Several subreddits are allowing porn and not-safe-for-work content to protest Reddit. In response, the platform has removed entire moderator teams from the affected subreddits.

I really want to cut ties with Reddit. I keep reading this stuff to keep me motivated to cut those ties.

  • riktor@kbin.social
    1·
    2 years ago

    Just goes to show that they don’t value the community and the moderators who help keep their platform afloat. Reddit is seeing $$$ and doesn’t care anymore about the user experience.

  • root@lemmy.runEnglish
    38·
    2 years ago

    I nuked all my posts and comments.

    Glad that I left the place, it can burn and go to hell for all I care.

    On the other hand there’s enough constructive engagement happening here to fulfil my needs.

      • berkeleyblue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        2 years ago

        Thats why you edit them first to something in protest. (“I refuse to let u/spez get off on my posts”) and then delete them. Apparently reddit doesn’t keep a history of eddits (unless they changed that now) and they could only revert them back to your provocative comment which they wont.

      • root@lemmy.runEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        Haha, that is why I am glad I replaced all my contents with garbage before removing and waited for couple of days before removing them.

  • Tuna@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    2 years ago

    Because of their horrendous business decisions I found this place, and MAN has it been a breath of fresh air! Still need to learn my way around though

    • Fredselfish @lemmy.mlEnglish
      9·
      2 years ago

      Yes, love that I found a new home. But it is an adjustment and the bugs of the apps can be frustrating. But so happy to have a place to engage and to make post. I love Lemmy.

      Let us be the best place to be.

      • mekkagodzilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        Honestly, you don’t need any app. I’m using Firefox on mobile and it’s way better than the app I tried.

        • axtualdave@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          The Lemmy web app is progressive, and you can “install” it on your android phone’s home screen easily enough. But it’s still a web app, and it’s kind of janky, compared to a “real” app.

          Though, I’m comparing it to things like Reddit Sync and Apollo, which are fantastic.

    • Noreia@lemmy.oneEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Same, I never quite got into mastodon (then again I rarely used twitter as well) but this one feels like the first fediverse thing I really love using

    • Boz (he/him)@lemmy.oneEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      They could auto-reply to all press inquiries with a poop emoji? Otherwise… probably not, lol.

  • LA71@lemmy.oneEnglish
    15·
    2 years ago

    Oh goodie they’re eating themselves alive. I’m going to enjoy watching it die

  • Carly™@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    It doesn’t matter how hard Reddit tries to break up the protest, if they don’t reverse course on this, the site will implode on July 1st when the API changes happen and mods of large subreddits no longer can use the tools they need to do their jobs. Reddit’s trying to claim they have new mod tools in the works, but I’m sure they’re full of shit.

    Everyone at that company is an absolute idiot for not listening to the moderators they’re actively antagonizing right now, and it’s going to blow up in their faces.

    • jay@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      The other thing is why this timeline? I think it’s because of the downgrade of the valuation on the IPO.

      It seems like there are investors and other forces plus the absolutely awful communication and leadership from Huffman.

      They are in this spot where people who don’t seem to understand Reddit are making decisions about it.

      Even if this doesn’t “kill” reddit, the decision making has been very obviously hostile toward its users and future.

    • guyman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      2 years ago

      If it’s anything like their video player, it’s going to be complete garbage. Something I love about lemmy is how I can watch videos with no lag or spotty loading. Whoever wrote reddit’s video player needs to be shot.

  • yumpoplala@kbin.social
    5·
    2 years ago

    Yeah this kind of shit here is why I do not regret leaving. My oldest reddit account is from back when Bush was still president and Idgaf anymore, it’s dead to me now. I’m looking forward to seeing kbin flourish instead.

  • this@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    Wonder what ther’re going to do about r/political humor, since everyone subbed to it is a mod weather they want to be or not.

    • last_username@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      they’re not really mods, they just set up automoderator to perform mod actions based on user input

  • HeadlessDude@kbin.social
    2·
    2 years ago

    It’s such a shame. It’s also a lesson to not make the same mistakes again. Fediverse seems like a good step forward.

    • Fredselfish @lemmy.mlEnglish
      7·
      2 years ago

      Do it through your profile settings. But don’t be surprised if it doesn’t work. For me it works on Lemmy.ml but not on the Jerbora app. 🤷‍♂️

    • CarbonIceDragon@pawb.socialEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      In my experience top day works better than hot currently, but there should be a dropdown in the settings menu, the one you’d use to change your profile icon or password or such, to set the default sorting

  • XymerianMonk@kbin.social
    1·
    2 years ago

    Literally just ran Reddit Delete Suite* on my account. RIP made sure to edit every post/comment as well. Guess I will try kbin and maybe look into lemmy since they can kinda be used the same, honestly the whole fediverse needs some love UI and UX wise. I have seen several posts about people dev apps for both, so looking forward to what the future holds for sure.

    *Shout out to the other two comments with the links thanks