It seems most people there are on board with making a giant "fuck u/spez" in the center of the canvas. It's not like reddit easily forgets, even if we don't really do anything about it.
They will just censor it. I mean they censored nudity on it (I'm not advocating for it, just they have the capability for it). Its just better not to drive traffic there.
I mean, what this whole situation has shown us is the fragility that our reliance on that site creates. It would be a real mistake for us to go back at this point, because it means they (or their successors if they manage to actually sell the sinking platform) will eventually pull this stuff again. Trying to build a replacement community is a very difficult thing because of network effects, but this dramatic fracture has given us the opportunity to maybe pull it off.
So I see this as an attempt to create further disruption that prevents one of these alternate sites from solidifying as a true replacement, and little else.
Wait, do you actually have to pay for the original icon now? In what world do you make your actual logo a paid option? I hope this is only for the r/place event but with the recent changes I wouldn't be surprised if they made everyone pay to not have the shitty pixel icon.
The fediverse exploded after Twitter became a dumpster fire. This is another huge migration, so the numbers are going up quite a bit again. I'm excited to see what we build with such a large number of new people!
I actually think they're cashing in on the media coverage the protests produced. And this article is proof it's worked. But the Verge were covering Reddageddon practically every day
Tell u/spez to stuff it where the sun doesn’t shine. No one is going to pay for watching trolls and notsees 1up’n one another. And the kids have gotten wise that u/spez is NOT TO BE TRUSTED WHATSOEVER. Let Rddt BURN
This is to divide and conquer and to try to control the narrative… Anyway who cares at this stage. Centralized corporate platforms are all going to end up the same way … Milking the users for all their worth and degrading the experience until the place is a cesspool filled husk
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