POLL: Decide on the future of /r/Pics!
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Hello, /r/Pics subscribers! Boy, what a whacky time we've all had lately, huh? Reddit decided to kill off third-party applications, a protest got...
  • electriccars@kbin.social
    49·
    2 years ago

    I find it Fucking hilarious. Especially the “community of 30 million John Oliver enthusiasts” LMAO. I was really depressed when this all started, I will really miss Reddit Sync, but the fediverse seems like the beginnings of a better reddit to me and the drama has some bright spots like the above lol. Wonderful!

      • Murais@lemmy.oneEnglish
        37·
        2 years ago

        It means the mods at r/pics just dropped a “Please Cover This” sign to the biggest news show in reddit’s prime demographic.

        It’s honestly kind of fucking genius. Much respect.

        • Holomew@kbin.social
          231·
          2 years ago

          It’s not just about getting covered, although it definitely helps. Reddit is threatening to remove mods who leave subs private as they see it as abandonment. This way the sub is still basically closed but is technically still being moderated.

        • can@kbin.social
          11·
          2 years ago

          They won’t be able to cover it until after the writer’s strike though.

        • derivator@feddit.deEnglish
          8·
          2 years ago

          If they do end up covering it, I hope they mention spez’s doomsday-prepper fascism.

          When society crumbles, I’ll totally be in charge because I’m such a natural leader. I won’t be a slave, but some people definitely will be. But not me, because I have motorcycles and guns. I’ll be in charge when slavery comes back. This is a normal thing to say.

          — spez, least psychopathic tech CEO

      • HuddaBudda@kbin.social
        11·
        2 years ago

        Step 1. Find any picture of John Oliver

        Step 2. Resist the urge to think about sexy John Oliver

        Step 3. Karma

    • darkstarEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      Can also confirm, I posted a few of them myself

  • delnac@lemmy.oneEnglish
    44·
    2 years ago

    If there is one last glorious memory I’ll take away from reddit, I can live with it being this one.

    • captain_americanoEnglish
      27·
      2 years ago

      I joined Reddit shortly before Ridiculously Photogenic Runner, and I’ll leave Reddit with Ridiculously Photogenic John Oliver. Not bad.

  • IntlLawGnome@kbin.social
    401·
    2 years ago

    This is a naked appeal to have John Oliver cover the Reddit drama on Last Week Tonight once the writers’ strike is over, and I am here for it.

  • ISOmorph@feddit.deEnglish
    321·
    2 years ago

    Here are a couple of my favourite pictures displayed there currently, so you don’t have to go back to that dumpster fire of a site:

  • FiveMacs@lemmy.caEnglish
    301·
    2 years ago

    All subs should do something like this…Reddit want the mods back or they get removed. So bring the subs back but change the sub rules to be insane shit like this. Comply to Reddit’s rules but with your own rules.

    • okbin@kbin.social
      15·
      2 years ago

      i was thinking r/cats should post sexy pics of john oliver, but with their cats photoshopped into the image

      i heard r/GIFs is also doing this john oliver thing, although i haven’t checked

    • penisthightrap@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      2 years ago

      Small example, one niche sub I loved was r/retroAR. It’s where people share old AR15s or clones of old AR15s. They had pretty strict definition of what considered “retro”, a fixed carry handle being a main part if it. In protest they are allowing non-carry handle posts and there was some wacky builds being posted.

  • NoTime@lemmy.oneEnglish
    28·
    2 years ago

    I’m torn, on one hand this is hilarious and if they didn’t do this the admins would just change the moderators to someone who would run it. On the other hand, Reddit got what it wanted: the sub has reopened, posts are flowing, ads are being served and Reddit is making money.

    • Evono@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      2 years ago

      i honestly doubt that the traffic R/pics had before this change will stay.

      this is the best way honestly even better than restricted it will effectively hurt the traffic while they ( officially ) cant be dicks i mean they still can but you know.

      • Overzeetop@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        2 years ago

        Reddit could put a bot that just cycles through reposts from the last 15 years in the top 50 subs and the front page (and just bot-paste articles on all the news and politics subs) and the FP would be indistinguishable to the average r/all lurker.

    • Rick@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      2 years ago

      They will see a spike in revenue but people will get bored and stop caring about the sub after a while

  • Clbull@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    2 years ago

    It’s a funny protest, but it kinda goes against the spirit of the API boycott.

    I’ll give it a week before Reddit goes back to normal. Spez is probably going to do some overtime and start forcefully deposing moderators.

    And as we saw with /r/worldnews, /r/leagueoflegends and pretty much any other subreddit that refused to even acknowledge the initial blackout, there are power users that are more than willing to lick Spez’s boots.

    • IncidentalIncidence@feddit.deEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      yeah, it’s funny but at the end of the day all reddit cares about are their pageviews, engagement, and active daily users. They don’t care whether people are posting “real” pics or john oliver pics, as long as they’re posting