Huh.. my feed has been nothing but straight porn or pictures of John Oliver.. sometimes both at the same time.
There's only one thing left to do.
What tf is going on over there I’ve not been to Reddit since the 11th
Reddit is now filled with a bunch of people saying "we don't even NEED mods! they just make everything worse!", because this is apparently their first time on the Internet.

@zedtronic

@Raji_Lev @Casmael

Yeah. My tendencies are pretty tame anymore, and my inner troll just started salivating.

Right now some guy is typing "COMMENCE OPERATION ASS FUCK" into some fucked up window

I had a Hacker News discussion where in separate comments, a guy said:

  • all the moderators should go away because they're not needed, and he doesn't agree with their decisions
  • but there should still be moderation
  • but he's not going to do it because he's not here to do unpaid labor
  • but of course he wouldn't pay for there to be moderators

Internet discourse in a nutshell

I think we talked to the same guy

@NoIWontPickaName

@Raji_Lev @Casmael @zedtronic @JoeCoT

Chances are good that it was separate dudes. This is not an uncommon thought loop.

Aw.. I went and made myself sad.

@dismalnow do we have to tag people here for them to see replies?
I've been getting notified of replies even when I don't get tagged

@Raji_Lev

@Casmael @zedtronic @JoeCoT @NoIWontPickaName

Likewise. They pop in the notifications for kbin mags and lemmy, too.

@'s autopopulate in replies using kbin's webapp, though.

Weird, I am only getting tags on kbin right now

Me commenting before the protest

"You are NOT contributing with those low effort comments"

Me commenting after the protest

"ANY kind of interaction is contributing!"

There’s a new post from Christian Selig where he addresses false statements from Reddit on the front page. It has 109k upvotes 😂
No link?
📣 I want to debunk Reddit's claims, and talk about their unwillingness to work with developers, moderators, and the larger community, as well as say thank you for all the support

I wanted to address Reddit's continued, provably false statements, as well as answer some questions from the community, and also just say...

reddit
I've been lurking on old.reddit.com and I've seen a lot of people who are upset about the protesting. They are calling it childish, they are calling protesters white knights, etc. If you go on r/JustUnsubbed you can see a bunch of people whining about it. But it really just shows people don't get it nor do they care to. They just care about being mildly inconvenienced.

@zaktmt

@Raji_Lev

If you go on r/JustUnsubbed

Your first mistake. Whiners whining about whining whiners.

Some of them are starting to go on r/Save3rdPartyApps to tell people who are upset to "get off our high horse" lol

It's just sad that people are trying to defend corporate greed man...

for free

@sour

@Raji_Lev @zaktmt

Imagine learning that people are eating free food at Burger King and complaining that they're not serving McDonald's at regular price.

I'm sorry, what? I need details on this.

@Syltti

@Raji_Lev @zaktmt @sour

It's a very poor analogy.

I suppose it works better like so:

Imagine..

You're in line at McDonald's talking to a buddy about how Burger King has better quality, is free, and that you'll not be returning to McDonald's in July because their burgers are going to cost $0.24 per microgram, and the owner is a clown.

Someone unaffiliated with McDonald's who is also standing in hears your comment and starts shouting for you to "GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE!"

.. not because they don't like Burger King.
.. not because they have never tried Burger King.

But because they closely identify with McDonald's, and the clown that represents it.

Hope that's clear. Heh

@dismalnow Ah, okay. Yeah, that makes more sense. I legit thought folks were getting free Burger King somewhere. xD