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

Reddit admins rn:

You can hear him screaming "I'M NOT OWNED! I'M NOT OWNED!!!!" right through the internet

This guy is turning more and more into a Musk wannabe by the day.

Fuck you Spez.

Jesus, what a shit show. Can they really be thinking their path will end well?

We did it boy, we hurt his feelings!

Gee, it's a good thing there aren't dozens of invisible ASCII characters, and even more confusables, some which match the English letters to the pixel!

I used this to get around filters all the time, but I don't need it to work anymore since I don't use reddit now so have fun lads and ladies!

https://invisible-characters.com/

https://github.com/wanderingstan/Confusables

So the way to truly delete ones content is to mass edit and replace with "fuck spez"?

Wait…so if I used Power Delete Suite to add Fuck Spez to all my old comments I could keep my stuff but the bot would make it all invisible to everyone else automatically? That sounds interesting.

This kind of behavior is what got me to join Lemmy just now. (this is my first ever post in fact.)

I really wasn't even onboard with the boycott. I thought it was silly and pointless and was planning to just stay on reddit, but then he had to tantrum like a child and go against the very spirit and point of reddit in process.

So here I am. I haven't deleted my years old reddit account yet, but I probably will at this point. This lemmy federation thing seems like it will do quite nicely.

What a stupid little pissbaby.

oh no, we made little pig boy cry!

They can filter this

spez is the typical fragile redditor

Fuck u/spez

Well Spuck Fez then...

"Shadowbans are just for automated spammers", they said.

Just stop going to reddit. I did.

The best possible perspective I can come up with is that this is a test. It's all about increasing their marketability for the IPO. Today they're filtering "Fuck Spez", tomorrow they'll be filtering "Fuck <brandname>". For a fee, of course, or as a side deal on an ad campaign.

Fuck $pez

Fuck §pez

Fuck spéz

Fuck Spëz

Fuck spƏz

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All the above made by cutting/pasting from here. Have fun!

Fuck Zeps.

Fuck Steve Huffman.

Fuck u/spez

It appears that they have scrubbed Reddit of Spez within Reddit. I know their search algorithm is crap, but I tried to search for him and got NOTHING. It's like he's not talked about. https://midi.moe/f/zogqm.png Why are people moderating for free for him? He wants control so badly, let him deal with it. Don't be a tool for that narcissist.

thats kinda pathetic dog...

Imagine you're so sad, you create a filter to remove comments of people rightfully calling you out on the internet.

He called Reddit a 'democratic city' where discussions can take place. Well, sounds a lot like he's just a very intolerant mayor who wants to control the flow of discussions when they are about him.

Fuck u/spez

He also gave the moderator of /r/jailbait a singular trophy "pimp daddy" that no one else has received.

Some hero's dont wear capes. Good job op. 🤣

Imagine being this insecure. I'm a little surprised they haven't done the same with "jailbait" to stop people from reminding the world of his history as a mod there.

Everyday it's just getting worse

[fuck u/spez](u/؜spez)

Copy pasta.

https://invisible-characters.com/

What a ❄️

So if I updated all my comments to say fuck speak, they’d auto hide them for me?

Spaz is the only reason I am here on lemmy. I check over on Reddit and it just continues to deteriorate so I am here to stay.

Seems like they have plenty of money to spend on THESE enhancements.

This situation overall just sucks. Fuck that greedy bastard.

Not a big surprise, is acting like all the gratest dictators of the history, censoring or killing the opposition

Paper skin Spez throwing a temper tantrum

Its really crazy how childish this whole thing has become he totally could have let this blow over I bet if he didn't double down and actively choose to attack the mods and the 3rd party apps...

This is a terrible way to handle this... Let them continue. I'm happy here.

The fact that u/Spez now has a negativity filter implemented is just embarrassing for the entire company. Glad I moved on.

Time to zepS\u\ kcuf

I edited 11 years of comments to "spez sucks", censored or not, they won't be very useful to sell as training data

He wanted to be Musk, now he wants to be Xi

zeps/u kcuf

spez intensifies

Source?

I need a plugin or app to edit all of my posts on Reddit, so they all say "Fuck u/spez," or "Fuck you, Pig Boy."

Anyone know of such a thing, if it exists? For Windows / Android.

That could always be the next response to the grubs' fucking things up.

that guy is so thin skinned.

He doesn't realize how much if a life fail is having a filter like that, does he?

Fuck spez

What do you think the tipping point is for the normies to abandon reddit and come on over to where the cool kids are? Hate speech and calls to violence aren't cool, but otherwise you should be able to say whatever you want about the owner of the platform.

i was surprised because i thought they hadn't done that yet. i honestly don't know what i was thinking. it's like the mods are speedruning ruining their platform.

I'm getting /r/animemes flashbacks

I still see fuck spez in just about every front page post I open. So i'm not sure if this is localized or rolling out?