Rule 1: All Posts Must Be About Vacuum Cleaners
Rule 2: All Comments Must Be “Wellthatsucks”
Really funny and impossible to block
Rule 1: All Posts Must Be About Vacuum Cleaners
Rule 2: All Comments Must Be “Wellthatsucks”
Really funny and impossible to block
While this is funny, it drives traffic to the site so it’s the equivalent of people buying Nike shoes to then burn as protest. The company is still making money and they’re getting free advertising.
A better protest would be to delete Reddit accounts, uninstall the apps, and see how long you can go without hearing or thinking about reddit.
As another commenter said elsewhere, it’s more nuanced than that. It drives a bit of traffic in the short term, but people interested in the original content are forced to create new subreddits (which take significant time to gain momentum again). And the gag will eventually taper off and engagement will be lower. Overall, it’s a decent form of protest (given the blackout is being forcibly overturned), as it will likely lower the value of Reddit overall, hopefully nuking the potential IPO.
Though that doesn’t invalidate your second point. Kinda fun to watch a dumpster fire for a little while, though.
In the short term, sure
But in the long term, the novelty will wear thin and people will find the content they want elsewhere
Not exactly. I think the advertisers will start to ask some uncomfortable questions, as will any inverstors for the IPO.
I started learning to use photoshop instead of braindeadly scrolling Reddit. It’s more peaceful and enjoyable.