Reddit activated a word filter that whenever you say "fuck spez", your comment won't show up for anyone else. I just tested it on ModCoord. they're also deleting spez memes from the subs they nuked lo
the OP asked how are they gonna remove them all, so I replied they'll run a query for terms like "fuck spez". only to find my comment invisible, because they're already blocking it. spez protective word filter, it's active right now.
Wow, seems like spez is from the same breed as Elon "Thin-skinned" Musk, no surprises there really. I love to imagine how hurt he is because everyone is saying that to him lol.
People would think a CEO is too rich and important to get personally involved with this, but I swear reading the shill comments and how personal they take things makes me think spez himself is behind them pounding on his keyboard all day lol
Every so often I think “well every company is shit so why not go back to the communities I love on Reddit”. Then another thing like this surfaces and it reinforces my boycott.
A lot of people send me Reddit links. Is there any way to load them without actually visiting the site? Like a mirror or archive?
This is my tinfoil hat most likely, but I've also noticed a number of comments critical of Reddit that can only be downvoted. Upvotes error out. Official app for info.
I've noticed reddit now (apparently) also deletes mentions of Aimee Challenor.
The last blackout was in protest of mention of them being censored, apparently they secretely re-introduced it because it's not a great look that they hired someone who defended paedophiles.
Does the filter also catch HTML entities? If it doesn't, fuck /u/spez should still be visible.
This is probably the subreddit spam filter or AutoMod, not something Reddit is doing.
EDIT: By that, I mean - the mods likely set this up to avoid any pretext of the sub being banned for "harassment" and it's probably not something that Reddit (the corporation) did.
Shame it had to come to this. there are a lot of music composing related subreddit's I participated. Straight up hostility from reddit corporate are to overwhelming to have a good time. Today it was time to say goodbye.
Okay, so they're removing needless noise from the conversation. Given that people here are so quick to say that the content here is better because of people contributing valuable information, I'm surprised anyone is upset by simple moderation that's not taking up the time of the poor overworked mods.
I commented fuck spez or fuck you on his AMA right before joining Lemmy. Got banned for three days. Not regrets.
Edit: isn't this also the guy that was all for free speech to the extent of allowing r/jailbait and other terrible subreddits to exist up until outside media said something? Such a hypocrite.
I've found out that my account is shadowbanned on Reddit now. Every single comment I write will show up as [deleted] for others. But I've found out its only in threads where I have already said 'fuck you u/spez' or anything like that.
Loading /r/modcoord without being logged in is also significantly slower than loading any other subreddit, and sometimes errors out even with a good internet connection. Noticed it yesterday and tested. Login and it immediately becomes normal.