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Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

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Re: Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

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Post by SirMaster »

ribosometronome wrote: post #247
SirMaster wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think that's the only losers. As a mod I am getting messages from regular users who are desperate to see posts that have likely troubleshooting answers to problems they are having at work. Reddit is kind of a critical technical resource for some people and this is really hurting them at least right now.

Has there been any suggestion to update messages to suggest using the internet archive to see old posts?

Yep, I suggested that and I also suggested an IRC channel which I know to have active people that help with the same technical system that the sub does.

Re: Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

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Post by yamazakiwi »

cgranier wrote: post #395
CommitSyn wrote: post #379

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I deleted my account and my 3rd party app and I found myself reflexively tapping the now-empty spot on my home screen 5-10 times yesterday. Today I haven't and only went to the mobile site a couple times to see what's going on with the state of things, but left as soon as the first "Oops, this /r/AskReddit text-only post is NSFW, open in the app!" message came up. I have however visited HN and kbin 5-10x more today.

I moved the Sync icon to a folder and replaced it with Hack (a hacker news app).

Good idea, I've followed suit.

Re: Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

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Post by GreenWatermelon »

glonq wrote: post #209

I've been off of reddit for 2 days now, and am willing to stay off idefinitely. TBH I'm probably happier and more productive without it. I just need to find something to read in the bathroom instead...

PDF books. I recommend PDF books.

Re: Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

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Post by imchillyb »

quickthrowman wrote: post #354
imchillyb wrote: post #195

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> ...I don't think they respect their users... What gave you that idea? The fact that spez (the ceo) was head-mod for /r/jailbait? Or was it spez firing the AMA mod that had -massive- community engagement? Or was it spez bullying one of the top reddit-app developers (Christian, Apollo reddit-app developer)? Reddit /obviously/ respects each and every user, the app developers, the subreddit mods, and it shows! /s

Jeez, now he was the head mod of r/jailbait? This game of telephone is ridiculous. There’s no need to slander the guy with false information. Reddit used to allow the moderators of a subreddit to automatically make someone a moderator of that subreddit. Then, as things like people being added as an r/jailbait mod against their wishes became widespread, Reddit changed to an invite system which required a user to accep…

Spez, the CEO, was a mod.

Moderation is a hierarchy and the CEO is the head of a company.

A CEO moderator is THE HEAD moderator.

Your attempt to quibble over meaning instead of acknowledging that the most powerful position in the company took on a powerful position of moderation…

… for /r/jailbait …

There’s no amount of spin you can put on this to make what I said any less correct or damning.

Re: Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

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Post by Zamiel_Snawley »

gumballindie wrote: post #193
Zamiel_Snawley wrote: post #174

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Agreed, writing a scraper is simply worth the cost to get the training data.

Yeah I remember back in the day people stealing credit card data used to claim there is nothing to be done against them. Then warez kids on irc claiming no one can or should stop piracy. Things will eventually balance out, dont worry too much.

Web scraping is protected by law[1], analogous to physically taking a picture in public.

If they don't want people scraping their site, they can require an account and EULA.

[1] https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/18/web-scraping-legal-court/

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