sijt

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[–] sijt 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This is almost certainly true. But what I can't figure out is that Reddit needs Mods for the subs. And surely mods, and potential mods, are more engaged and informed.

There's always been this implicit understanding that Reddit gets free moderation across the whole site, something other SM sites spend millions if not billions on each year, in exchange for those mods having autonomy, control, and a sense of ownership of the subs they mod. That social contract has completely broken down.

I'd guess mods get into modding for one of two reasons. One is power/influence, which is now seriously diminished, and the other is because they care about the community, and they must now be wondering whether Reddit Inc is the best place to host such a community when it appears to be so hostile to users.

[–] sijt 1 points 2 years ago

Similar to people who had Reddit accounts before the digg migration. Doomed to forever awkwardly shoehorn it in to every conversation and to complain that it was better before everyone else joined.

In unrelated news I had a Reddit account before the digg migration and it was better before.

[–] sijt 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The footprints on the floor coming out of the wall makes this look like some sort secret hidden room where you’ll find an armour upgrade or something. Run up to it and hit the use button.

[–] sijt 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah just to confirm that I've got it installed through TestFlight but when I went to update, it wasn't there. As in it's disappeared from TestFlight entirely (not in previously tested either). My other TestFlight apps are still there, so something wonky going on.

[–] sijt 2 points 2 years ago

We all laugh when we see kids filming themselves doing illegal things for TikTok and getting caught but these idiots sent out invites for their illegal event.

Remember when politics used to attract the best and brightest? Those days are long gone.

[–] sijt 9 points 2 years ago

Or make it about Cisco’s IOS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco_IOS

Same way r/iPhone should be about the Linksys iPhone from the late 90s. That feels like malicious compliance and doesn’t open the door to admin takeover.

[–] sijt 9 points 2 years ago

They should make sure all the posts are about the iPhone, the internet phone made by Linksys in the late 90s.

[–] sijt 6 points 2 years ago

Yep, Mullvad is the one. No fishy pricing structure, transparency, and they don't force you to use their apps like other VPN providers. So if you want to route a docker container or network appliance through it you can just download the config files and away you go. So many VPN providers used to let you do this but then stopped so you have to use their apps (and we should be asking why they want you to use their apps, because the answer is usually control and data).

[–] sijt 7 points 2 years ago

What's chef's kiss perfect about these is that they're all using Spez's words against him. There's no doubt whose fault this is.

I'm still genuinely shocked that he decided to call people who are offering their time to the site, for free, to moderate it landed fucking gentry. How utterly out of touch, and frankly dumb, can you possibly be? Other social media sites pay millions a year to moderate content and Reddit gets it for free, and this is how he treats them. It's insane. The guy's an imbecile.

[–] sijt 7 points 2 years ago

I heard that /r/steam was all about actual steam now, not the gaming store. /r/scams is taking 14 days to approve new posts, gifs and pics are John Oliver only. I'm sure there are more, I've not looking at reddit in over a week (my main is a 17 year old account and I've been a daily user for most of that time), that's that I've seen on here.

[–] sijt 20 points 2 years ago

I think it's a bit more than enjoyment. People felt a sense of ownership in the communities they helped build. And whilst they were always contributing to Reddit inc they still felt some control. Now that Spez has gone full on world's dumbest capitalist and keeps yelling about companies having to pay for "his" data, data which he didn't pay for himself, it's really exposed what's always been true. That Reddit is just another company, it's not your friend, it's not a community.

[–] sijt 2 points 2 years ago

If you've got an attic, you can try opening the hatch to it. The heat will rise up in to the attic and cool your top floor a little.

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