POLL: Decide on the future of /r/Pics!
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Hello, /r/Pics subscribers! Boy, what a whacky time we've all had lately, huh? Reddit decided to kill off third-party applications, a protest got...
  • Clbull@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It’s a funny protest, but it kinda goes against the spirit of the API boycott.

    I’ll give it a week before Reddit goes back to normal. Spez is probably going to do some overtime and start forcefully deposing moderators.

    And as we saw with /r/worldnews, /r/leagueoflegends and pretty much any other subreddit that refused to even acknowledge the initial blackout, there are power users that are more than willing to lick Spez’s boots.

    • IncidentalIncidence@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      yeah, it’s funny but at the end of the day all reddit cares about are their pageviews, engagement, and active daily users. They don’t care whether people are posting “real” pics or john oliver pics, as long as they’re posting

  • FiveMacs@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    All subs should do something like this…Reddit want the mods back or they get removed. So bring the subs back but change the sub rules to be insane shit like this. Comply to Reddit’s rules but with your own rules.

    • SeriV@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      r/Steam changed from the gaming platform to literall pictures of steam powered Things.

      • Murais@lemmy.oneEnglish
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        1 year ago

        It means the mods at r/pics just dropped a “Please Cover This” sign to the biggest news show in reddit’s prime demographic.

        It’s honestly kind of fucking genius. Much respect.

  • ISOmorph@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Here are a couple of my favourite pictures displayed there currently, so you don’t have to go back to that dumpster fire of a site: