"We wanted the user to feel a sense of pride and accomplishment by struggling through the dog-shit Reddit interface."
CmdrShepard 10 points 3 years ago
Followed by reddit announcing that they're removing the downvote button because it's "used for harrassment."
SpookySnek 4 points 3 years ago
YouTube 2.0
OofShoot 5 points 3 years ago
They've had fake accounts to try and make the website look busier and they've edited other people's comments. Is there anything else equally immoral they've done that I don't know about?
TheAnonymouseJoker 6 points 3 years ago path: 0 24655 24831 24879 25567, hotness: undefined, score: 6, children: 0
LinkOpensChest_wav 7 points 3 years ago
Ok but what I crave are all the horrible puns and recycled insults. It will be like the grand finale fireworks display of reddit.
Tangentism 7 points 3 years ago
Spez: eat shit! You will all be my slaves in the apocalypse!
Fearofthefamiliar 43 points 3 years ago
Lmao. Might as well post on r/roastme
Brunbrun6766 2 points 3 years ago
This was my final reddit comment lol
Brunbrun6766 2 points 3 years ago
Deleted today, I'm out can't keep supporting that place
TheFrirish 5 points 3 years ago
It is absolutely NOT too late for the vast majority of users. That's why I want reddit to go through with their plan and dig their own grave. Sick and tired of corporate bullshit to be honest.
PracticalParrot 4 points 3 years ago
I agree with this. And as much as I'd like to say I'd stick to lemming, I'm pretty sure I am one of the plebs that'd go right back the moment they reverse their decision
BrooklynMan 5 points 3 years ago
or Ellen Pao's AMA. remember that shit?
TheAnonymouseJoker 2 points 3 years ago path: 0 24572 24580 25581, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
BrooklynMan 7 points 3 years ago
it would be ironic if r/DownvotedToOblivion was going dark, but they're not...
Deliverator 21 points 3 years ago
This whole drama is getting tiresome. I’ll miss reddit but I just don’t have the emotional investment to do anything other than quit the site if they go through with the changes and hope others follow suit. I hope that lemmy proves to be a viable alternative
lodronsi 11 points 3 years ago
I’ve already quit the site. Even if they backpedal, it seems unlikely because of any desire or respect for the users and only because of current PR pressure. I’ve experienced it before where some hostile decision is walked back until the uproar dies down, and they try again. And again until the protest fatigue sets in.
I’m don't trust Reddit and have chosen to move on. Whether they stick around or not matters not to me. I’ve moved on and watch with an eye for curiosity and awareness. But no more emotional investment.
frustbox 2 points 3 years ago
Even if they backpedal, it seems unlikely because of any desire or respect for the users and only because of current PR pressure.
This. Decisions like this are not made on a whim. They go through multiple stages, meetings, financial and technical analyses, reviews, lawyers … many, many desks and people who sign off on the plan. They really want this.
sotolf 1 point 3 years ago
Yeah, I for sure will spend more time here, it's just that some niche places I am probably will never move off of reddit, and it's either that or nothing, once old goes away though, I don't think I will be able to use the site any more.
Ignacio 19 points 3 years ago
The only thing I used reddit for was to lurk, see photos, upvote and read some comments or posts. I was barely active during this couple of years with a new account, after deleting an old one. Sometimes I saw it, and still see it, difficult for me to be active because of karma, some kind of polarization or toxicity, even on safe subreddits.
The good thing is that here, karma is non existent. Yes, you can upvote or downvote posts and comments, but those votes don't go to you as karma, so you're not affected. And that really helps neurodivergent people, as it's my case too (rejection sensitive dysphoria, I think it's called, one comorbidity of ADHD).
So, yes, fuck Reddit, and I'll stay here as long as it lasts.
CedarMadness 1 point 3 years ago
The only thing I used reddit for was to lurk, see photos, upvote and read some comments or posts. I was barely active during this couple of years with a new account, after deleting an old one. Sometimes I saw it, and still see it, difficult for me to be active because of karma, some kind of polarization or toxicity, even on safe subreddits.
Yeah same, all my subs except my local ones were going down hill the past few years. I'm hopeful the post quality here remains high and we don't get the same few tired predictable comments under post.
Ignacio 1 point 3 years ago
My intention was to create 2westerneurope4u, but being me from a single European country doesn't help, unless I clone myself 10 times. Besides, without flairs, half of the fun is missing. Same thing with 2balkan4you, but I'm not Balkaner, I'm w*stoid.
LinkOpensChest_wav 10 points 3 years ago
That AMA is going to be a shitshow of epic proportions, and I'm here for it
Fuck that guy
noodlejetski 8 points 3 years ago
i'm sure it's going to be a civilized discussion that's worth reading
someRandomRedneck 8 points 3 years ago
Yeah I bet this is just going to be an attempt at ass covering and blaming 3rd party devs for whatever. In any case it's almost guaranteed to be a huge clusterfuck for reddit with whatever tone deaf replies and talking points spez regurgitates.
esturniolo 5 points 3 years ago
I hope that nobody asks nothing. That will be the best protest that we can do.
FistfulOfBottlecaps 3 points 3 years ago
ChatGPT generated questions EVERYWHERE!
TheAnonymouseJoker 2 points 3 years ago path: 0 24953 25585, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 2
esturniolo 3 points 3 years ago
Indifference is worst than that. Believe me.
TheAnonymouseJoker 2 points 3 years ago path: 0 24953 25585 25868 26001, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
BackOnMyBS 9 points 3 years ago
a BS PR spin with lots of vague answers that imply he's doing what's best for the reddit community. that's all it can be. given his history, what else could someone expect? even if he were to roll back all the expected API changes so that everyone could still continue to use reddit as we have been, i'm out. i want nothing to do with that site. it's been getting worse for quite some time, and this was the motivation i needed to leave. plus, not that i found kbin and lemmy, i have no need for that site. i purged my accounts, so that even my accounts don't matter anymore.
p03locke 0 points 3 years ago
What does he think he's going to solve with this AMA? The Reddit community has proven time and time again that they can smell bullshit a mile away, and have buried most admin posts with downvotes.
Why walk directly into a shitshow like this?
go to feed...
go to feed...
I'll give you preview:
Everyone: stop this! you'll kill reddit!
Spez: eat shit! 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
there. i just saved you a ton of time and frustration
save