Considering that this is the most hated person on Reddit other than spez himself, no tears were shed.
What’s old is new again. I actually still prefer IRC to Discord or Telegram, never could get into it.
Yeah, I’ve seen some people upset about these things and complain that it doesn’t stop the flow of traffic, and that in fact it may increase interest in Reddit. Some want the blackout to continue indefinitely. But that’s impossible since Reddit will just force the subs open and replace the mods. So the next best thing is malicious compliance. Sure, Reddit will still see traffic from people curious about what’s going on, but these meme-y protests is still rendering the site essentially unusable while still keeping to the letter of Reddit’s demands.
I assume they’re realistic enough to know that this really won’t go anywhere and that the whole point of the discussion is simply to make some noise.
Except if r/worldnews posted Onion articles, all they’ll be doing is predicting the future.
r/art also held a poll. It’s over now and John Oliver won.
That’s their TOS. Their actions recently — namely undeleting user posts and comments — run directly counter to their TOS. They’re essentially claiming ownership of the user submitted content by doing that.
So basically, according to Reddit, they own everything on Reddit. That means all the the CP, hate speech — and in this case, piracy — that are posted on Reddit are Reddit’s responsibility. Bold strategy, cotton. They’re basically waiving their net neutrality.
It does if you want to migrate your favorites and subscriptions.