https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/149cq9f/reddit_were_sorry/ (Full post)
https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/149cq9f/comment/jo4gy94/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 (One comment)
“This is the most neckbeard thing I’ve ever seen in my life. Reddit is a business trying to make money, no shit they are going to get rid of third party apps eventually. Welcome to the real world. You are not being oppressed. This protest has zero effect on anything other than just inconveniencing users. If losing third party apps ruins your reddit experience (oh no) just find another app or website.”
https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/149cq9f/comment/jo4fs7t/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 (Another comment that got gold)
"This is absolutely stupid virtue signaling. It’s just a few power hungry mods pretending to add some meaning to their life so the other 99% can’t use the platform.
None of us regular people give a crap about the changes. Get over it."
Well that was a frustrating read. I don’t get it. Why are people so okay with reddit treating them like garbage?
Those are Gamers™.
They aren’t exactly people known for their critical thinking. They are however known for eating a whole bunch of shit from game publishers and devs, even going as far as thanking them for being able to buy said crap-sandwich.
I was going to say, “Gamers are being buttholes? No way.”
At least here they’re being shit on like the weak-willed idiots they are.
https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1494sa8/gaming_is_now_public
Those are most likely the same people who think games should have paid dlc on day one and paywalls in games. Best to never think about em until they are all crying that Reddit turns into 90% ads for onlyfans
Yeah, I understand people not caring about the situation if they didn’t use 3rd party apps before, but why do they defend Reddit anti-user actions, they’ll got nothing to win by siding with Reddit but they still shill, they think that if that doesn’t bother them, then it shouldn’t bother anyone. And they always got those same bullshit arguments that have already been addressed, they don’t care about the APIs being unfairly priced, they don’t care that many mods use those 3rd party tools to keep the subs as clean as possible, they even say that 3rd party apps are bad because they steal profit from Reddit, how upsetting.
Reminder of how stupid and toxic some communities are
Also remember there are “free market” apologists that think a business should be able to charge whatever they want, whenever they want. Charging so much for access that it drives servicew/apps to shutdown is not ok on any level.
Frankly one of my favorite parts about the blackout - and opinions like this - is that Lemmy is going to end up being populated by people who have the capacity to think about others and form intelligent opinions. All of the people with this attitude will stay on reddit, which is what will ultimately kill it. I hope he stays.
Same with mastodon too. A lot of those on mastodon are so kind in their posts and empathy to others, meanwhile on twitter people get a lot of hate.
Yeah, I really like how here people tend to make longer comments and have nice discussions and stuff.
Yeh /s
This /s
Is /s
I don’t think anyone has a problem with a business trying to make money. The problem is the extortionate pricing and also not having things in place for mods or the communities with accessibility needs. And the timeframe in which the change is being implemented is ludicrous. And that isn’t even touching on the literal libel stating that Christian was blackmailing them.
Exactly!! The protest wasn’t solely about the API changes but people were also protesting /u/spez and his blatant lies to try and shift blame onto other people, which he just loves doing
I don’t have a problem with a business trying to make money, but lurkers need to realize that the site isn’t run by the company it’s run by the users who submit content, converse about it, and moderate it all for free.
All reddit does is keep the servers functional and take all the money, now they want a bigger chunk of money while not adding any more value.
Tbh it’s like the Twitter migration. Anybody who actually cares has left and it’s mostly dickheads that remains now.
well we did find another app or website
I think it’s important to remember a lot of people participating in the blackout are still on a break from Reddit and aren’t commenting on these kinds of posts.
Anyway, we did indeed “just find another app or website”, so we’re good.Then how does that explain that post on r/gaming with funding 68k up votes?
That’s…a lot.
Yup a lot of good has come of this.
It looks like a lot of
peopleidiots think the blackout is pointless and support Reddit’s choiceThese aren’t real people. These are Bots.
You can also find a few real specimens, a quick look through their history will show you the kind of subs they like and the kind of mindset they are in. Unfortunately, as much as I live video games, we suck so bad as a “community”
I love video games. It’s my main hobby and has been ever since I moved Link around in The legend of Zelda. Gamers are fucking idiots. It’s that community that has fully cemented the shittiest monetization possible in any entertainment medium and they DEFEND it. It’s no surprise that those from that circle would also defend reddits shit decisions.
I have some hope left for the community after discovering r/patientgamers. It’s encouraging to see that not everyone is buying into the overpriced AAA bug-infested pre-order crap these days.
Patient gamers is the best. One of the few subs I’m honestly gonna miss.
I’ve seen a patient gamers community somewhere on Lemmy
Can confirm it exists and seems somewhat active. https://lemmy.ml/c/patientgamers
Oh yeah. The reason AAA gaming is so shit right now, full of nickle and dimming everywhere, is because we have allowed it over the years.
It’s the same with the internet in general.
We allowed ourselves to get fucked, accepting every little “it’s a tiny change, it’s for the better” with nothing more than a tiny moan.We gave these companies our data, our money, and our time, and let them free to control the markets as they see fit.
Why shouldn’t they think we are gullible and easy to manipulate into defending their greed?It’s crazy when you think about it, they are asking hundreds of bucks for just a bunch of textures, it’s insane. Now mix it with casino mechanics and sexualisation and you have a bunch addict incels lining up for their next fix of fake waifus with the little money they have. It’s diabolical and brilliant.
Or spez alts
I like to think it personally just him switching accounts and doing it.
While using apollo
When the blackouts started, I decided to leave reddit permanency for Lemmy, a decision that I don’t regret. I checked back in briefly today and it seems like reddit is currently tearing itself apart. There’s definitely a lot more people vocally disagreeing with the blackout now.
That’s good to hear! I haven’t looked. Hopefully word gets out about Lemmy and more people join us over here.
There’s definitely a lot more
peoplebots vocally disagreeing with the blackout now.FTFY.
Of course, there are indeed plenty of real people, along with bots, disagreeing. Their daily Reddit routine has been disrupted, and they don’t like it. Of course, these folks aren’t generally affected (so far) by API changes, so they just want things to go back to what they were. They don’t understand what is coming, given the mod issues, etc.
I checked back in briefly today and it seems like reddit is currently tearing itself apart.
How so?
I just saw a lot of threads with people arguing over -2 day blackout didn’t do shit -I don’t care, why should you -Where’s all the content, I want the content back -A blackout was really inconvenient
Looks like a lot of the toxic boot-lickers will be staying on Reddit.
People like to dig their head in the sand and pretend nothing is wrong. As long as their little lives aren’t disrupted, they go along with anything. I can’t say I entirely blame them, everyone just wants to come home from work/school and scroll on their stupid little app till they fall asleep and don’t have the energy to care. That’s literally what I do every night :/
But we have more power than we think. The first day of the blackout was great, people working together to say fuck you to capitalism, but going back to normal before any changes are made is not how protesting works.
100% agreed, the protest should’ve lasted indefinitely and having it be only 48 hours was such a stupid idea. But like you said the start of the protest was fantastic and it had the potential to really make an impression that people are serious about this.
99.9% of their userbase weren’t even aware of third party apps, which frustrates me even more.
There are lots of corporate bootlickers coming out of the woodwork. I wouldn’t be surprised if they turn out to be Reddit employee sockpuppet accounts.
That one comment saying “the mods take it too seriously, they act like they get paid” How anyone could use that as an argument against the blackout is beyond me
I do think the blackouts are pointless, but I absolutely do not support Reddit Inc. in any way.
What the moderators should do instead of blackouts, is to stop moderating and let all the major subreddits be overrun by spam and hatespeech. Good luck with your IPO and with finding advertisers after that. That would have been a much more effective way to communicate how valuable the volunteers at Reddit are.
The whole idea of a protest being pointless is pointless!
Protests often do not accomplish their stated goal in the moment. That doesn’t mean there wasn’t an effect, it may just take awhile (or more protests) to be noticed. Even if it doesn’t ever have a measurable effect, the idea that people should just shut up and not express themselves is completely contrary to all of the ideals of democracy.
Exactly. A two-day+ blackout is a warning. “Check your metrics. See that red line? This time, it’s temporary. Next time could be permanent. Just saying. Anyway, how’re those accessibility features coming along?”
Everyone saying “it’s pointless” or “it failed” is not seeing beyond the tip of their own noses. It only “failed” if moderators and Redditors aren’t willing to follow through on the threat come July. We have yet to see if that’s the case.
Everyone saying “it’s pointless” or “it failed”
Where did I say any of that? I’m genuinely confused how my comment was so profoundly misread/misunderstood.
