/r/memes gives hilarious data in re: spez's assertion that most users want things back to normal; changes rules accordingly : reddit

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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)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[+] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years 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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, I've seen some people upset about these things and complain that it doesn't stop the flow of traffic, and that in fact it may increase interest in Reddit. Some want the blackout to continue indefinitely. But that's impossible since Reddit will just force the subs open and replace the mods. So the next best thing is malicious compliance. Sure, Reddit will still see traffic from people curious about what's going on, but these meme-y protests is still rendering the site essentially unusable while still keeping to the letter of Reddit's demands.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The level of cooperation required to stage this malicious compliance also puts the lie to Puffman's assertion that the people upset about the changes are a tiny, irrelevant minority. No, my liege, that tiny minority are the backbone of the product you're so desperate to sell.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I wonder when Spez will threaten to replace the users?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Well done, Snoo Platform.

You just rallying the subreddits against you, investors must be so proud with this development.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

So Reddit's going through a Renaissance of sorts?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Some of those are hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

There's so much glory in that reddit post OP is becoming a knight of the realm