I think it would be amusing if Reddit did implode over this. It'd be entirely self-inflicted... The site is only usable with third party apps.
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Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 09:39:14 JST
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RebekahWSD (rebekahwsd@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 09:40:03 JST
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@Gargron So many social media places just doing their best to absolutely implode lately
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gh0sti :pika: (gh0sti@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 09:40:14 JST
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@Gargron spez is trying to run the site into the ground by shoving his head up his ass and not listening to his users.
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Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 09:42:26 JST
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@RebekahWSD And I support them, LOL, because people are moving to the #fediverse network. ;P
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Aaron Tinsley (ilikedatsyuk@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 09:44:58 JST
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@Gargron Unfortunately, they are chasing short-term gains and the almighty dollar, the way only corporations do. Good riddance!
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Yes (surprised_table_bowl@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 09:49:07 JST
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@Gargron they might enter the “find out” stage soon enough. We’ll see I guess.
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Null The Grey (nullthegrey@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 09:59:37 JST
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@Gargron to me, reddit WAS the Sync app. I hated the redesign on desktop and stuck to old.reddit.com but I feel they'll be killing that off soon enough as well. Time for me to say goodbye. I haven't been back to reddit in over a week. I'm just sad that all the 3rd party apps and other innovation has to suffer.
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Administrator (mdm@mcnamarii.town)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 10:01:15 JST
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@Gargron I mean... really? Am I the only person in the world that thinks Reddit's default web app is fine? :/
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Eshu Marneedi (eshumarneedi@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 10:01:55 JST
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@Gargron spez doesn’t seem to understand that, though.
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Michael Cook (foobarsoft@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 10:06:10 JST
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@Gargron I find the old interface + no ads through a subscription to be fantastic. But we all know they’ve been trying to kill that.
The new interface and the official app are abysmal.
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Bryan Irace (irace@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 10:14:45 JST
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@Gargron Twitter : Mastodon :: Reddit : ?
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Tim Ellis 🦝 (the_tim@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 10:36:25 JST
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@Gargron Major galaxy-brain move to aggressively piss off your users when your site's value comes 100% from user-generated content.
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Landrin201 (landrin201@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 11:39:46 JST
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@Gargron I read earlier that they are apparently also doing "experiments" with some users logged-in on mobile browsers which forces them to download the app to use the site on Mobile.
They seem to be committing.
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ifmu (ifmu@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 11:45:33 JST
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@Gargron never used anything but the reddit app and site, never a problem? wtf is everyone crying about?
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Pterofractal (pterofractal@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 12:12:38 JST
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@Gargron Is there a way to browse the timeline of one Mastadon server from another Mastadon server as if it was a subreddit?
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Tony Diep (realtonydiep@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 12:34:35 JST
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@Gargron I just deleted ten years of posts and comments and got myself permaband so mission accomplished!
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Eugene Teplitsky (eugeneteplitsky@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 13:27:27 JST
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@Gargron @mastodonmigration Given that literally all value on Reddit is generated by user content, Spez ought to have been kissing the feet of apps like Apollo - they bring the users and keep them generating content, and therefore value. He could have monetized from those apps without killing them, but I guess he chose greed.
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Oliver Gassner :mastodon: (oliverg@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 14:45:58 JST
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@Gargron maybe if the Blackout was for several days of weeks but only for two days?
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newsorpigal@mastodon.social's status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 15:25:58 JST
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old.reddit.com is far better than the normal reddit. I use old.reddit.com both on mobile and on desktop. I hope they don't kill that too.
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Dan (danchez1@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 15:43:16 JST
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@Gargron I hope this black out works too. I do have to admit though, I've been using Reddit for years, enjoying it, without any 3rd party apps.
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Sibachian (beiz@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 17:19:59 JST
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@Gargron it's funny how they want to hurt third party apps because “they are making profit, that we should be making!" as if the money we spend on third party apps is money we would have spent on reddit itself otherwise. oh sure we have finite wallets, but if i thought reddit was worth my money, i would have made different choices. they still benefit from the content i post (or posted, anyway).
so much controversy this year. blizzard. twitter. DnD/WotC. I hope they all die.
see you all on kbin
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Leeced Cymdaz (nootroto@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 17:27:42 JST
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@Gargron I wonder whether the old.reddit will also be killed soon
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Kyber (agent448@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 20:31:50 JST
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@Gargron Good riddance.
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phi1997 (phi1997@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 21:05:43 JST
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@Gargron
It's also been usable through old.reddit, so that's likely next on the chopping block. Gotta make sure every user has a ton of ad impressions, even if that means culling the userbaseIn conversation permalink -
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Christo (christo98@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 22:05:55 JST
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@Gargron you have to feel sorry for the users though
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J (lunarnexus@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 22:29:43 JST
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@Gargron The younger crowd doesn't remember a time when companies would focus on a good product (or at least pretend) and draw customers in with that. Now they're brazenly all about profit and don't mind sacrificing the product to cash out.
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0xCUBE (0xcube@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 22:30:25 JST
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@Gargron Reddit will not implode. These 2-day blackouts only show reddit that no matter what they do, people will still come back.
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Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 22:57:51 JST
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Do you actually believe a bunch of tranny janny redditors that do it for free have any real control? In conversation permalink -
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Elaine 💜🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 (elaine@pleroma.elaine.is)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 22:57:52 JST
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@0xCUBE @Gargron a lot of subreddits are shutting down indefinitely. Not everyone is doing just a two-day blackout. In conversation permalink -
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Rusty Crab (rustycrab@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 23:13:14 JST
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@kroner @Gargron @elaine @bot the last time they were demanding what the admins wanted anyway. "Ban vax skeptical subreddits" yeah wow you really twisted their arm In conversation permalink Fediverse Contractor likes this. -
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kroner (kroner@seal.cafe)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 23:13:15 JST
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The last time the power jannies collectively threw a fit the admins cucked and did what they wanted. Doubt it is the same this time though as Reddit seems to be wanting to go public with their company and want $$ In conversation permalink -
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Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 23:27:18 JST
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True, plus jannies are easily replaceable free labour. It’s actually very clever how these tech companies exploit fat losers to work for free just by giving them the illusion of authority and control. In conversation permalink -
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kroner (kroner@seal.cafe)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 23:38:12 JST
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Yeah, reddit mods are essentially digital slaves. They do it for free and are easily replacable In conversation permalink Fediverse Contractor likes this. -
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Nuch (nuchhorris@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 23:46:20 JST
Nuch
@Gargron We can all hope. I swear if one more thing I enjoy gets dragged down by corporate greed...
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ayro (snwdn@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jun-2023 00:11:26 JST
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@Gargron yea they’re making a case as to why a decentralized web should exist.
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Tea time. (krafttea@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jun-2023 13:03:31 JST
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@Gargron I don't know why you shared what I considered to be an ad for a corporate internet service, but I didn't appreciate it. Not interested in following you, if that's what you're going to do.
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vanhalbgott (vanhalbgott@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Jun-2023 06:40:52 JST
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@Gargron I get what he’s saying though I can quit Reddit myself if I have to. I use it as well.
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Khaled (khaled57@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Jun-2023 01:49:02 JST
Khaled
@Gargron the search does not work
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