year ago (25 children)

This is hilarious tbh. Please don’t get me wrong, I really feel for the mods who put so much time and energy into the sub (all subs for that matter). It sucks.

But god, watching reddit implode feels so fucking good. Spez is an abrasive asshole and, it turns out, also a moron, and it’s nice to see his web site fall from grace so publicly.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago (18 children)

I can't wait to see their IPO fail dismally, at least I hope so.

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[–] sorenant 78 points 1 year ago

His replies to negative feedback is either "deal with it xoxoxo" or "you're right but I don't really care lol".

Something tells me it ain't gonna work.

[–] jugalator 77 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

This is why their moderators' best weapon is to not moderate and let all hell break loose. Reddit will then be forced to pull this shit and it'll go to hell fast. It's their best weapon, better than going NSFW or dark in protest. Just silently stop moderating and let Reddit and advertisers notice when they aren't.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sadly people are quite dedicated to doing work for free for some reason

[–] DigitalPortkey 56 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Well, it's not a huge mystery or anything...people love the communities they build up. You feel a sense of loyalty to the people and to the idea behind the community.

From the outside looking in, I can see it being "working for free", but by that measure wouldn't any instance of you contributing anything that benefits others to be "working for free"?

Half of the tech support knowledge I have comes from people "working for free".

I think the sad part about Reddit is that there's still a lot of people that want to hold on to what they've built up, and Reddit is banking on that to force them to change.

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[–] Paria_Stark 69 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] sorenant 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's like when they replace a character with a worse version in a show.

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[–] CannaVet 69 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So he scabs as a total noob first time mod, AND his whole plan is rely on bots that won't work in a few days and require govt id to mail someone some chips?

Fucking lulz

Shoutout to the mod who just bailed immediately 😂

[–] Dark_Blade 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

lol Reddit’s death has finally started. Can’t wait to see spez’s asswipe shills bring the whole thing down with their incompetence.

EDIT: I went through the subredditdrama post, and looking at some of the comments made me glad I’m leaving that place.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It frustrated me when Reddit made the initial decision to screw over app developers. Having done dev work in the past, I know the time that goes in to them so someone asking for a little money in return is the least we can do. But no, Reddit just say "Screw you guys"!

As if that was not enough, they are now showing that they really don't care about the many moderators that have painstakingly put years of 'free' time in to building these communities, the same communities that are the foundation of Reddit!

I am sure we are going to see a lot more of these admin takeovers in the coming weeks and it is the very reason I am over here and why Lemmy is seeing the incredible growth curve. Long may that continue.

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[–] BioDriver 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Just let it burn down at this point. Shorting this stock is going to be easy easy money

[–] BioDriver 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I am not a broker, this is not financial advice, don’t sue me if this doesn’t work, etc

[–] Lifecoach5000 13 points 1 year ago

Was thinking the same thing earlier.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Remember kids, "the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent".

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[–] xc2215x 43 points 1 year ago

The moderator with no experience will be more likely to do what they want.

[–] anthimatter 40 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I just deleted my account. Welp that's 15 years gone. Feels good. Tastes like chicken.

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[–] GroggyKon 37 points 1 year ago

Sounds exactly like the behaviour of a company headed towards an IPO. Keep that dumpster fire burning!

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In 3 days when third party apps die it's going to be so fucking funny lmao. Lemmy is gonna explode.

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[–] Deltharien 33 points 1 year ago

I think those are called death throes.

death throes noun : the violent movements and noises that are sometimes made during passing.

[–] RedditReject 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I used to love that sub. Not that I ever actually exchanged snacks, but I thought it was cool that random people would just get together and mail snacks from one side of the world to another.

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[–] MiddleWeigh 32 points 1 year ago

Oof. I read a decent amount of comments, definitely getting shill/snitch/power seeking vibes, add to that the admins...what a shit show

[–] cloud_punk 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would love a subreddit drama over here lol

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

I mean right now it feels like most posts are subreddit drama.

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[–] Mowcherie 26 points 1 year ago

Insult to injury. What a smug usurping little scab.

[–] zombuey 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

I've deleted all my content I can across 3 accounts and a decade of posts and comments one thing though I have thousands of coins. I've never bought any before they are all rewards from posts. I kinda want to spend them on something.

[–] june 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I deleted my 11 year old account history yesterday. And will be deleting my account on Friday. I’m gonna delete my other accounts today, save for my porn account, which I’ll keep until they pull a tumblr. I don’t feel so bad about it since they don’t get any advertising dollars from those subs.

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[–] MargotRobbie 24 points 1 year ago

Services like Stripe allow people in over 100 countries to match face to government-issued-ID to prove their identity (at a cost of about $1.50 per verification).

AHAHAHAHAHAHA Are you for real right now?

"Identity theft is not a joke, Jim! Millions of families suffer every year!"

[–] Nindelofocho 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'd like to see about implementing some sort of identity verification service for the sub. I'm an IT engineer/developer, so coding is absolutely my forte... Services like Stripe allow people in over 100 countries to match face to government-issued-ID to prove their identity (at a cost of about $1.50 per verification).

YIKES

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[–] MargotRobbie 15 points 1 year ago

Does the snack exchange now include gifs of popcorn?

[–] SpezCanLigmaBalls 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] D3F4U1T_ARS 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Damn, this subreddit will surely meet it's demise

Having no mod is better than having a bad one

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