Technology @beehaw.org crank @beehaw.org 1y ago

how new.reddit looks in private browsing

about 50% content is like this, no matter what view you select. I think /r/pics has the right idea; it is so dominating. Other subs should change their post to be like this (with their own messages) I think.

Also, what sub did spez mod in 2008?

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I think the comments said he was a mod of jailbait. Yeah... tells a lot about the guy.
- As much as I hate this guy, could we please stick to the facts and criticise him for things that he actually did?
  
  From what I can see, spez did not moderate jailbait. He was added by one of the other mods because back then you could just add people as mods without their consent. I have yet to see proof that he ever actively participated in that sub.
  
  So please, go ahead, dislike him for being a lying jerk who‘s actively killing reddit but don’t jump on something that someone else did without asking.
  
  I might be wrong but my memory suggests that Reddit was basically forced to eventually act in the removal of that sub and they let it and many other questionable subs linger and prosper for a long time until it became too big to ignore.
  
  I remember reading that spez could see removed posts, and one person said that he liked watching it before lunch because, according to him, it made him "hungry and horny".
  
  I agree. I will continue despising him for being a nutjob prepper, restoring the KiA sub after the founder deleted it (because even he saw it as a toxic shithole) and protecting the brigaders from t_D because "vAlUaBlE DiScUsSiOn".
- Out of the handful of good things CNN did, demonstrating the failure of libertarianism and getting r/jailbait banned is near the top.
- until you see this comment
  
  there is still this
- HA you cannot make this shit up.
I just wish they'd link to lemmy! It's almost pointless to just shut down for a few days and not make people use competitors.
- As a mod I've been considering this, but with the amount of moderators and communities that have been banned for attempting to steer their users to alternatives, it's simply not worth the risk. For now, I've just linked visitors to our Discord server instead, and people should be able to find the Lemmy and Raddle alternatives there if they wish to.
  
  This is actually illegal, if they ban you for that they're violating the GDPR, so i'd say let them.
- Exactly. Shutting down for 2 days just says we'll be back in 2 days. Shutting down and saying we're going to Lemmy with a link to a specific community shows reddit we are serious about this.
  
  I've been spamming https://join-lemmy.org everywhere I could just before the shutdown. /r/gonewild banned me for posting the link LOL
  
  I think the link to a replicated (specific) community is the key.
- Some of them are. I visited a couple subs that went dark yesterday, and they had popup messages with fediverse lnks.
My eyes are screaming just looking at the new.reddit UI.

Sometimes it's good to be reminded what an abomination it actually is.
- Yeah this “new” redesign is really horrific. I really don’t understand why they did this. I get that they have old.reddit for now, but if that goes Reddit will really be completely unusable.
  
  I really feel like they’re making an instagram clone instead of a discussion forum. The whole site is becoming more and more image dominated. So sad :(
  
  They want to look like all the other big sites so that people are more willing to try them out because of the familiar look, and also so they can easier/more sneakily put ads in.
On r/all in Slide, I have 3 black "killing apps" pics followed by 3 other protest posts, and then it's just normal. I respect that not everyone wishes to join the protest, but it would have been more fun if protest posts went on for at least a couple pages.
- I think that's allready pretty good because many people who are against these changes will just probably stop participating on reddit at all during the protest and thereby not influence what's on the front page.
Also, what sub did spez mod in 2008?

asking the real questions
- For us who don't know. What sub did he mod?
  
  Jailbait
- I'm surprised but at the same time not surprised at all, he has that slimy vibe
I just looked. Every post except AITA is a protest post
- Ironic in a way that AITA is still up
  
  Well now, subreddit name checks out.
  
  Maybe Spez should drop in and see why that's the only subreddit that's still up.
  
  i'm having the opposite experience, they're showing me all open subs - some that i used to subscribe to (probably because they have my IP)
Well, initially he moderated everything. He also creates lots of sock puppets for fake activity. That would be much easier today with chatgpt.
All Iget now is an error page and nothing loads, not even ads.
- Same. Reddit borked
Thanks for the image.
They might be getting DDOS. Website is messed up and won't even load for me now. LOL.
- me too "you broke reddit"
  
  everybody who ever had an account refreshing to see what will happen lol
Also I will add that the posts which do not directly related to the blackout are all 6-12 hours old.
He was listed as a mod on /r/jailbait. While the man deserves pretty much all that's coming his way, this part is mostly constantly repeated misinformation.

Back then you could add anyone as a mod to your subreddit without their confirmation or agreement. Every admin was listed as a mod on tons of subreddits.

Still, this is what happens when you rile up an angry mob against yourself.
Excellent!
Gross. No thanks.
I think it was r/jailbait

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