Several subreddits are allowing porn and not-safe-for-work content to protest Reddit. In response, the platform has removed entire moderator teams from the affected subreddits.

I really want to cut ties with Reddit. I keep reading this stuff to keep me motivated to cut those ties.

  • Carly™@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    It doesn’t matter how hard Reddit tries to break up the protest, if they don’t reverse course on this, the site will implode on July 1st when the API changes happen and mods of large subreddits no longer can use the tools they need to do their jobs. Reddit’s trying to claim they have new mod tools in the works, but I’m sure they’re full of shit.

    Everyone at that company is an absolute idiot for not listening to the moderators they’re actively antagonizing right now, and it’s going to blow up in their faces.

    • jay@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      The other thing is why this timeline? I think it’s because of the downgrade of the valuation on the IPO.

      It seems like there are investors and other forces plus the absolutely awful communication and leadership from Huffman.

      They are in this spot where people who don’t seem to understand Reddit are making decisions about it.

      Even if this doesn’t “kill” reddit, the decision making has been very obviously hostile toward its users and future.

    • guyman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      01·
      1 year ago

      If it’s anything like their video player, it’s going to be complete garbage. Something I love about lemmy is how I can watch videos with no lag or spotty loading. Whoever wrote reddit’s video player needs to be shot.

  • yumpoplala@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    Yeah this kind of shit here is why I do not regret leaving. My oldest reddit account is from back when Bush was still president and Idgaf anymore, it’s dead to me now. I’m looking forward to seeing kbin flourish instead.

  • HeadlessDude@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    It’s such a shame. It’s also a lesson to not make the same mistakes again. Fediverse seems like a good step forward.

    • Fredselfish @lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yes, love that I found a new home. But it is an adjustment and the bugs of the apps can be frustrating. But so happy to have a place to engage and to make post. I love Lemmy.

      Let us be the best place to be.

  • LA71@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Oh goodie they’re eating themselves alive. I’m going to enjoy watching it die

    • Boz (he/him)@lemmy.oneEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      They could auto-reply to all press inquiries with a poop emoji? Otherwise… probably not, lol.

    • cinaed666@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      I nuked my 10 year old post and comment history, but haven’t been able to pull the trigger on account deletion. Soon, maybe.

      • CileTheSane@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        Check back in a week and make sure your posts are still deleted. I nuked mine and a bunch of old posts slowly started repopulating my profile.

        • Boz (he/him)@lemmy.one
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          1 year ago

          +1 on this. I am still finding my comments on Google searches, even though my profile says there aren’t any. I think it’s going to be a while before I can get them all.

  • XymerianMonk@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Literally just ran Reddit Delete Suite* on my account. RIP made sure to edit every post/comment as well. Guess I will try kbin and maybe look into lemmy since they can kinda be used the same, honestly the whole fediverse needs some love UI and UX wise. I have seen several posts about people dev apps for both, so looking forward to what the future holds for sure.

    *Shout out to the other two comments with the links thanks

      • e-ratic@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        Just so you’re aware, if you have more than 1000 comments/posts in your history they won’t be indexed and immediately available. I’m assuming it takes time to propagate. So don’t delete your account straight after, keep running it every other day until entries stop appearing.