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SephirothYuyX
06/11/23 9:44:24 AM
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It amazes me to see how vocal the minority is there in thinking that a two-day (or indefinite) blackout will achieve anything but piss of the local sub's community towards that sub's mod team. It's equivalent to standing on a highway protesting that white appliances are better than black or stainless. No one cares. Let reddit dig its own grave if there are truly that many people that will abandon because of this. Hint, it won't have any impact.

What a joke.

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Doe
06/11/23 9:45:09 AM
#2:


.012 cents has been deposited into your Reddit Gold account

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Priere
06/11/23 9:45:55 AM
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We did it Reddit!

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Ivynn
06/11/23 9:48:17 AM
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Snakethief posted...
I thought the karma restriction would keep these types of shitposts to a minimum

All trolls are either new users or ? Blocks.

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TetsuoS2
06/11/23 9:50:18 AM
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Trelve
06/11/23 9:52:15 AM
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>reddit
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AnsestralRecall
06/11/23 9:54:09 AM
#8:


how much did this account cost you TC?
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StateofZen
06/11/23 9:57:08 AM
#9:


AnsestralRecall posted...
how much did this account cost you TC?
Free accounts to gamefaqs.com


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action52
06/11/23 9:58:44 AM
#11:


TC may be acting like a dick about it but they're probably right. I doubt this "blackout" will accomplish anything.

I mean I love to see the consumers win out against a big corporation but... I doubt it will be happening here.

Would love to be proven wrong, though.

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Revisited
06/11/23 10:00:49 AM
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What the... how do you remember such a random user name from... 20 years ago?

How have you had so little going on in your life that you can still remember after so long
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Starks
06/11/23 10:01:56 AM
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A significant number of the subreddits are staying closed

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Memorial_Bench
06/11/23 10:03:59 AM
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TC is definitely against real life protests.

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Error1355
06/11/23 10:04:54 AM
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its official then, /r/gamefaqs will be blacking out (if I remember to do so that day) in honor of this reddit blackout

this will 100% be the straw that breaks reddits back without the bold strong community of /r/gamefaqs.

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Jagr_68
06/11/23 10:06:11 AM
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Error1355 posted...
its official then, /r/gamefaqs will be blacking out (if I remember to do so that day) in honor of this reddit blackout

this will 100% be the straw that breaks reddits back without the bold strong community of /r/gamefaqs.


Priere posted...
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TheNextLink
06/11/23 10:18:31 AM
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Error1355 posted...
its official then, /r/gamefaqs will be blacking out (if I remember to do so that day) in honor of this reddit blackout

this will 100% be the straw that breaks reddits back without the bold strong community of /r/gamefaqs.

Good news, everyone.

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UnholyMudcrab
06/11/23 10:21:00 AM
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Ivynn posted...
All trolls are either new users or ? Blocks.
The 261 closure brought an extraordinary number of 20-year-old shitposting accounts out of the woodwork

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Bio1590
06/11/23 10:42:40 AM
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One thing this whole fiasco has confirmed is how up his own asshole Huffman is, at least.

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FurryPhilosifer
06/11/23 10:44:53 AM
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Anecdotally, my friends and I are planning to drop reddit either at the time of the blackout, or after the end of the month when the third party apps go.

BUT I don't think Reddit users realise how many people there are lurkers who don't even read comments, treating it like a TikTok content depository or whatever. Anyone commenting is a minority.

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Starks
06/11/23 10:47:01 AM
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At this point, the basic social contract of reddit is shattered. The indefinite blackouts are creeping up in larger subreddits.

People are increasingly prepping for a post-reddit future. Whether Lemmy or Tilde are the answer will be up for debate.

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PrinceOfFallout
06/11/23 10:49:53 AM
#26:


Im looking forward to the rise of gamefaqs using the ashes of reddit

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SephirothYuyX
06/11/23 1:59:44 PM
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Revisited posted...
What the... how do you remember such a random user name from... 20 years ago?

How have you had so little going on in your life that you can still remember after so long

Huh? Do people buy/sell gamefaqs accounts? For what purpose? Reddit makes a bit more sense for buying/selling, but here? That seems silly.

I'm the original dumbass on this account that uses it daily.

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TheMikh
06/11/23 2:02:56 PM
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if they have a problem with it, they should stop enabling the platform by using it and encourage others to do the same. abandon it. embrace open data instead of passively lending value to data silos for free, and build platforms accordingly.

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Irony
06/11/23 2:03:16 PM
#29:


Is TC a 261 refugee?

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Error1355
06/12/23 8:29:13 AM
#30:


TheNextLink posted...
Good news, everyone.
i think its private now, or something

i dunno how reddit works lmao

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Anarchy_Juiblex
06/12/23 8:35:35 AM
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The funny thing here is, almost certainly the people participating don't have the pro-account and use adblocks.
People that contribute nothing to the sustainability of the platform are going to stop using it for 2 days.

Oh no!!

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AnsestralRecall
06/12/23 9:08:53 AM
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Anarchy_Juiblex posted...
The funny thing here is, almost certainly the people participating don't have the pro-account and use adblocks.
People that contribute nothing to the sustainability of the platform are going to stop using it for 2 days.

Oh no!!

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PiOverlord
06/12/23 9:21:41 AM
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A shame, but this will not work ultimately. :/

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CADE_FOSTER
06/12/23 9:24:37 AM
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CEO doesnt care look at his Ama dudes a clown
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Ricemills
06/12/23 9:27:42 AM
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Revisited posted...
What the... how do you remember such a random user name from... 20 years ago?

How have you had so little going on in your life that you can still remember after so long

It's not a random name, it's a cringe name made by someone in their teens
Sephiroth + (Heero) Yuy + X for edginess.

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Turbam
06/12/23 9:28:30 AM
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You need to stop crying about this.

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Turbam
06/12/23 9:28:56 AM
#37:


WAlT, WHAT THE FUCK?
WHY ARE ALL THE HENTAI SUBREDDITS DOWN TOO?

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KTG2
06/12/23 9:29:33 AM
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I feel like the average Reddit user has never even thought of installing a third party app to use the site, or even really knows what any of this means

And it's kind of hard to get the average user on board with site-wide blackouts for a thing they don't use or understand. TC is showing their ass about it, but this plan will likely go nowhere. End of the day, Reddit wants users on their app and while the third party apps offered a better way to use the site, Reddit offers, y'know...Reddit, so they have all the leverage.

Cannot stress enough that I think protesting is good, though. It just won't work here.

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NoxObscuras
06/12/23 9:31:07 AM
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I hope this protest has an effect, but so far the CEO is being damn stubborn about it.

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Damn_Underscore
06/12/23 9:32:27 AM
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KTG2 posted...
I feel like the average Reddit user has never even thought of installing a third party app to use the site, or even really knows what any of this means

I consider myself tech-savvy and this is basically me. I mostly use reddit on my phone and I have never had a reason to use the reddit app, let alone a third party reddit app.

I just go to reddit.com


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Jagr_68
06/12/23 9:32:29 AM
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PrinceOfFallout posted...
Im looking forward to the rise of gamefaqs using the ashes of reddit

Gonna be like that climax in Independence Day where we all revert back to old style forum communication because everything else had been destroyed.

GameFAQs lives forever.

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CADE_FOSTER
06/12/23 9:38:30 AM
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If they fixed the god awful app they have maybe people wouldn't be so mad but they refuse
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Wandering__Hero
06/12/23 9:39:26 AM
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I think a better protest would be black out reddits if you're not using the apis

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justaguy3492
06/12/23 9:39:43 AM
#44:


Bunch of scabs ITT.

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KTG2
06/12/23 10:51:08 AM
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CADE_FOSTER posted...
If they fixed the god awful app they have maybe people wouldn't be so mad but they refuse

This is the answer, though. They would rather remove the alternatives than fix their own app, which really does suck ass. Even on mobile, I use old.reddit, and it's pretty sad how much better it works than the app

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AnsestralRecall
06/12/23 10:54:44 AM
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KTG2 posted...
This is the answer, though. They would rather remove the alternatives than fix their own app, which really does suck ass. Even on mobile, I use old.reddit, and it's pretty sad how much better it works than the app

The functionality of the app isn't even the worst part. The data telemetry is the single biggest concern.
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legendary_zell
06/12/23 10:58:36 AM
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The only problem with this boycott is that it's not bigger and longer. I support people flexing their collective action muscles, even if it's not perfect out of the gate. These people are not political organizers, they're randos.

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Memorial_Bench
06/12/23 11:03:42 AM
#48:


Anarchy_Juiblex posted...
The funny thing here is, almost certainly the people participating don't have the pro-account and use adblocks.
People that contribute nothing to the sustainability of the platform are going to stop using it for 2 days.

Oh no!!

Not this time. The whole reason why literally the biggest subs are participating is because the most dedicated contributors to reddit use the API and are severely hindered from not doing so. The average adblock using consumer is barely affected by it to begin with. Which is why the people who are affected are making it so that they're now affected too.

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Stallion_Prime
06/12/23 11:05:24 AM
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The boycott is dumb. It's just a stupid website lol

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Funkydog
06/12/23 11:08:30 AM
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legendary_zell posted...
The only problem with this boycott is that it's not bigger and longer. I support people flexing their collective action muscles, even if it's not perfect out of the gate. These people are not political organizers, they're randos.
Tbf, many subs were asking people if they should go dark for a week or permanently and seemed to get plenty of support.

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TetsuoS2
06/12/23 11:09:41 PM
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CADE_FOSTER posted...
If they fixed the god awful app they have maybe people wouldn't be so mad but they refuse

the reddit video player is basically a summary of what the 1st party experience is.

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Bass
06/12/23 11:14:56 PM
#52:


Not having access to the API also screws over Reddit mods since a lot of them use tools that make use of it.

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