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[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 73 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I'll give you preview:

Everyone: stop this! you'll kill reddit!

Spez: eat shit! πŸ€‘πŸ€‘πŸ€‘πŸ€‘πŸ€‘πŸ€‘πŸ€‘

there. i just saved you a ton of time and frustration

[–] OofShoot@beehaw.org 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"We wanted the user to feel a sense of pride and accomplishment by struggling through the dog-shit Reddit interface."

[–] XLRV@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Lmao, they'll probably beat the EA comment for the record of the most downvoted post/comment, if Reddit doesn't rig the score.

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Followed by reddit announcing that they're removing the downvote button because it's "used for harrassment."

[–] XLRV@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

"We're locking this post because we're being brigaded by trolls"

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

YouTube 2.0

[–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wouldn't put it past them at this point.

[–] OofShoot@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

They've had fake accounts to try and make the website look busier and they've edited other people's comments. Is there anything else equally immoral they've done that I don't know about?

[–] pkulak@beehaw.org 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or he will just answer a few comments way down the page that don't ask anything difficult and ignore the top 20.

[–] Whaines@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He’ll just manipulate the votes like he’s edited user’s comments in the past.

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[–] Sinnz@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago

Spez: It's all about the user experience. Totally not for profit.

[–] Tangentism@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Spez: eat shit! You will all be my slaves in the apocalypse!

Ok but what I crave are all the horrible puns and recycled insults. It will be like the grand finale fireworks display of reddit.

[–] Dandylion@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

I hope no one comes to the ama

[–] Xer0@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

He'll probably edit everyone's comments again.

[–] Fearofthefamiliar@beehaw.org 43 points 1 year ago

Lmao. Might as well post on r/roastme

[–] Acester47@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

seriously fuck this guy lol

[–] thomas@lemmy.douwes.co.uk 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
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[–] pumpkin@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yep. Fuck him and reddit. I hope they realise their mistake and also realise it's too late and they've fucked up.

[–] thomas@lemmy.douwes.co.uk 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

already too late for me. I've been waiting for a reason to leave.

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

It is absolutely NOT too late for the vast majority of users. That's why I want reddit to go through with their plan and dig their own grave. Sick and tired of corporate bullshit to be honest.

I agree with this. And as much as I'd like to say I'd stick to lemming, I'm pretty sure I am one of the plebs that'd go right back the moment they reverse their decision

[–] halon5@beehaw.org 27 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Could this become the most downvoted post of all time I wonder. Spez is not exactly Mr Popular at the moment.

[–] thomas@lemmy.douwes.co.uk 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

what if it beats the EA comment lol

[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

or Ellen Pao's AMA. remember that shit?

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[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

it would be ironic if r/DownvotedToOblivion was going dark, but they're not...

[–] bigbox@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

He's just going to edit the downvoted count

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[–] jayrod@lemmy.film 25 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that’s not gonna go well for him.

[–] Deliverator@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

This whole drama is getting tiresome. I’ll miss reddit but I just don’t have the emotional investment to do anything other than quit the site if they go through with the changes and hope others follow suit. I hope that lemmy proves to be a viable alternative

[–] lodronsi@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I’ve already quit the site. Even if they backpedal, it seems unlikely because of any desire or respect for the users and only because of current PR pressure. I’ve experienced it before where some hostile decision is walked back until the uproar dies down, and they try again. And again until the protest fatigue sets in.

I’m don't trust Reddit and have chosen to move on. Whether they stick around or not matters not to me. I’ve moved on and watch with an eye for curiosity and awareness. But no more emotional investment.

[–] frustbox@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Even if they backpedal, it seems unlikely because of any desire or respect for the users and only because of current PR pressure.

This. Decisions like this are not made on a whim. They go through multiple stages, meetings, financial and technical analyses, reviews, lawyers … many, many desks and people who sign off on the plan. They really want this.

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[–] Ignacio@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The only thing I used reddit for was to lurk, see photos, upvote and read some comments or posts. I was barely active during this couple of years with a new account, after deleting an old one. Sometimes I saw it, and still see it, difficult for me to be active because of karma, some kind of polarization or toxicity, even on safe subreddits.

The good thing is that here, karma is non existent. Yes, you can upvote or downvote posts and comments, but those votes don't go to you as karma, so you're not affected. And that really helps neurodivergent people, as it's my case too (rejection sensitive dysphoria, I think it's called, one comorbidity of ADHD).

So, yes, fuck Reddit, and I'll stay here as long as it lasts.

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[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago

That AMA is going to be a shitshow of epic proportions, and I'm here for it

Fuck that guy

Yeah I bet this is just going to be an attempt at ass covering and blaming 3rd party devs for whatever. In any case it's almost guaranteed to be a huge clusterfuck for reddit with whatever tone deaf replies and talking points spez regurgitates.

[–] noodlejetski@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

i'm sure it's going to be a civilized discussion that's worth reading

[–] GuyDudeman@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago
[–] esturniolo@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I hope that nobody asks nothing. That will be the best protest that we can do.

ChatGPT generated questions EVERYWHERE!

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[–] atocci@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I don't see any way they can win back goodwill from this.

[–] toki@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Xer0@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Oh boy this will go down well.

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