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/r/memes gives hilarious data in re: spez's assertion that most users want things back to normal; changes rules accordingly (lemmy.world)
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So, /r/memes did a poll. The exact numbers happen to be multiples of 10%, but ignore that.

  • 10% of users want the blackout to continue
  • 10% of users want the subreddit to open back up as normal
  • 80% of users want the subreddit to only allow Medieval / Landed Gentry themed memes.

Henceforth: "The title of the posts must include either of the words 'Medieval', 'Landed' or 'Gentry', and the meme must include medieval content/images, or include content that features text about Landed Gentry."

Hear ye, hear ye, the people hath spoken.

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[–] mizu6079@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Honestly, I love how the top subreddits are all doing stuff like this. It doesn't stop the flow of traffic like the blackout did but it's still hilarious.

[–] mo_ztt@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I actually think that for a lot of people, it's just become an opportunity for socializing and entertaining themselves, more so than being about "protest." A lot of modern reddit is oriented around (1) wasting time with humor and (2) being part of an in-group.

spez did the worst thing you can possibly do to that kind of population: He gave them a target.

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

90 percent of Reddit users are casual lurkers with no account. Of the ten percent with accounts, 10 percent actually post content or even leave a comment.

Driving away lurkers with stupid content is a solid strategy

[–] JoeCoT@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What it does do is actively highlight that the community is being destroyed, and the protests are actively degrading the experience. All the more to entice people to look around at other social media options.

[–] norbert@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They really thought it'd just end after 48 hours; it became a war of attrition and I'm happy so many of us found the fediverse. I'm happy the project(s) seem to have talented and dedicated developers and admins; long live the Fediverse.

[–] demvoter@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It’s almost like Huffman doesn’t even understand his own user base.

[–] QuestioningEspecialy@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

So Reddit's going through a Renaissance of sorts?

[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 3 points 1 year ago

Honestly if this guy expected anything else he legitimately knows zero about the platform he's supposedly responsible for.

[–] Pack@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I wonder when Spez will threaten to replace the users?

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Welp, time to go make some medieval land lord memes.

[–] rusticus@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?