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Reddit is requiring manual admin approval to make /r’s private, eliminating the main mechanism for the last sitewide protest agains changes to the API.

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[–] mrfriki@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (4 children)

The only valid protest is just walk away from Reddit.

[–] Skyline969@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

After a year away from Reddit, scrolling through the comments there is a dumpster fire. Let it burn.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 month ago

It's so sad. Reddit still comes up in my search results and I'll check them out if I'm in a pinch. Most of these results are years old. Rarely ever get a result that's within the last 2 years.

They were spinning gold.

They could have improved user experience, made better mod tools and built a fucking native app that competed with third party apps.

But nope.

Line must go up.

Their goal at this point is to monetize old user content.

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I had an account for 15 years, moderated a number of subs, and I do not in any way regret leaving.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

People are addicted to their beloved spam bots

[–] u_spez@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
[–] FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That awkward moment when your "public square" turns out to be on private land

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

That awkward moment when you realize you helped it happen because you got a chance to chirp at people you didn't like.

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

And free public land is visible just a few yards away, but you'd rather pay the toll because you don't feel like moving, even though your toll is used to fuel unethical endeavors.

[–] ApeNo1@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

To stop Reddit monsters, one, two, three
Here's a fresh new way that's trouble-free
It's got Paul Anka's guarantee

Guarantee void in Tennessee.

Just don't look!
Just don't look!

[–] AceBonobo@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

What kind of protest worthy change is reddit about to make?

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

and more to the point, who cares?

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We all should, since many people are "locked" in there and simply do not have the capacity to escape.

[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hard disagree. There are also people using Facebook, then complain how they got ads for product x after talking about x casually with a friend. Just stop. They get no sympathy just like the companies didn't get a pass for making services worse and worse.

There are never going to be viable alternatives if people keep using the worsening services

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's frequency illusion and not actually anyone listening to what they talk.

[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It might be, but you've managed to focus on the single thing in my comment that was just a side note, and tongue-in-cheek as well. You literally ignored my whole point.

Let's be explicit: The point is you can't make the company go into a direction the leadership doesn't want. "Protests" might have a short term effect, at best. that huge protest on Reddit when they changed API terms and more? Barely anyone actually left the platform. Not regular users, but mods did, making the platform technically worse, but the users clearly don't notice. Or don't care enough to leave.

You can't make a company that size do anything, not as an individual, not as a group. Maybe as a share holder, obviously. I hope you got some millions to spare.

You said "we all should care". What for? What does that do? "Caring" is the activists version of "thoughts and prayers". It's saying something, or thinking about something, but has no effect in the real world.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I mean we should care about the people, so help them either move off that platform or change the platform itself. Sorry for ignoring your actual reply.

[–] billbasher@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

The people here are a ton better anyways. I just wish some of the more niche communities had more users

[–] db2@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] witty_username@feddit.nl 4 points 1 month ago

I think he's played by Rowan Atkinson

[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

the "sidewide" protest didnt work before so giving it extra measures is worthless anyway