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@dvdnet90@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 years ago

The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won.

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The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won.

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@dvdnet90@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 years ago
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The last major holdouts in the protest against Reddit’s API pricing relented, abandoning the so-called “John Oliver rules” which only allowed posts featuring the TV host. It's the official end of the battle. The Reddit protest is over, and Reddit won.
  • PenguinJuice
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    121•2 years ago

    I bet reddit paid for that article.

    • TheSaneWriter
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      73•2 years ago

      They probably paid for the title but the article isn’t actually that peachy, I’d say its assessment is accurate. The Reddit sub protest is over, and technically spez got his way, but the platform has been damaged and may recover or may begin to die out and be replaced.

      • @idle@158436977.xyz
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        16•2 years ago

        Yep, time will tell if the users that left were the quality users.

        • GuyDudeman
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          24•2 years ago

          Oh they were. Because they are us.

          • @KKriegGG@programming.dev
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            13•2 years ago

            Stop! You’re making me blush 🤭

    • @fraydabson@sopuli.xyz
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      31•2 years ago

      100% Made the title and everything

    • @TheGoldenGod@lemmy.world
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      18•2 years ago

      Of course it did, spez has been unsuccessfully trying to spin this. He assumed since he’s a sellout who has sex with cats, we’d all bend over.

      • Lettuce eat lettuce
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        27•2 years ago

        …what the hell am I looking at??

        • Funderpants
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          25•2 years ago

          What a miserable day to have eyes.

          • @NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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            6•2 years ago

            ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

        • @Crackhappy@lemmy.world
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          2•2 years ago

          !imsorryjon@lemmy.world

      • @sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz
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        12•2 years ago

        This is the third time this week someone has linked me to this cursed image, make it stop

    • @CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social
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      I doubt it given the way the article ends- it suggests that while reddit’s leadership got it’s way, that the incident might still have damaged the platform’s reputation and that in the long term reddit might not be successful in it’s attempts to be profitable either. I’d imagine a paid article would have a more positive or confidence-inducing message than that.

    • Altima NEO
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      7•2 years ago

      I mean it’s pretty damned true though. Reddit won their stupid fight. They were always going to. Yeah they lost a lot of users, but there still a ton of users left.

    • @Obsession@lemmy.world
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      5•2 years ago

      Tell me you didn’t read the article without telling me you didn’t read the article

      • knexcar
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        7•2 years ago

        Who needs an article when you have a headline and expert commentary in the comments?

        • @zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
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          8•2 years ago

          Wow, this place truly is the Reddit replacement we’ve all been looking for

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