/r/memes gives hilarious data in re: spez's assertion that most users want things back to normal; changes rules accordingly : reddit

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/r/memes gives hilarious data in re: spez's assertion that most users want things back to normal; changes rules accordingly (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So, /r/memes did a poll. The exact numbers happen to be multiples of 10%, but ignore that.

10% of users want the blackout to continue
10% of users want the subreddit to open back up as normal
80% of users want the subreddit to only allow Medieval / Landed Gentry themed memes.

Henceforth: "The title of the posts must include either of the words 'Medieval', 'Landed' or 'Gentry', and the meme must include medieval content/images, or include content that features text about Landed Gentry."

Hear ye, hear ye, the people hath spoken.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Honestly, I love how the top subreddits are all doing stuff like this. It doesn't stop the flow of traffic like the blackout did but it's still hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

90 percent of Reddit users are casual lurkers with no account. Of the ten percent with accounts, 10 percent actually post content or even leave a comment.

Driving away lurkers with stupid content is a solid strategy

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are they lurkers or just people who arrived from Google in search of an answer to a specific question? Because I doubt stupid content has much effect on that kind of traffic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Both!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I actually think that for a lot of people, it's just become an opportunity for socializing and entertaining themselves, more so than being about "protest." A lot of modern reddit is oriented around (1) wasting time with humor and (2) being part of an in-group.

spez did the worst thing you can possibly do to that kind of population: He gave them a target.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What it does do is actively highlight that the community is being destroyed, and the protests are actively degrading the experience. All the more to entice people to look around at other social media options.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They really thought it'd just end after 48 hours; it became a war of attrition and I'm happy so many of us found the fediverse. I'm happy the project(s) seem to have talented and dedicated developers and admins; long live the Fediverse.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

So Reddit's going through a Renaissance of sorts?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Honestly if this guy expected anything else he legitimately knows zero about the platform he's supposedly responsible for.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Welp, time to go make some medieval land lord memes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder when Spez will threaten to replace the users?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He already has plenty of bot accounts anyways, may as well finish the job

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Instead of Reddit we'll have Reddit 2: beep boop boogaloo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Well done, Snoo Platform.

You just rallying the subreddits against you, investors must be so proud with this development.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?

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