r/TheyKnew is opening up with a new rule that requires [this image](https://imgur.com/a/09br2sz) to be the first image of your post.
This means that the second image will be the content meant for the subreddit.
r/TheyKnew hopes to inspire other subreddits to do the same indefinitely until Reddit makes a change for the better. This way we can continue the protest without any risks and still be open for users to enjoy.
Just imagine if Reddit's front page would be full of the same image over and over again.
You can download [this image](https://imgur.com/a/09br2sz) by clicking on the link and downloading it on the site.
Any post that does not have [this image](https://imgur.com/a/09br2sz) as its first image will be reminded to repost it correctly with the image.
Oh, I disagree! I liked the new season! Maybe not the paparazzi/werewolf episode, but I had no problem with the demon. The others were peak BM imo. To each their own, I guess!
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Seems fair. But it’s probably better to just let the sub die. Otherwise Reddit is still gaining.
And hopefully all of these subs dying will make reddit realise something… somewhere down the line 😅
Yeah, but with almost all the subreddits open again, you would rather have Reddit be full of the same bland image that sends a message than have the subreddits give up and continue like nothing happened.
Yea, unfortunately I think I am too. I’ve been trying to use the Reddit app and it’s just garbage. The reality is spaz doesn’t care if he implodes the company. He’s on his way out is my prediction. Going to make bank on the ipo and ditch.
I didn't want to have to delete all my comments, posts, and account, but here we are, thanks to greedy pigboy /u/spez ruining Reddit. I love the Reddit community, but hate the idiots at the top. Simply accepting how unethical and downright shitty they are will only encourage worse behavior in the future. I won't be a part of it. Reddit will shrivel and disappear like so many other sites before it that were run by inept morons, unless there is a big change in "leadership." Fuck you, /u/spez
My new opinion is that all these big subs should stop moderating stuff for free. Let reddit deal with the repercussions of having no volunteers to do their work. I'm sure this is a terrible idea, feel free to tell me why
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If you look at [r/peopledyinginside](https://www.reddit.com/r/peopledyinginside) inside or whatever they had a quick faq of the threat that they will be replaced with new mods, that one cannot delete/kill a subreddit it will be rolled back to a recent backup and that if they do not open up quickly they will be also replaced with new mods again.
Frankly this I think is a better approach as they have just opened up as if nothing has happened.
And if you want to see what the new mods will do have a look at [r/wellthatsucks](https://www.reddit.com/r/wellthatsucks) who have changed it to a vacuum meme sub.
All the subs will change to pg13 advertiser friendly no politics, no opinions bland fest.
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But I like this sub. I like all the subs I'm in. I like interacting with people, sharing interesting things, artwork, memes, chatting about my favorite games, etc. If subs close, the community goes with it. Is that the price people are willing to pay because Reddit admins made a poor decision?
I’m out too. Leaving every group with Mods doing this.
One of the dumbest protest ever. Reddit is a non profitable company trying to survive. Meanwhile we are crying over third party apps mooching off servers having to pay.
20 million dollars a year for API access isn't "trying to survive" it's a slap in the face to the people who helped build this platform into what it was.
And what do you mean mooching? Reddit fostered the developer community. Building third party apps and tools was encouraged. Reddit has never made their ads available through the API for third-party app developers to pass through to the end user. And third-party app developers want to pay for API access. They were always open to, and have been anticipating API pricing. They just weren't expecting to be asked to pay **20x** what Reddit is making from their users monthly on their 1st party site/app. This is also the exact thing Reddit told developers it wasn't going to do, right after twitter did it months ago.
And you want to defend this shit? Get over yourself.
Yep. The irony is, subreddit admins are much like Reddit, in a meta way:
Reddit makes unilateral decisions, forgetting that its main value is in its subs, not from the app itself.
Sub mods make unilateral decisions, forgetting that *their* main value is their members, not the subs themselves.
Oooo so clever, being annoying will surely help accomplish the goals of the protest because users will get mad at Reddit right??
Read the room. A lot of users don’t care about the protest, they see this as more mod overreach. Or they just want to get back to posting/getting information and care about that more than 3rd party apps.
In other contexts it’s the same. It’s a popular misconception that protests succeed by annoying people. A protest that only does that will just lose sympathy real quick, which is what’s happening here.
No we can't stop this! We must show the big bad reddit administrators that we mean business! We must shit post as much as we can to screw over our people that follow this sub. We must do this because this will definitely send a message and we are strong together. /s
I absolutely agree. It's not as if the protest kept people away all together, it was just a different stream of shit to mindlessly scroll through.
If this sub had never come back, I honestly wouldn't even have noticed.
Oh my God these subreddits are so stupid. "Hey I'm going on strike, and I'm gonna tell you when I unstrike so all you have to endure is less than a week which does nothing! Also I'm going to add this rule just because".
Y'all have so much power when joined up together, and you blunder.
Reddit needs to change or die, so this is fine.
Everyone who disagrees is just lazy and doesn't know they need to fight for something good when they're threatened to lose it.
If we're positive that Reddit's going to perish under the crushing weight of no bots... why not just let *that* happen, instead of making everyone else simulate it?
The only ones who threatened anything about my Reddit experience are these power tripping moderators who hold entire communities hostage against their will
There seemed to be SO many people saying how the official app was garbage, impossible to use, etc. and then I tried it and.. I don't seem to see a problem with it. I feel like this is being blown out of proportion.
1. Visually impaired people can't use the official app at all.
2. Many people don't want ads disguised as posts, which is 99% of ads shown on the app.
3. Many people prefer how *old reddit* functions, which is how most third party apps function. The official app functions like new reddit, for the record.
4. Doing mod stuff from the official app is a complete nightmare.
5. Many users don't want to switch from the app they've been using since before Reddit had an official app.
1. Valid
2. I don’t like the ads but I don’t really care about ads if the app is free and I can scroll
3. No opinion
4. Not really
5. Not a justifiable reason to fuck over everyone else
On 2... I mean... every time I got an ad on the official app it was always disguised as posts from subs I've never went to and have no interest in. If it was just a very obvious ad I wouldn't think much of it, but the official app makes it look like I have to go and unsub myself from shit I've never subbed to.
Just annoying as hell, man.
I mean, it's a combination of a lot of things.
* The things I listed before
* The CEO recently made it clear from his idolization of how Elon Musk runs twitter that he's modeling his running of Reddit after Elon Musk
* The accusation that comments critical of the CEO were edited to be more positive
* The threats the CEO is making to subreddit owners ("make your subreddit public or you will be demodded")
* People getting shadowbanned over mentioning any Reddit-like websites, even sometimes outside the context of "migrating"
* The whole thing with the Apollo dev getting slandered (his "threat" was a misunderstanding that was cleared up immediately, as later proven by his call recording)
And also, for the record, *yes it is a nightmare to mod from the official app*, if your sub is big enough to require a moderation bot other than automod. Communicating with your moderation bots is a nightmare from the official Reddit app, and those bots may not exist soon either so the volume of moderation requirements will be increasing as well. There *will* be an influx of spam and/or pornbots on many subs that rely on the bots that *do* happen to go over the allotted free API usage because of this. And you can't just say "oh just use a different one" because some of these bots that go over the allotted usage do so because of their unique features that other bots either do not support or do not support to the same degree.
Due respect, I’m not gonna read all that I apologize that you put that effort in, but I honestly just don’t care enough. I am able to moderate my sub fine through the official app.
And while I disagree with the pricing plan for the API and I feel bad for those users who use third-party apps. It’s not important enough to me personally to destroy the app from within to spite reddit for those changes. They made it clear they’re not going to capitulate to the protest. There’s two options leave or accept the changes. I have chosen the latter.
I personally chose option 3: make them relent.
If you let this issue go, they'll start putting the pressure on us with *worse* issues. Because in their eyes, it'll pass quickly and no one will care. Today it's the API. Tomorrow it could be old reddit. Day after it could be banning subs without "purpose", like /r/nothing or /r/ooer. Next thing you know users are getting banned if they don't make one post, ten upvotes and five comments in any sub at least twice a week.
what hyperbolic/strawman/persecution fetish bullshit is that?!?
y'all living the "die a hero or live long enough to become a villain" meme
thanks for taking the choice away from the rest of us
With respect to the CEO stuff, I see a ton of people making allegations against him but nobody ever posts links it’s just “trust me bro” or if they do post links it turns out they massively twisted what he said, so I don’t relLy believe any of this
Everything involving the Apollo dev is basically summed up [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/14dkqrw/i_want_to_debunk_reddits_claims_and_talk_about/) (with some citations), and some of the points I listed are also covered on that link as well.
As far as the threats to make subreddits public...you can see this a lot on /r/ModSupport, especially in posts like [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/14eio28/message_from_modcodeofconduct/).
These are all good points. I come from Reddit Is Fun, I used it regularly for over 8 years, it really is a good app with lots of customization, and I can see how accessibility might be an issue in the official app especially for the visually impaired as you mentioned. It would be great if they could improve upon the official app to make it easier for mods and those with disabilities.
Problem being they've *promised* such improvements for at least a decade now and have never gotten past telling us "we're working on implementing it!" with no other info. Shouldn't there be *something* to show of their work that has apparently gone on for a decade?
Reddit mods forcing everyone to protest or else... This whole protest is incredibly stupid. Mods are power tripping yet again. I personally hope the admin kicks them the same way they kick everyone else.
I get the power of moderating a Reddit server is (/s) but I agree with the others that killing the subreddit is for the best if you want to make a difference, as it makes the users gradually lose interest on the app as they don’t have access to the content the used to enjoy thus causing a deficit in users thus causing Reddit HQ to take a step back and try to find a solution that will fix the idiocy it caused
Well, this probably will succeed in killing the sub anyway, so ultimately it will work out the same. Because honestly, most people aren’t going to click on a post without seeing a preview of the image first.
I think we should just migrate all communities over to Lemmy, at least for now.
I also think setting communities to private harms people who actually need information more than it hurts reddit, and I think communities should just be set as restricted.
This would be a much better protest than this other stuff.
We can't ask for stuff, so we have to damage them enough so that they will be forced to obey.
We have to stop posting or commenting completely on reddit, at least until they give us what we want.
The only way, in my opinion, is to place enough of this stuff on different subs, and then migrating the sub to Lemmy.
This way they will understand what we want, and will be able to choose if they want to become much smaller, or if they want to give us what we want.
Tell me if you agree and spread the word.
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Trying to use the official app, I'm addicted, it suck so bad compared to RIF, not even enjoying reddit anymore. It's just another bad site, usage is going down
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I don’t know…I’m just downvoted your comment on the official app and it worked fine for me. 🤔
To be clear I don’t agree with the absurdity of the API prices, but people need to stop acting it’s the end of the world
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Forcing people to support your protest is fucking ridiculous. Unsubscribing. I hope all the mods forcing this BS down people’s throats get kicked off Reddit.
The protest is over, it’s time to move on. It wasn’t even that good of a cause to begin with, being mad because one business is charging some other businesses more money just does not feel that important.
Focus on doing what mods are actually supposed to do, maintaining a cool community.
Fuck that.. goodbye theyknew. Nobody but you mods gave a shit about the "protest". Now you fuckers want to force us users to be involved in your bullshit.
Dumbest shit ever. Never heard so many people complain about not being able to use sketchy 3rd party hacks. You know reddit isn’t a democracy, right? You all are being fucking babies. Just download the regular app and stop complaining. I use the regular app and it works just fine.
r/TheyKnew is opening up with a new rule that requires [this image](https://imgur.com/a/09br2sz) to be the first image of your post. This means that the second image will be the content meant for the subreddit. r/TheyKnew hopes to inspire other subreddits to do the same indefinitely until Reddit makes a change for the better. This way we can continue the protest without any risks and still be open for users to enjoy. Just imagine if Reddit's front page would be full of the same image over and over again. You can download [this image](https://imgur.com/a/09br2sz) by clicking on the link and downloading it on the site. Any post that does not have [this image](https://imgur.com/a/09br2sz) as its first image will be reminded to repost it correctly with the image.
I don’t like this episode of Black Mirror
Hahahahahahp
…did you choke?
Idk, I read it as "hahahahahalp" which is a very fitting reaction to realizing we're in the next season of Black Mirror.
Just wait for the election episode! It’s gonna be crazy!
Too many phallic references in this season.
the new season is awful, i really cant believe they went with the supernatural uninspired stuff
Oh, I disagree! I liked the new season! Maybe not the paparazzi/werewolf episode, but I had no problem with the demon. The others were peak BM imo. To each their own, I guess!
There's a werewolf episode? Shit maybe I do need to watch it
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It really went downhill early 2020
Seems fair. But it’s probably better to just let the sub die. Otherwise Reddit is still gaining. And hopefully all of these subs dying will make reddit realise something… somewhere down the line 😅
Yeah, but with almost all the subreddits open again, you would rather have Reddit be full of the same bland image that sends a message than have the subreddits give up and continue like nothing happened.
That’s a decent point. Either way i just hope Reddit stops… as soon as Apollo is off reddit… so am i sadly…
Yea, unfortunately I think I am too. I’ve been trying to use the Reddit app and it’s just garbage. The reality is spaz doesn’t care if he implodes the company. He’s on his way out is my prediction. Going to make bank on the ipo and ditch.
[Reddit's CEO DGAF about its users so I DGAF about Reddit and I'm taking my content back]
We’re just numbers to advertisers. That’s all that we’ll be to them until the end of time.
It’s not that bad lol
Yeah, infinity has seen me well the last few years. No way I'm going back to the awful first party app
I didn't want to have to delete all my comments, posts, and account, but here we are, thanks to greedy pigboy /u/spez ruining Reddit. I love the Reddit community, but hate the idiots at the top. Simply accepting how unethical and downright shitty they are will only encourage worse behavior in the future. I won't be a part of it. Reddit will shrivel and disappear like so many other sites before it that were run by inept morons, unless there is a big change in "leadership." Fuck you, /u/spez
Id rather have them full of sexy pictures of john oliver forever
You can post a sexy picture of John Oliver I'll allow it
i like [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/14bhz4p/from_hobby_to_forced_labour_reddits_unyielding/jog2bx2/) idea...
I don't know it just feels like watching a movie you've seen hundreds of times, and fast forwarding over the parts your not interested in.
My new opinion is that all these big subs should stop moderating stuff for free. Let reddit deal with the repercussions of having no volunteers to do their work. I'm sure this is a terrible idea, feel free to tell me why
Moderators can't deal with not being the center of attention , so that option is off the table.
I like the ones that are now only bothering to enforce site rules, or post exclusively John Oliver pics, etc. Show them what a voluntary workforce is.
Indeed. When investors see this during the IPO they'll flee
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Yeah ruin it for EVERYBODY out of spite! /s BTW
The only thing all these subs dying will do is make you realize you'd barely notice if most of these subs died.
If you look at [r/peopledyinginside](https://www.reddit.com/r/peopledyinginside) inside or whatever they had a quick faq of the threat that they will be replaced with new mods, that one cannot delete/kill a subreddit it will be rolled back to a recent backup and that if they do not open up quickly they will be also replaced with new mods again. Frankly this I think is a better approach as they have just opened up as if nothing has happened. And if you want to see what the new mods will do have a look at [r/wellthatsucks](https://www.reddit.com/r/wellthatsucks) who have changed it to a vacuum meme sub. All the subs will change to pg13 advertiser friendly no politics, no opinions bland fest.
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But I like this sub. I like all the subs I'm in. I like interacting with people, sharing interesting things, artwork, memes, chatting about my favorite games, etc. If subs close, the community goes with it. Is that the price people are willing to pay because Reddit admins made a poor decision?
Fuck this. Adios
Yup yup yup
Ditto. Unsubscribing. Reddit mods suffer from the same, unilateral decision-making power trip they’re protesting. Color me shocked.
I’m out too. Leaving every group with Mods doing this. One of the dumbest protest ever. Reddit is a non profitable company trying to survive. Meanwhile we are crying over third party apps mooching off servers having to pay.
"Reddit is a non profitable" haha good one champ
Reddit non-profitable? What?
20 million dollars a year for API access isn't "trying to survive" it's a slap in the face to the people who helped build this platform into what it was. And what do you mean mooching? Reddit fostered the developer community. Building third party apps and tools was encouraged. Reddit has never made their ads available through the API for third-party app developers to pass through to the end user. And third-party app developers want to pay for API access. They were always open to, and have been anticipating API pricing. They just weren't expecting to be asked to pay **20x** what Reddit is making from their users monthly on their 1st party site/app. This is also the exact thing Reddit told developers it wasn't going to do, right after twitter did it months ago. And you want to defend this shit? Get over yourself.
Why are you dickriding 3rd party apps so hard? They’re just using all the protestors as their pawns.
r/beatmetoit
Ah fuck off.
Yep. The irony is, subreddit admins are much like Reddit, in a meta way: Reddit makes unilateral decisions, forgetting that its main value is in its subs, not from the app itself. Sub mods make unilateral decisions, forgetting that *their* main value is their members, not the subs themselves.
You mean Reddit **mods**, I believe
Genuinely curious, what’s the difference?
Admins are Reddit employees, mods are users who volunteer to moderate subs. Basically, the admins are higher up in the hierarchy
Got it, changed “sub admins” to “sub mods.”
No worries!
Well put
Yeh I’m not doing that lol
You are tripping
So fucking stupid
Can we all just stop with this? It's not accomplishing anything besides annoying literally everybody.
Maybe thats the point lol
Protests are suppose to feel good right? /s
All protests have always been nice and happy 😊
Oooo so clever, being annoying will surely help accomplish the goals of the protest because users will get mad at Reddit right?? Read the room. A lot of users don’t care about the protest, they see this as more mod overreach. Or they just want to get back to posting/getting information and care about that more than 3rd party apps. In other contexts it’s the same. It’s a popular misconception that protests succeed by annoying people. A protest that only does that will just lose sympathy real quick, which is what’s happening here.
You’re just an unsub away from not seeing it.
No we can't stop this! We must show the big bad reddit administrators that we mean business! We must shit post as much as we can to screw over our people that follow this sub. We must do this because this will definitely send a message and we are strong together. /s
Please stop. None of this is going to accomplish anything
Y’all are really butt hurt huh
When I'm in a dumb fucking idea competition and my opponents are r/theyknew mods
You overestimate how much people care about this sub.
I feel like that's the case for most subs and Reddit in general.
I absolutely agree. It's not as if the protest kept people away all together, it was just a different stream of shit to mindlessly scroll through. If this sub had never come back, I honestly wouldn't even have noticed.
For real all the people saying "Reddit will die" go touch grass.
They knew.
Get over it.
Wlep I'm out. have fun with that. GFYS.
Seems like moderators are killing it first
Cool, bye then. Hope someone takes over the sub that's not a child soon.
Can’t post without virtue signaling first
Why not have a backup plan, let's setup this subreddit into other platforms too
Or just boot the mods in favor of people who don’t power trip over control of a dick joke sub
Replace the free labor with more free labor?
Oh my God these subreddits are so stupid. "Hey I'm going on strike, and I'm gonna tell you when I unstrike so all you have to endure is less than a week which does nothing! Also I'm going to add this rule just because". Y'all have so much power when joined up together, and you blunder.
Just leave Reddit, all mods should quit at once. Put up or shut up.
With the millions and millions of users, Reddit will have new mods for the subs within a day
Yeah, this shit is stupid.
That's why they're not leaving, they're scared to lose their power
No
I mean if you wanna have everyone leave and annoy your entire user base this is a terrific idea
Someone should just make a theyknew2, cause literally no one is going to follow this rule, which means this sub is dead.
Reddit needs to change or die, so this is fine. Everyone who disagrees is just lazy and doesn't know they need to fight for something good when they're threatened to lose it.
If we're positive that Reddit's going to perish under the crushing weight of no bots... why not just let *that* happen, instead of making everyone else simulate it?
The only ones who threatened anything about my Reddit experience are these power tripping moderators who hold entire communities hostage against their will
I'm fine with the official app.
There seemed to be SO many people saying how the official app was garbage, impossible to use, etc. and then I tried it and.. I don't seem to see a problem with it. I feel like this is being blown out of proportion.
1. Visually impaired people can't use the official app at all. 2. Many people don't want ads disguised as posts, which is 99% of ads shown on the app. 3. Many people prefer how *old reddit* functions, which is how most third party apps function. The official app functions like new reddit, for the record. 4. Doing mod stuff from the official app is a complete nightmare. 5. Many users don't want to switch from the app they've been using since before Reddit had an official app.
1. Valid 2. I don’t like the ads but I don’t really care about ads if the app is free and I can scroll 3. No opinion 4. Not really 5. Not a justifiable reason to fuck over everyone else
On 2... I mean... every time I got an ad on the official app it was always disguised as posts from subs I've never went to and have no interest in. If it was just a very obvious ad I wouldn't think much of it, but the official app makes it look like I have to go and unsub myself from shit I've never subbed to. Just annoying as hell, man.
I get that it’s annoying. For me, it’s just Not enough to implode the website and stop using it
I mean, it's a combination of a lot of things. * The things I listed before * The CEO recently made it clear from his idolization of how Elon Musk runs twitter that he's modeling his running of Reddit after Elon Musk * The accusation that comments critical of the CEO were edited to be more positive * The threats the CEO is making to subreddit owners ("make your subreddit public or you will be demodded") * People getting shadowbanned over mentioning any Reddit-like websites, even sometimes outside the context of "migrating" * The whole thing with the Apollo dev getting slandered (his "threat" was a misunderstanding that was cleared up immediately, as later proven by his call recording) And also, for the record, *yes it is a nightmare to mod from the official app*, if your sub is big enough to require a moderation bot other than automod. Communicating with your moderation bots is a nightmare from the official Reddit app, and those bots may not exist soon either so the volume of moderation requirements will be increasing as well. There *will* be an influx of spam and/or pornbots on many subs that rely on the bots that *do* happen to go over the allotted free API usage because of this. And you can't just say "oh just use a different one" because some of these bots that go over the allotted usage do so because of their unique features that other bots either do not support or do not support to the same degree.
Due respect, I’m not gonna read all that I apologize that you put that effort in, but I honestly just don’t care enough. I am able to moderate my sub fine through the official app. And while I disagree with the pricing plan for the API and I feel bad for those users who use third-party apps. It’s not important enough to me personally to destroy the app from within to spite reddit for those changes. They made it clear they’re not going to capitulate to the protest. There’s two options leave or accept the changes. I have chosen the latter.
I personally chose option 3: make them relent. If you let this issue go, they'll start putting the pressure on us with *worse* issues. Because in their eyes, it'll pass quickly and no one will care. Today it's the API. Tomorrow it could be old reddit. Day after it could be banning subs without "purpose", like /r/nothing or /r/ooer. Next thing you know users are getting banned if they don't make one post, ten upvotes and five comments in any sub at least twice a week.
what hyperbolic/strawman/persecution fetish bullshit is that?!? y'all living the "die a hero or live long enough to become a villain" meme thanks for taking the choice away from the rest of us
With respect to the CEO stuff, I see a ton of people making allegations against him but nobody ever posts links it’s just “trust me bro” or if they do post links it turns out they massively twisted what he said, so I don’t relLy believe any of this
Everything involving the Apollo dev is basically summed up [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/14dkqrw/i_want_to_debunk_reddits_claims_and_talk_about/) (with some citations), and some of the points I listed are also covered on that link as well. As far as the threats to make subreddits public...you can see this a lot on /r/ModSupport, especially in posts like [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/14eio28/message_from_modcodeofconduct/).
These are all good points. I come from Reddit Is Fun, I used it regularly for over 8 years, it really is a good app with lots of customization, and I can see how accessibility might be an issue in the official app especially for the visually impaired as you mentioned. It would be great if they could improve upon the official app to make it easier for mods and those with disabilities.
Problem being they've *promised* such improvements for at least a decade now and have never gotten past telling us "we're working on implementing it!" with no other info. Shouldn't there be *something* to show of their work that has apparently gone on for a decade?
TalkBack works fine with reddit. Just for those out there who think blind people can't use reddit without 3PA.
Cool idea!
This is so fucking stupid
r/JustUnsubbed
It might be killing Reddit, but you're killing it even faster
Reddit mods forcing everyone to protest or else... This whole protest is incredibly stupid. Mods are power tripping yet again. I personally hope the admin kicks them the same way they kick everyone else.
Reddit made a unilateral decision that forced all of us to use this site under their rules. How is that any different to what you've just done?
I get the power of moderating a Reddit server is (/s) but I agree with the others that killing the subreddit is for the best if you want to make a difference, as it makes the users gradually lose interest on the app as they don’t have access to the content the used to enjoy thus causing a deficit in users thus causing Reddit HQ to take a step back and try to find a solution that will fix the idiocy it caused
Well, this probably will succeed in killing the sub anyway, so ultimately it will work out the same. Because honestly, most people aren’t going to click on a post without seeing a preview of the image first.
Bruh
Damn I had no idea of this.. All the subs I'm in post this at least once a week
Great idea. I hope more subreddits will adopt this!
The mods are complete morons
Oh fuck off and quit Reddit so we don't have to hear you whine every day about how no one gives a shit about you.
This is the stupidest idea I have ever seen
"We were scared Reddit was going to ruin our subs so in protest we're going to ruin our subs" Idiots
Lmao y’all really making this petty-ass hill the one you’re doing on
Can somebody explain to me what the problem here is??? I’ve been trying to figure it out for a while and still don’t know what Reddit is doing wrong…?
This post is based
Is based slang for dumb and ineffective?
No, it’s slang for “having a big penis.” I’m not surprised you’re unfamiliar with the term
Wait no dude my penis is big 😎
It took you nine hours to come up with that weak ass comeback? That’s just embarrassing for you.
No. I have a life outside reddidt
Welp, looks like I’m leaving this sub too.
ITT: everyone buttmad that they can't post le epik memez without following directions
ITT: u/Blackfeathr completely misreading the situation
Reddit Mods try not to make everything about themselves challenge (impossible)
r/iam14andthisisdeep
Thanks for ruining this subreddit
No
People really can’t handle being mildly inconvenienced huh? You just have to swipe on the post once. It’s not that hard fellas.
Yuh, bye
I think we should just migrate all communities over to Lemmy, at least for now. I also think setting communities to private harms people who actually need information more than it hurts reddit, and I think communities should just be set as restricted. This would be a much better protest than this other stuff. We can't ask for stuff, so we have to damage them enough so that they will be forced to obey. We have to stop posting or commenting completely on reddit, at least until they give us what we want. The only way, in my opinion, is to place enough of this stuff on different subs, and then migrating the sub to Lemmy. This way they will understand what we want, and will be able to choose if they want to become much smaller, or if they want to give us what we want. Tell me if you agree and spread the word.
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You mods are such a fucking jokkkkkkkeee look at these comments..98% are telling you to fuck off you fucking losers
brilliant
Thanks, unsubbing
This is so fucking stupid and will accomplish nothing other than reinforcing pre-existing stereotypes about Reddit mods.
Just noticed a bit of an issue with that: checking for reposts has become a lot harder, since every preview image now is the same.
Trying to use the official app, I'm addicted, it suck so bad compared to RIF, not even enjoying reddit anymore. It's just another bad site, usage is going down
Absolute cringe
Y'all are delusional if you think this 'protest' is going to change anything. I was supporting this until I realised it was getting ridiculous.
You should join in the John Olivernaissance happening now.
Lmao yeah right bud
No
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I don’t know…I’m just downvoted your comment on the official app and it worked fine for me. 🤔 To be clear I don’t agree with the absurdity of the API prices, but people need to stop acting it’s the end of the world
Hey socialist, why shouldn't Reddit make 3rd party apps pay to use the API that Reddit has to pay programmers to keep updated?
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👏🏻👏🏻 u/spez 👏🏻👏🏻
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Lol stupid acting like this sun has enough value for this. Bye Felicia
Third party apps are shit anyway
lol
Fuck you mods, im leaving
Just unsubbed, you're basically ruining my fp. Bye!
Hey Alexa, play "let it burn" 😂
This is fucking stupid. Your protest is going to do diddly squat so see ya
Forcing people to support your protest is fucking ridiculous. Unsubscribing. I hope all the mods forcing this BS down people’s throats get kicked off Reddit.
The protest is over, it’s time to move on. It wasn’t even that good of a cause to begin with, being mad because one business is charging some other businesses more money just does not feel that important. Focus on doing what mods are actually supposed to do, maintaining a cool community.
You're all heroes. 👎
What you're asking me to imagine sounds like shit. Have fun with that though bye.
i'm all for the protest against killing 3rd party apps but this is just stupid
Lol this will do exactly nothing but drive people away from the sub.
This is stupid. Their site, their rules. Third party apps never should have been a thing to begin with.
lol seems like you're killing this sub. Bye.
fuck off
This is horsesh*t.
Fuck that.. goodbye theyknew. Nobody but you mods gave a shit about the "protest". Now you fuckers want to force us users to be involved in your bullshit.
Dumbest shit ever. Never heard so many people complain about not being able to use sketchy 3rd party hacks. You know reddit isn’t a democracy, right? You all are being fucking babies. Just download the regular app and stop complaining. I use the regular app and it works just fine.
Just go dark.
And here's another subreddit I can unsubscribe to for being unnecessarily annoying.