• Clbull@lemmy.world
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    1 year 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.de
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      1 year 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