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[WelperHelper99]

I'm puzzled why you guys seem to think the admins and cancer jannies are two different groups or that the admins are somehow closer to your side than theirs. Most of the big commie subs of cancer mods didn't black out. The subs of the users closest to the admins didn't.

Part of the reason these protests are so ineffective is because they're in cahoots with the admins and know they can be removed and replaced. While they disagree with the admins, they don't disagree enough to make a real stand so they trot out this horse-and-pony show bullshit and then they go back to messaging spez on slack and yukking it up when they need something. Anyone who stood up to the admins or told them to fuck off got removed a long time ago. It wasn't cancer mods that banned the_donald, it was spez and co.

I don't think you guys realize just how much reddit leaned on this stuff in the past with praise from the admins. Probably more than anyone the RES guy made reddit more usable in its earlier days. I think many of you forgot or don't realize that even embedding images in posts in reddit, making them appear instead of having to click the link onto imgur, is a very recent thing in reddit's lifespan. Even that functionality was not baked into reddit for ages. Or maybe you installed RES and let it sit there and completely forgot.

hich, by the way, should make your eyes go wide, since reddit was always supposed to be this community driven site except /r/politics (and others) were run by admins and they ALWAYS had that left-wing bias we know and love. After too much political heat from the_donald shit and lots of hullaballo about reddit's bias, they decided to disguise what they could get away doing in the open. Before Trump they didn't feel the need to be so heavy-handed.

Now the mod list doesn't show it, but don't think for a second that's not just a display thing. The idea that mods are in control in reddit instead of just free labor... there's just no real drama or division there. The reddit admins have tried especially since 2012 to hide just how much they pull the levers on the site, and probably in part because they don't want Washington asking too many questions about what they're doing politically. Reddit is really scared of having the government (or anyone else) look into their internal operations.

You should view this as the admins making very unpopular changes to make $$$ because they are desperate and want to monetize and the community (anyone who posts that isn't just a casual lurker) doesn't like it and may finally leave.

... I think you spend too much time on Reddit. I could care less if they burn their userbase to the ground. I don't fucking use reddit. This is comedy gold to me. I am treating how I see reddit like any other business, that just so happens to coincide with making the jannies mad. As long as the Reddit admins don't directly target the Farms, I really don't care what they do with their little hive.

If this results in all of Reddit imploding, I will wake up tomorrow, scratch my nuts, and go to work as usual. If it doesn't, the panic and fearmongering is absolute hilarity, up there with Y2K. Either way the Farms wins. Nothing of value was lost. If anything it might promote the new development of smaller fourms, now that people will be yearning for a replacement. It's like letting a forest burn; gotta let the old growth go up in flames for the new to sprout.

 

[RussianParasite]

It's easy to avoid scary thoughts when you can just make up arguments I didn't make. Though, imagine arguing that whether or not you use a corporate-walled-garden site like reddit versus a fringe darknet-only traditional forum is a random distribution with no correlation to autonomy.

It was a joke. A little self deprecation never hurt. Lol calm down, janny.

 

[Slur Generator]

Are you telling me that this guy isn't oozing talent?
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White EDP.

 

[Pissmaster]

I could care less if they burn their userbase to the ground. I don't fucking use reddit.

I don't either, I just want them to burn down because I like seeing bad things happen to bad people.

 

[sum ting wong]

This guys hammer analogy is retarded, the real solution is to give the hammer to someone else. But I guess reddit jannies either think they really are un-replaceable or more like they just don't want to give up their one source of power over others.

 

[Harbinger of Kali Yuga]

... I think you spend too much time on Reddit. I could care less if they burn their userbase to the ground. I don't fucking use reddit. This is comedy gold to me. I am treating how I see reddit like any other business, that just so happens to coincide with making the jannies mad. As long as the Reddit admins don't directly target the Farms, I really don't care what they do with their little hive.

Look, I agree, and I'm not trying to be an autist, but in recent years reddit has done a really good job disguising just how much they are directing shit. While I recognize we all want reddit blow up, it's important to remember that reddit is not organic and they pull a lot of smoke and mirrors shit, and they kind of like this stuff happening a little because it gives the impression there IS a neat line between mods and admins that the admins respect. This kind of protest just validates the admins and helps "hide the puppet strings."

Leaks from Merari01 (I cannot recall where they are or where to find them anymore, I think I saw them on Twitter) indicated that the Challenor blackout took the admins by surprise with their pants down and they put things into place to make sure it wouldn't happen again. They're allowing this protest to continue on so it gives the impression users still have some sort of say on their communities. If the admins were afraid of this protest, they'd have found a way to prevent it. The fact that these protests are so lukewarm is due to all the interventions they've done over the years.

Reddit is literally the website that pioneered "shadowbanning" so that users don't know they are secretly banned off the site.

I'll tell you one thing though. They're definitely paying attention to who led blackouts on their higher profile subs. They will find their accounts banned eventually.

 

[Evil Peter Griffin]

I disavow, I am not involved or associated in any way, I do not sweep anywhere else

Does that also mean you only groom users here?

 

[Useful_Mistake]

Does that also mean you only groom users here?

Can confirm, did groom me.

 

[CrunkLord420]

It was a joke. A little self deprecation never hurt. Lol calm down, janny.

I just hate Reddit so much, it's unreal.

 

[WelperHelper99]

Look, I agree, and I'm not trying to be an autist, but in recent years reddit has done a really good job disguising just how much they are directing shit. While I recognize we all want reddit blow up, it's important to remember that reddit is not organic and they pull a lot of smoke and mirrors shit, and they kind of like this stuff happening a little because it gives the impression there IS a neat line between mods and admins that the admins respect. This kind of protest just validates the admins and helps "hide the puppet strings."

Leaks from Merari01 (I cannot recall where they are or where to find them anymore, I think I saw them on Twitter) indicated that the Challenor blackout took the admins by surprise with their pants down and they put things into place to make sure it wouldn't happen again. They're allowing this protest to continue on so it gives the impression users still have some sort of say on their communities. If the admins were afraid of this protest, they'd have found a way to prevent it. The fact that these protests are so lukewarm is due to all the interventions they've done over the years.

Reddit is literally the website that pioneered "shadowbanning" so that users don't know they are secretly banned off the site.

I'll tell you one thing though. They're definitely paying attention to who led blackouts on their higher profile subs. They will find their accounts banned eventually.

I don't doubt for a second the bullshit meter is off the charts, if anything its a open secret. Which is all the more reason i'm laughing instead of seething. They're only now getting off their asses to crush these protests because they had no countermeasures in place. Its hilarious. And what is it over, really? A couple ads when all you have to do is sign in on the web browser and use ad block? Their porn getting messed with? That's what they're upset about? First world issues is a understatement. Let Reddit get a taste of the shit we've had to deal with for years, they deserve it, the car hating fucks.

 

[Illuminati Order Official]

It's always nice to see a war where you feel strong disdain for all involved sides. I hope it will last until there is nothing left.

 

[Harbinger of Kali Yuga]

I don't doubt for a second the bullshit meter is off the charts, if anything its a open secret. Which is all the more reason i'm laughing instead of seething. They're only now getting off their asses to crush these protests because they had no countermeasures in place. Its hilarious. And what is it over, really? A couple ads when all you have to do is sign in on the web browser and use ad block? Their porn getting messed with? That's what they're upset about? First world issues is a understatement. Let Reddit get a taste of the shit we've had to deal with for years, they deserve it, the car hating fucks.

Oh, absolutely, I think this is more about reddit users in general vs the admins and not so much a mods vs admins thing. It's just really important to note just how fake reddit's community is. Redditors are sheep, even the mods, and the admins are the Afghani shepherds with a penchant for beastiality.

I also have a very personal reason to hate reddit that all of you would understand if I could tell it, but it could potentially signal who I am to reddit's mod/admin inner circle. It's not that interesting, but I got my good reasons, and lets just say if I told it, you'd get it. Among many things it showed me just how close the top mods and admins are and how they must talk and gossip.

 

[WelperHelper99]

Oh, absolutely, I think this is more about reddit users in general vs the admins and not so much a mods vs admins thing. It's just really important to note just how fake reddit's community is. Redditors are sheep, even the mods, and the admins are the Afghani shepherds with a penchant for beastiality.

I also have a very personal reason to hate reddit that all of you would understand if I could tell it, but it could potentially signal who I am to reddit's mod/admin inner circle. It's not that interesting, but I got my good reasons, and lets just say if I told it, you'd get it. Among many things it showed me just how close the top mods and admins are and how they must talk and gossip.

Bro, if you're some admin/top jannie, i'm saying this as a matter of the fourm: Pics or GTFO. Even if they're highly, HIGHLY censored, don't hold back on that milk. At least let some of the staff in on this shit

 

[Harbinger of Kali Yuga]

Bro, if you're some admin/top jannie, i'm saying this as a matter of the fourm: Pics or GTFO. Even if they're highly, HIGHLY censored, don't hold back on that milk. At least let some of the staff in on this shit

I'm not, and it's not like that. I was affiliated with some free speech/anti sjw subs at one time. There were a lot of them and a lot of little cliques running them. Let's just say I was accused of something I didn't do, behind the scenes, that had real-world ramifications that pissed me off pretty good, and it came from what had to have been talk between mods and cancer mods and admins. There's nothing you wouldn't already know here, I have no scandal to bust wide-open. Just a personal grudge against some bad people.

 

[AssignedEva]

This guys hammer analogy is retarded, the real solution is to give the hammer to someone else. But I guess reddit jannies either think they really are un-replaceable or more like they just don't want to give up their one source of power over others.

Yes, and a lot of casual users are seeing that plain as day.

For example, /r/gaming just reopened with this piece of autism:

We are aware that reddit is not performing to our standards for a percentage of our users, in particular those with mobile devices using certain 3rd-party applications.
For example Redditors using cutting edge applications like Apollo and RIF will experience problems starting on July 1st, as Reddit has decided to effectively kill off 3rd party API usage through exorbitant access fees. Rest assured that Reddit has made no indication that they care about the users who rely on these 3rd party applications for accessibility, moderation, or even general use.
Additionally, current CEO /u/spez has decided to trivialize the efforts of thousands of subreddits who are protesting both his shortsighted decisions, as well as his willingness to blatantly lie about his interactions with 3rd party developers (see: Steven Huffman lies about Apollo Developer threats).
Because of this ongoing situation, these intermittent blackout periods - as well as other methods of protest - may continue across all of Reddit. We appreciate your patience at this time.

I can't even start unpacking the autism going on here, although I do especially like that they've tried to create a sort of official letterhead for /r/gaming. Anyway the thread is full of people calling them out for proving spez right that the protest was pointless and they've reopened because they don't want to lose their mod status and be replaced. There's also entertainingly quite a lot of people asking what the big deal with the official app is because they've never used any 3rd party app (and when invited to try, "why would I try something that's about to shut down").

While spez is an absolute dickhead, he's taking the necessary steps to monetise reddit (the forced app isn't just about advertising revenue, but also about the fact 3rd party apps - like old reddit - short-circuit all the other monetisation features like buying stickers you can reward people with or buying little hats and outfits for your reddit snoo avatar or the reddit premium membership that opts you out of adverts - none of these things show up on most 3rd party apps).

The people who really really care about this are autistic people who don't like their app being changed, and mods who don't want their moderation tools broken (which now mostly aren't being broken, but again, autistic people don't like change) - and then people who rely on accessibility functions like screenreaders because they're blind. The third group aren't the reason all these subreddits went dark, but it gives the first two groups social justice points to pretend otherwise. Most people who use reddit just don't really care that much and are annoyed their subs went dark and are potentially going dark again (but in a way that won't mean the mods will stop being mods).

 

[Carpenter Trout]

I was hoping this blackout lasted forever, or at least to make reddit irrelevant again. Both for the jokes about it and because forums have always been a better media than reddit.

Reddit is too far gone

One of the many hints that reddit was completely gone from what is was is when Aaron Swartz's name was removed from the founders' list (unless they've reimplemented it, but I don't care enough since it's not the point)

Wouldn't be happening if the Internet wasn't fully centralized.

Indeed. It would also be nice if those idiots over at 4chan's /g/ wouldn't praise centralization so much.

 

[The Cunting Death]

I just hate Reddit so much, it's unreal.

All I know is that I want every known redditor to be dead, painfully if possible

 

[PointOfNoReturnPoint]

When reddit jannies off themselves, the others will not be able to comprehend that reddit now has a higher body count than "we do". Thats when the dam breaks.

 

[Margo Martindale]

I hate Spez and I hate reddit mods. This is awesome, whoever loses, I can enjoy laughing at all of them.

 

[Betonhaus]

The reality is that anyone with any sort of common sense, direction or a spine bounced the fuck out of reddit long ago and the whole site is a glorified instagram comments section

Where did they all go, though? This site is temporarily off the clearnet and Funnyjunk is largely forgotten, and not a lot of other sites allow unimpeded discussion.