The backlash continues.
  • Seperis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    Okay, hear me out:

    I get the argument that most of these protests are meaningless/if you REALLY want to change you’re going to have to do this this this. whatever (I usually stop reading there). I understand, but I don’t agree.

    Sure, it’s nice when a protest can actually enact real changes but lets face it; that’s not common and sometimes not going to happen: fine. The decision to make a protest shouldn’t be decided on the basis of ‘can I win’; a much less restrictive–and very deeply fun–philosophy should be "is this worth taking time out of my day just to annoy/frustrate/irritate those who are doing this?’ If yes (it should always be yes), "So lets find out how many ways me and anyone else I can recruit can make this happen’.

    In other words: every time a subreddit finds a new and interesting and stupid and ridiculous and just weird way to be irritating and embarrassing af…I am living for this.

  • DragonAce@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I wish more of the larger subs were still protesting and didn’t roll over so easily. But regardless the site has taken a massive hit to its reputation and one can only hope that recovery won’t be possible moving forward and it screws them out of their chance to go public.

      • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        I logged out of my account at the start of all this, but occasionally I go back and check out reddit as an unlogged lurker. It’s astonishing how low-quality the front page is when it’s not filtered by subjects you’re actually interested in. And good lord is new reddit ever a terrible user experience.

  • paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I’m happy that they’re keeping it up, but I’ve already moved on to the point that even if Reddit were to completely go back on the API change, I wouldn’t come back. Personally I’ve already moved the goal post to where Steve Huffman needs to go before I’d consider ever going back. Reddit is dead for all I care.

  • popemichael@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    So long as it hurts Reddit, all the better.

    This whole API issue is a lost cause, so the only thing that can be done now is to make Reddit lose big.

  • KidDogDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I just went and looked at r/videos and I gotta admit that the text-only descriptions of videos and enforcing swearing in every post title is pretty funny.

  • Onlytanner@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    I honestly expected after the API changes rolled out that the backlash on Reddit would stop but I’m glad to see the shenanigans continue.

  • Nobody1@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    Any luck with RIF or a similar app for Lemmy? Someone(s) develop that tool and Reddit is toast

    • Fireinthesky7@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      2 years ago

      So far wefwef has been my favorite. It’s a web app and has to be downloaded through Safari or Chrome, but it was made by the developer of Apollo and is very similar the overall experience of using that. Liftoff is a close second.

  • gnarlyriot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    Good that the protest keeps going. Lemmy AND Squabbles are not a fraction of what Reddit was for all my interests and hobbies. Let’s hope more and more people keep learning about the alternatives.

    • Nogami@lemmy.worldEnglish
      01·
      2 years ago

      Moderators are either absent or they post generic botty-sounding messages like, “Please be civil” while not actually moderating anything.

      So they’re refusing to work for Reddit for free. Good for them!