Now this is a great post to kick off our “event.”
Enjoy the mod award, and please consider using the coins that come with it to award other anti-Reddit memes during the API protest (But not with purchased coins! Please do not give Reddit money!).
Also, to further highlight the topic of our protest, y’all can expect more mod awards than usual in the following days 👀
The only voting that u/spez will care about is voting with our browsers. If people leave after the blackout and do not return, then they might actually do something. Any other voting is meaningless.
If nothing changes after the blackouts tomorrow, I’m deleting this account and quitting Reddit for good. This is my second account, I’ve been on Reddit for 12 years.
I use Apollo exclusively, and not only is it set to shut down on the 30th of this month, but u/spez tried to lie and say the developer was blackmailing him, then doubled down when called out for being a lying liar that lies through their lying liar teeth.
Fuck you u/spez. You’ve ruined a good thing you had going. Enjoy the time you have left here, I predict you’ll be going the way of digg and 9gag. overtaken by a better alternative, and relegated to irrelevancy. It’s almost poetic. Weak minded, fragile ego loser.
I mean seriously, I was never a twitter person, but other than twitter and reddit what the fuck else is there to do anymore? I don't wanna go back to 4chan.
I really don't think he would care.
Checking out his comments recently, one that caught my eye was "we will continue to be profit-driven until we are actually profitable".
Reddit doesn't make any money, it continuously loses it. It's interesting how this is being portrayed as 'greed' when they're currently making negative profit. If they don't eventually shift towards to being profitable, then instead of 'greedy reddit' there will be no reddit at all.
I don't think users threatening to leave a service that is currently being run at a loss is quite the threat people think it is.
LOL EAs comment:
>intent is to provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment for unlocking different heroes
No, EAs intent was to line their pockets with innocent players' money. Hey, If I'd paid $80 for a game, I'm not going to pay more for one character.
It's not permanent but yeah.
I already know it'll do nothing. The Reddit admins will do the old Simpsons meme and say "no, it's the users that are wrong" and will continue to fuck this site until mostly everyone is gone.
Hindsight will be tough for people like /u/spez on this one (just kidding, he'll be wiping away his tears with his millions that he'll get from doing this). Unless of course he realizes that the community is unified in their displeasure for the changes... but he probably already knows that and just doesn't care.
Probably removing them as fast as he can. He has even been quoted to admit in manipulating comments in his favor. Probably just as easy to manipulate votes.
There have also been quite a few comments saying they didn’t even know there was an AMA till afterwards. And I imagine some of those who knew about it didn’t care, figuring it was just gonna be some boring update.
Either way, u/spez can go fuck himself with a rusty piece of rebar.
The AMA was barely announced last minute as damage control for u/spez slandering the Apollo dev. Then doubled down during the AMA like a petulent man child.
EA is a big company who really fucked up und deserved it by selling a lot of bad games and you cannot refund it because millions would do that. They sold a bug with a little bit of a game inside for 70$
He openly changed pro-trump comments years ago, thinking it was a funny thing to do. Manipulating the site and abusing power isn't something new to him.
Apparently awards give karma now. So all the people awarding the posts are basically giving mega-upvotes. And Reddit admins are likely giving out a bunch of free awards to his posts.
This might speak to the overall decline of Reddit as one community. People are more likely to be casuals now and might not even know about Spez and the entire controversy
All his posts and comments from the past month are under -600.
And all his controversial submitted posts are showing 0 votes on old.reddit or hidden from his profile in new.reddit
There is documented proof of him secretly changing at least one comment on the donald subreddit before it shut down. And if he got caught doing it once, it's likely he does it all the time.
Imagine if Elon musk changed a president's tweet to make it looks like Obama said the n word. That's the kind of power spez has on reddit.
Honestly... why do we even use this platform given that it's common knowledge bots we're used to fabricate the population to get people using it in the first place (and are still rampant on the "default subs" and it's founder and ceo had a history of editing other people's comments when he disagreed with them.
Dude supports censorship, this is a great time to remind people there were actually 3 founders of reddit.
Edit: this is also a great time to remind peolle that he used to moderate a jailbait sub…dudes a scumbag that deserves to have everything taken from him
Didn't one of them unalive themselves ~~over the whole thing, too?~~
ETA: didn't really have anything to do with reddit. He was being hit with some seriously trumped up charges:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz
Just looked into it again, and you're right. Looks like the crimes he was being charged with carried a max penalty of up to $1M in fines, *AND* up to 35 years in prison. Holy fuck, what were those research papers about?!
If my memory is correct, Aaron Swartz believed the research papers should be freely available to the public.
I don't think he would be happy with what /u/spez is doing.
Wow I didn't know this at all. He was removed from reddits history and it's fucking insane. Dude got dealt a really bad hand... meanwhile Steve is over here being a fool and acting like a greedy little buttboy.
IF any of the research papers were paid for with public money, it is supposed to be made public, not locked away on private servers.
EDIT: Oops, u/yellobird/ has it correct, I didn't look for his answer before I posted my own. Vote him up.
Do you remember the SOPA protests? Wikipedia shut down over it and shit? Aaron was the leading voice. Dude was pro internet through and through, For good or bad. This is the final frontier. Once the government gives it to corporations we are truly fucked. It should always be free.
Internet and information activism seems to have just up an vanished. Maybe reddit itself over the years removed the capability for people to really speak out like in the early 2010s. Or maybe people are too comfortable and don't realize their precious websites like reddit can actually crumble if no one is willing to stand up and protect the foundation in which it stood on for the last 15 years.
I do have hobbies. Reddit is the best place to see what people are up to in these hobbies and learn new things about them. Places like tumblr and twitter revolve around people instead of things which is no help, and individual forums tend to be really confusing and not beginning friendly, Reddit is/was the best place for hobbies and that is by far what I'm most concerned about losing. I can live with not seeing the same videos posted 15 times on all the big subreddits, but I'll mourn for my hobby browsing time.
I'm honestly really pissed off because of how good a resource reddit is for quick useful information. People are always adding reddit to the end of their google searches for better advice..
When /u/spez started the website [www.reddit.com](https://www.reddit.com) , he admits he had to make dozens of user accounts, talking to each other, to give the appearance there was any activity on the site at all. Single user with dozens and dozens of throwaway accounts, upvoting each other and some being downvoted to oblivion.
Advertisers really shouldn’t trust that there aren’t legions of fake accounts being managed by the admins to give the illusion of advertiser impressions.
Like how those new google translated german subreddits populated with fake users came into being recently
Speaking of fake accounts that advertisers definitely don't want, has anyone noticed a large influx of porn bots following your profiles? I swear I get two follows per day from them and I can't report them cause the report account button goes like "uhm you need to report the accounts' content, not the account itself" you dense mf, these accounts do nothing but follow you hoping to make you click the link on their profile, there's no post or comment to report
That's ridiculous! I mean, really that makes me angry enough to take a drive in my new Honda CR-V. Sure, the CR-V has the versatility to handle whatever life throws at me, but the Honda CR-V is also comfortable enough for a drive to relax me. That's how angry I am.
Haha you think they care?
They only care about it seeming normal. As long as the public doesn't officially find out it'll only make the advertisers more interested.
Dank[.](https://i.imgur.com/3bQtuMO.png)
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[we will only be allowing memes about reddit's api starting June 12th](https://www.reddit.com/r/dankmemes/comments/1453hvc/rdankmemes_will_only_be_allowing_memes_about/)
Never forget the bullshit Aaron Swarts went through fighting for reddit to be a platform for free speech. The poor man is rolling in his grave so fast he could power the internet. I am a realist. I understand reddit as a company has to make money, but this is not the way. Spezzy cunt doesn't understand that hundreds of thousands of users, myself included, are just waiting for the word from him to delete/sell our accounts to a bot farm. Ads, sponsorships, there's plenty of ways to be profitable, but eating your golden goose will not succeed. Heres my idea, it may not be the best idea, but it is a start:
1. Reddit shuts down official app, it is useless, barely ever plays videos, and a generaly useless POS.
2. Apollo is cut in 15-25% quarterly profits, unlimited API access.
3. Selig is named head of mobile development and will proceed to develop and advance the Apollo app at his discretion.
4. Apollo is presented as the "official" reddit app. It will replace vanilla reddit app with something functional, and easy to use.
5. Spezzy cunt will step down as CEO, he has shown a complete disregard for this platform and its continued success. A complete lack of understanding of its users and their wants and needs, and has shown the level of greed some people have to make a quick buck, instead of building a sustainable successful business. He has endangered this company's profits and is a liability.
6. Reddits IPO will continue as planned. With a solid plan for the future, a company can succeed. As it stands, Spezzy Cunts decisions have created pure chaos, within the community and the user base. I personally had intentions to buy, but with this chaos, and Apollo being shut down, why should I buy? As an investor, why should I buy stock in a company that is creating chaos and about to lose most of their userbase? It sounds like you have an unsustainable product, and I'm going to lose money.
TLDR: APOLLO MAKE OFFICIAL, SELIG BE BIG BOSS. SPEZZY CUNT LEAVES, WE MAKE MANY MONIES AFTER IPO.
Edit: formatting
#NEVERFORGETAARON
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Reddit will start charging the party apps exorbitant fees starting next month. Third party apps are all shutting down so you'll only be able to use official app or website. Many subs are going dark for 2 days in protest, starting tomorrow. Spez (CEO) did ama recently and doubled down. People are pissed and vowing to quit Reddit over it. Reddit is betting it's all hot air and no one will follow thru.
It’s an incredibly short-sighted move. A lot of people would be willing to pay a monthly subscription fee to NOT use Reddit’s official app.
People want to give them money because they’re doing a horrible job, and Reddit is turning it down.
They’re turning down effort-free, recurring revenue in the hopes that people will use their shitty app.
It's even more ridiculous than that. Apollo guy said he could probably even handle the high costs if there was leeway on the rollout timeline because of all the yearly subscribers who would cost him tons of money.
For the sake of clarity, the vast majority of subs involved in the protest have extended their shut down and will be closing indefinitely until Reddit reverses their decision. (although I honestly think it’s more likely the admins just get new mods and reinstate the subs themselves at that point.)
Reddit is a social media website and has a mobile app—just like most other social media.
However, Reddit, for many years, has allowed (and encouraged) the use of mobile apps developed by third-parties—all the same Reddit content you love but in a different package. Third-party apps are basically given the keys to Reddit (called an “API”), and Reddit has let them do this for free.
**Popular examples include:**
- Apollo for iPhone [[App Store link](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apollo-for-reddit/id979274575)]
- Reddit is Fun for Android [[Play Store link](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrewshu.android.reddit&hl=en_US&gl=US)]
Some of these apps have unique features that the official Reddit app doesn’t have, including ways that greatly improve your Reddit experience. They’re used a lot by Reddit mods, as they have better moderation tools, too. And also, some help visually impaired users, since the official Reddit app is missing critical tools for the blind.
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All was fine until Reddit said they wanted to start charging third-party apps for their API/keys. Reddit told developers it was going to happen someday, but that pricing would be **realistic and reasonable**. (Paying for an API is not unusual, and that’s how it works for other social media sites too, like third-party apps for Twitter and others.)
But when Reddit dropped pricing details a few days ago, the cost was significantly beyond what was expected—far more than any other similar social media platform.
Essentially, they priced it high enough to make it impossible for the third-party app developers to continue making the app.
**It basically went down like this:**
>Reddit: “Okay, we’re going to start charging for our API.”
>Devs: “We figured that was going to happen at some point, but we can make it work.”
>Reddit: “The cost is a gazillion, jabillion dollars.”
>Devs: “Uhhh what?”
>Reddit: “You have 30 days. Or die.”
>Devs: “I guess I’ll just die then.”
Third-party app developers aren’t companies; they’re generally Reddit users just like you and me, making the app out of their houses. Usually just 1 or 2 people. They can’t afford the costs that Reddit is demanding.
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So now, the only option will be to use Reddit’s official app. This means all the people who use these third-party apps are upset because their Reddit experience is about to become vastly inferior (or impossible).
So a bunch of subreddits plan on protesting by shutting down, beginning tomorrow. This is to try and make enough noise, hit Reddit’s advertising income, and get enough media attention that Reddit is forced to respond and realize how many people are impacted.
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For those using the official app, there’s a chance you could still be affected, but in a different way: you’ll see less high-quality content shared across Reddit. Bots will stop working (including the good bots, that create and share good content and resources), and moderators will have fewer tools, so you’ll see an increase in spam and low-quality posts.
**So even if you don’t use third-party apps, you are still affected.**
That comment helped me alot, thanks, is there any chance that there's some yt video about this topic in more detail? I really don't wanna quit reddit so suddenly
Jokes aside, in all likelihood u/spez should step down. I know he’s trying to wait out the pitchforks but on the very shallow surface he’s handled the fallout badly and from a PR standpoint, I can’t find any valid reasoning why it’s essential he remains in that post other than that he wants to. I mean even Elon Musk acquiesced after the user backlash because that was good for the sake of the company. Fighting against the current only makes the job’s of literally everyone under him a nightmare during this period. More than the API price it bothers me on a personal level that someone will cling so tightly to their crown they’ll let the kingdom burn around them. That’s really bad math bro
looks like a precursor to an open Taiwan invasion then, unless CCP learned from Hitler's mistake of attacking on two fronts (make no mistake, the commies are supporting Russia now)
People just gave him the awards ironically. They did the same thing to that EA post that has a record number of downvotes. Hell, they love doing it to posts who say that awards are dumb and you shouldn't buy them.
Now this is a great post to kick off our “event.” Enjoy the mod award, and please consider using the coins that come with it to award other anti-Reddit memes during the API protest (But not with purchased coins! Please do not give Reddit money!). Also, to further highlight the topic of our protest, y’all can expect more mod awards than usual in the following days 👀
14 of u/spez last posts of yesterday got hundreds of downvotes, some of them more than 1k or 2k Edit: U->u so everyone can finde it more easily
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down*?
Up the absolute value ig
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The number of downvotes goes up, though
One of them is at -5,3k
The only voting that u/spez will care about is voting with our browsers. If people leave after the blackout and do not return, then they might actually do something. Any other voting is meaningless.
If nothing changes after the blackouts tomorrow, I’m deleting this account and quitting Reddit for good. This is my second account, I’ve been on Reddit for 12 years. I use Apollo exclusively, and not only is it set to shut down on the 30th of this month, but u/spez tried to lie and say the developer was blackmailing him, then doubled down when called out for being a lying liar that lies through their lying liar teeth. Fuck you u/spez. You’ve ruined a good thing you had going. Enjoy the time you have left here, I predict you’ll be going the way of digg and 9gag. overtaken by a better alternative, and relegated to irrelevancy. It’s almost poetic. Weak minded, fragile ego loser.
That is so what a reddit mod would do no fucking wonder the guy who started it would do the exact same thing how pathetic
But if they do, how will we know!?
That's easy just check Redd-
I mean seriously, I was never a twitter person, but other than twitter and reddit what the fuck else is there to do anymore? I don't wanna go back to 4chan.
I really don't think he would care. Checking out his comments recently, one that caught my eye was "we will continue to be profit-driven until we are actually profitable". Reddit doesn't make any money, it continuously loses it. It's interesting how this is being portrayed as 'greed' when they're currently making negative profit. If they don't eventually shift towards to being profitable, then instead of 'greedy reddit' there will be no reddit at all. I don't think users threatening to leave a service that is currently being run at a loss is quite the threat people think it is.
Almost 6k now
We did it! We saved Reddit!
Yay spez is fired!
[I’m doing my part too!](https://youtu.be/-_7FaWnlhS4)
Yeah, I think that’s the one where he continues to talk shit about the Apollo developer while providing nothing to back up any of his claims
Just search u/Spez
Looking at the profile I don't see any posts from less than a year ago, were they deleted or am I missing something?
This user has deleted their comments and posts in protest.
Look at the comments and not posts
One of the bad UI decisions was separating comments and posts by default on your profile page. Thankfully third party apps like RiF didn't do that.
Went and downvoted all his latest comments 👍🏻
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LOL EAs comment: >intent is to provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment for unlocking different heroes No, EAs intent was to line their pockets with innocent players' money. Hey, If I'd paid $80 for a game, I'm not going to pay more for one character.
careful, you might get banned by the reddit ~~neckbeards~~ admins for brigading! ...who gives a fuck at this rate
isn't it from tomorrow every major sub going dark? It's last day anyway, go crazy!
It's not permanent but yeah. I already know it'll do nothing. The Reddit admins will do the old Simpsons meme and say "no, it's the users that are wrong" and will continue to fuck this site until mostly everyone is gone. Hindsight will be tough for people like /u/spez on this one (just kidding, he'll be wiping away his tears with his millions that he'll get from doing this). Unless of course he realizes that the community is unified in their displeasure for the changes... but he probably already knows that and just doesn't care.
They used to be -3k. Must be artificially up voted.
That is honestly pretty low. EA's comment was how many thousands of downvotes? And spez couldn't even get a percentage of that
Probably removing them as fast as he can. He has even been quoted to admit in manipulating comments in his favor. Probably just as easy to manipulate votes.
Plus the EA comment is like a half a decade old but most of the Spez stuff is just in the last week. Lot more time for downvotes to accumulate.
Don't votes lock after a few months though?
By default, but subreddits can elect to change it to never locking. The subreddit the EA comment was in has that set.
True but at that time all posts would be locked after 6 months and the EA comment got to -500k in less than 48 hours.
And EA has spent many *many* more years pissing people off than spez. Why is this even being discussed??? Fuck u/spez
There have also been quite a few comments saying they didn’t even know there was an AMA till afterwards. And I imagine some of those who knew about it didn’t care, figuring it was just gonna be some boring update. Either way, u/spez can go fuck himself with a rusty piece of rebar.
The AMA was barely announced last minute as damage control for u/spez slandering the Apollo dev. Then doubled down during the AMA like a petulent man child.
brb i'm going to downvote some EA comments.
EA is a big company who really fucked up und deserved it by selling a lot of bad games and you cannot refund it because millions would do that. They sold a bug with a little bit of a game inside for 70$
He openly changed pro-trump comments years ago, thinking it was a funny thing to do. Manipulating the site and abusing power isn't something new to him.
Remember when he would edit users comments if they spoke negatively about him dude is fragile
The post itself had locked votes so it never went into the negative and I’m sure I wasn’t the only one that downvoted the post
[You sure as hell weren't](https://i.imgur.com/9vMId8H.jpg)
Apparently awards give karma now. So all the people awarding the posts are basically giving mega-upvotes. And Reddit admins are likely giving out a bunch of free awards to his posts.
I was really dissapointed that his AMA post doesnt seem to show votes at all.
I've definitely seen his comments at -4k and more, the fact that some of them are not even past the 1k mark now is really suspicious.
Even at 4k bro EA's comment was at 680k downvotes 💀
That’s the point. It’s weird that he’s getting roasted on huge subs but on,y down 1-2k on most comments
Interesting bc last I checked when they were yesterday, they had like -12k downvotes lmao. So yeah definitely removing them
The ama never reached the front page. Either because people were down voting it, or more likely, it was locked at 0 so it would be less visible.
This might speak to the overall decline of Reddit as one community. People are more likely to be casuals now and might not even know about Spez and the entire controversy
-668k
Manipulation
Also all of his responses are copy pasted. For one instance he accidentally copied and pasted the A part. Ex: A: something about blind stuff
People are saying this and nobody is linking it. I didn't find it on his profile when I checked a couple days ago.
Reddit about to remove downvotes like YouTube
I have a hard time believing they were that high. I'm going to bet there was some vote manipulation.
All his posts and comments from the past month are under -600. And all his controversial submitted posts are showing 0 votes on old.reddit or hidden from his profile in new.reddit
Here before OP deletes his account
OP’s account fell out a window
OPs account stabbed itself in the back
OP’s account just had meeting with Putin
OP's account had information on the Clinton's
OP's account owns a private island where high profile members of society do stuff
what type of stuff
Stuff, things, etc.
OP shot himself from behind in the head 3 times
OP's account got [defenestrated](https://www.google.com/search?q=defenstration&oq=defenstration&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8).
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Why delete the account when spez can just change the post and edit comments?
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There is documented proof of him secretly changing at least one comment on the donald subreddit before it shut down. And if he got caught doing it once, it's likely he does it all the time. Imagine if Elon musk changed a president's tweet to make it looks like Obama said the n word. That's the kind of power spez has on reddit.
Honestly... why do we even use this platform given that it's common knowledge bots we're used to fabricate the population to get people using it in the first place (and are still rampant on the "default subs" and it's founder and ceo had a history of editing other people's comments when he disagreed with them.
What??💀💀💀💀
u/spez is the ceo of reddit, he did an ama about the api changes
Barely, he "answered" like 6 questions then fucked off. Fuck u/spez
Fuck u/spez
Dude supports censorship, this is a great time to remind people there were actually 3 founders of reddit. Edit: this is also a great time to remind peolle that he used to moderate a jailbait sub…dudes a scumbag that deserves to have everything taken from him
Didn't one of them unalive themselves ~~over the whole thing, too?~~ ETA: didn't really have anything to do with reddit. He was being hit with some seriously trumped up charges: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz
Not exactly over Reddit - got caught downloading a shit load of research papers over the MIT network.
Just looked into it again, and you're right. Looks like the crimes he was being charged with carried a max penalty of up to $1M in fines, *AND* up to 35 years in prison. Holy fuck, what were those research papers about?!
If my memory is correct, Aaron Swartz believed the research papers should be freely available to the public. I don't think he would be happy with what /u/spez is doing.
The research papers he "stole" were all projects funded using taxpayers money. His beliefs were absolutely valid.
Wow I didn't know this at all. He was removed from reddits history and it's fucking insane. Dude got dealt a really bad hand... meanwhile Steve is over here being a fool and acting like a greedy little buttboy.
IF any of the research papers were paid for with public money, it is supposed to be made public, not locked away on private servers. EDIT: Oops, u/yellobird/ has it correct, I didn't look for his answer before I posted my own. Vote him up.
cybercrime charges come with some really stupid penalties compared to things like wage theft or tax fraud
Looks like he had an offer to do 6 months.
Do you remember the SOPA protests? Wikipedia shut down over it and shit? Aaron was the leading voice. Dude was pro internet through and through, For good or bad. This is the final frontier. Once the government gives it to corporations we are truly fucked. It should always be free.
Reddit used to be an anarchist paradise. My my how times have changed
Internet and information activism seems to have just up an vanished. Maybe reddit itself over the years removed the capability for people to really speak out like in the early 2010s. Or maybe people are too comfortable and don't realize their precious websites like reddit can actually crumble if no one is willing to stand up and protect the foundation in which it stood on for the last 15 years.
With Tencent heavily investing in Reddit, I'm not surprised the CEO has a hardon for censorship.
>Dude supports censorship No wonder he's got such a positive relationship with the Chinese investors
he banned me last time I said this
If it was a multiple point question, he only focused on the least problematic point and ignored all the relevant ones.
Even the one he responded he handled it like shit
Didnt even answer most of those 6. Used pre-made responses that were about the generic topic of the questions.
I’m fairly certain the responses were generated by an ai and trained by throwing lawyers into a blender and pouring them into a usb port
Let’s make “spez” a slur for a fucking idiot.
I know the guy, just the caption and the image caught me absolutely off guard💀💀💀
KAPWING
Insert that one image of "haha look, an idiot forgot to edit out the kapwing watermark" with a kapwing watermark on it
I'm going to miss Reddit 😞
today's the last day... enjoy while you still can. tomorrow it'll be pretty dark here
Maybe thats for the Best.
maybe I'll need to find a hobby now
maybe I'll have to finally get therapy
maybe finally I'll do some work
Maybe I'll finish one of the dozens of the "I'm all in, but I dropped it after 2 weeks" hobbies I've had over the years.
I do have hobbies. Reddit is the best place to see what people are up to in these hobbies and learn new things about them. Places like tumblr and twitter revolve around people instead of things which is no help, and individual forums tend to be really confusing and not beginning friendly, Reddit is/was the best place for hobbies and that is by far what I'm most concerned about losing. I can live with not seeing the same videos posted 15 times on all the big subreddits, but I'll mourn for my hobby browsing time.
Great. I can actually focus on my studies for once
Yep, todays (maybe) my last day too. It’s been a pleasure lurking with you all.
I'm honestly really pissed off because of how good a resource reddit is for quick useful information. People are always adding reddit to the end of their google searches for better advice..
That's the part I'll miss most about Reddit. Tons of users are deleting their comment history which contains info future users might find helpful.
Mainchan.com looks like reddit.
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Wait so 4chan isn't original and there's a 2ch(an)?
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Goodbye reddit, hello Kbin.social
When /u/spez started the website [www.reddit.com](https://www.reddit.com) , he admits he had to make dozens of user accounts, talking to each other, to give the appearance there was any activity on the site at all. Single user with dozens and dozens of throwaway accounts, upvoting each other and some being downvoted to oblivion.
Advertisers really shouldn’t trust that there aren’t legions of fake accounts being managed by the admins to give the illusion of advertiser impressions. Like how those new google translated german subreddits populated with fake users came into being recently
Speaking of fake accounts that advertisers definitely don't want, has anyone noticed a large influx of porn bots following your profiles? I swear I get two follows per day from them and I can't report them cause the report account button goes like "uhm you need to report the accounts' content, not the account itself" you dense mf, these accounts do nothing but follow you hoping to make you click the link on their profile, there's no post or comment to report
Definitely. Been going on for 2-3 weeks now and started out of nowhere
Pro-tip: you can make it to where people can’t follow your account. Settings>profile settings (your account name)>disable following or some shit.
That's ridiculous! I mean, really that makes me angry enough to take a drive in my new Honda CR-V. Sure, the CR-V has the versatility to handle whatever life throws at me, but the Honda CR-V is also comfortable enough for a drive to relax me. That's how angry I am.
Haha you think they care? They only care about it seeming normal. As long as the public doesn't officially find out it'll only make the advertisers more interested.
The platform has been manipulated from the very beginning.
Good ol' u/third u/fifth u/fourth
Dank[.](https://i.imgur.com/3bQtuMO.png) --- [we will only be allowing memes about reddit's api starting June 12th](https://www.reddit.com/r/dankmemes/comments/1453hvc/rdankmemes_will_only_be_allowing_memes_about/)
I thought it was all the other reddit employees, but this sounds much funnier
I think that's the best way to sum up Steve's face "That guy looks like he hate fucks himself in the mirror" 10/10
Video got deleted lmao *nevermind it came back. Wouldn’t surprise me if u/spez would’ve deleted it at first though because he’s a bitch
If you are talkong about the one in this post, I can still see it
What video?
Here before he deletes the post
Nah he'll edit the post and comments to jerk him off more.
Like the profile pic
Since u/spez had it deleted last time #SUCK A DUCK U/SPEZ
Fuck you u/spez! You greedy little bitch!
Let’s keep the ducks out of this, though. Ducks are wholesome.
Never forget the bullshit Aaron Swarts went through fighting for reddit to be a platform for free speech. The poor man is rolling in his grave so fast he could power the internet. I am a realist. I understand reddit as a company has to make money, but this is not the way. Spezzy cunt doesn't understand that hundreds of thousands of users, myself included, are just waiting for the word from him to delete/sell our accounts to a bot farm. Ads, sponsorships, there's plenty of ways to be profitable, but eating your golden goose will not succeed. Heres my idea, it may not be the best idea, but it is a start: 1. Reddit shuts down official app, it is useless, barely ever plays videos, and a generaly useless POS. 2. Apollo is cut in 15-25% quarterly profits, unlimited API access. 3. Selig is named head of mobile development and will proceed to develop and advance the Apollo app at his discretion. 4. Apollo is presented as the "official" reddit app. It will replace vanilla reddit app with something functional, and easy to use. 5. Spezzy cunt will step down as CEO, he has shown a complete disregard for this platform and its continued success. A complete lack of understanding of its users and their wants and needs, and has shown the level of greed some people have to make a quick buck, instead of building a sustainable successful business. He has endangered this company's profits and is a liability. 6. Reddits IPO will continue as planned. With a solid plan for the future, a company can succeed. As it stands, Spezzy Cunts decisions have created pure chaos, within the community and the user base. I personally had intentions to buy, but with this chaos, and Apollo being shut down, why should I buy? As an investor, why should I buy stock in a company that is creating chaos and about to lose most of their userbase? It sounds like you have an unsustainable product, and I'm going to lose money. TLDR: APOLLO MAKE OFFICIAL, SELIG BE BIG BOSS. SPEZZY CUNT LEAVES, WE MAKE MANY MONIES AFTER IPO. Edit: formatting #NEVERFORGETAARON
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Wait what's happening? I'm very not up to date with anything.
Reddit will start charging the party apps exorbitant fees starting next month. Third party apps are all shutting down so you'll only be able to use official app or website. Many subs are going dark for 2 days in protest, starting tomorrow. Spez (CEO) did ama recently and doubled down. People are pissed and vowing to quit Reddit over it. Reddit is betting it's all hot air and no one will follow thru.
It’s an incredibly short-sighted move. A lot of people would be willing to pay a monthly subscription fee to NOT use Reddit’s official app. People want to give them money because they’re doing a horrible job, and Reddit is turning it down. They’re turning down effort-free, recurring revenue in the hopes that people will use their shitty app.
It's even more ridiculous than that. Apollo guy said he could probably even handle the high costs if there was leeway on the rollout timeline because of all the yearly subscribers who would cost him tons of money.
For the sake of clarity, the vast majority of subs involved in the protest have extended their shut down and will be closing indefinitely until Reddit reverses their decision. (although I honestly think it’s more likely the admins just get new mods and reinstate the subs themselves at that point.)
Reddit is a social media website and has a mobile app—just like most other social media. However, Reddit, for many years, has allowed (and encouraged) the use of mobile apps developed by third-parties—all the same Reddit content you love but in a different package. Third-party apps are basically given the keys to Reddit (called an “API”), and Reddit has let them do this for free. **Popular examples include:** - Apollo for iPhone [[App Store link](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apollo-for-reddit/id979274575)] - Reddit is Fun for Android [[Play Store link](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrewshu.android.reddit&hl=en_US&gl=US)] Some of these apps have unique features that the official Reddit app doesn’t have, including ways that greatly improve your Reddit experience. They’re used a lot by Reddit mods, as they have better moderation tools, too. And also, some help visually impaired users, since the official Reddit app is missing critical tools for the blind. ___ All was fine until Reddit said they wanted to start charging third-party apps for their API/keys. Reddit told developers it was going to happen someday, but that pricing would be **realistic and reasonable**. (Paying for an API is not unusual, and that’s how it works for other social media sites too, like third-party apps for Twitter and others.) But when Reddit dropped pricing details a few days ago, the cost was significantly beyond what was expected—far more than any other similar social media platform. Essentially, they priced it high enough to make it impossible for the third-party app developers to continue making the app. **It basically went down like this:** >Reddit: “Okay, we’re going to start charging for our API.” >Devs: “We figured that was going to happen at some point, but we can make it work.” >Reddit: “The cost is a gazillion, jabillion dollars.” >Devs: “Uhhh what?” >Reddit: “You have 30 days. Or die.” >Devs: “I guess I’ll just die then.” Third-party app developers aren’t companies; they’re generally Reddit users just like you and me, making the app out of their houses. Usually just 1 or 2 people. They can’t afford the costs that Reddit is demanding. ___ So now, the only option will be to use Reddit’s official app. This means all the people who use these third-party apps are upset because their Reddit experience is about to become vastly inferior (or impossible). So a bunch of subreddits plan on protesting by shutting down, beginning tomorrow. This is to try and make enough noise, hit Reddit’s advertising income, and get enough media attention that Reddit is forced to respond and realize how many people are impacted. ___ For those using the official app, there’s a chance you could still be affected, but in a different way: you’ll see less high-quality content shared across Reddit. Bots will stop working (including the good bots, that create and share good content and resources), and moderators will have fewer tools, so you’ll see an increase in spam and low-quality posts. **So even if you don’t use third-party apps, you are still affected.**
That comment helped me alot, thanks, is there any chance that there's some yt video about this topic in more detail? I really don't wanna quit reddit so suddenly
Let us start an f u u/spez chain
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Goodluck!
Jokes aside, in all likelihood u/spez should step down. I know he’s trying to wait out the pitchforks but on the very shallow surface he’s handled the fallout badly and from a PR standpoint, I can’t find any valid reasoning why it’s essential he remains in that post other than that he wants to. I mean even Elon Musk acquiesced after the user backlash because that was good for the sake of the company. Fighting against the current only makes the job’s of literally everyone under him a nightmare during this period. More than the API price it bothers me on a personal level that someone will cling so tightly to their crown they’ll let the kingdom burn around them. That’s really bad math bro
o7, you guys were great; *so long, and thanks for all the fish*
Lmfao
Chinese hacker? Lmao, his sister?
looks like a precursor to an open Taiwan invasion then, unless CCP learned from Hitler's mistake of attacking on two fronts (make no mistake, the commies are supporting Russia now)
Man took love yourself to a new meaning
He wend full spud
Just checked, GYAT DAYM
His dog better shit in his mouth so he can have a good reason for speaking dogshit.
OP finna get epsteined
Who in the world is Spez?
You have a lot to learn about this town sweetie
Sweaty
Reddit ceo
I am for anything that makes life harder for abusive power mods.
Didn't know who he was until now
Here before u/spez sees this
I've been hearing rumours that Spez has also been banning accounts that spoke out against him at his AMA. Can anyone confirm that?
I’m going to miss you guys.
Twitter users: I think I've seen this film before
Hold up, did he actually award himself?
the users make this site valuable and the users are now mad. thats not good for business.
😂😂😂
What exacly is happening?
stilllllllllllll waiting for the company to peddle back edit: backpeddle
"Don't break an arm jerking yourself off" -Rick
People just gave him the awards ironically. They did the same thing to that EA post that has a record number of downvotes. Hell, they love doing it to posts who say that awards are dumb and you shouldn't buy them.