this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2023
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Wait what? What happened?
Nothing happend at Reddit Frontpage on June 12, 2023. The so called "protests" is a hoax invented by the Lemmy devs attempting to discredit our wonderful platform. The "purge of moderators" never happened, not one single moderator was purged. And those who did get purged are ~~violent rioters~~ internet vandals. Reddit is the greatest platform ever, and Lemmy is filled with racists and spammers and ads and evil developers trying censor posts and take away user freedom. Long live CEO Spaz! May his wisdom guide us towards a better future!
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Resigned former mod here. Just want to say I appreciate this lol.
You went Tiananmen Square on it.
What square? You mean the place where it's famous for nothing ever happening? Just like nothing ever happened on Reddit. 😉
I wanna learn how to do this on the fly now. Perfect way to give TTRPG players info without telling them :D Thanks for the inspiration!
They're replacing gold with "Community Points", which are of course built on THE BLOCKCHAIN and are specific to the subreddit, but also if you get enough you can have more direct control over the subreddit or... something?
Mostly it sounds like a thinly veiled system designed to let people spend money to buy influence over a subreddit. But hey, it's crypto-based so that makes it cool, right?
Holy shit... If people can buy influence, then the political nutbags that already influence social media through bot accounts will now be able to directly use their money to further push their agendas unfettered... I am so glad I jumped ship when I did.
Likewise. Pretty sure it’s heading exactly where we think it’s heading.
"All aboard! The express train to bot town is now loading!"
This is a joke even to crypto bros. The whole point of a blockchain is to resist censorship; slapping it on top of an already centralized server accomplishes nothing because it still has a weak point. Try making a revolutionary subreddit and see how long it lasts.
We need a decentralized system, but the servers don't need to sync up in perfect lockstep like the monetary system does. Anybody who understands these things should be using Lemmy!
Finally deleted my account over this, haven't touched it otherwise in a while and have been using Lemmy instead, but this pushed me over the edge.
Yes I want to know too
Found it: https://816am.ddns.net/post/6468
Fuckin wild shit lmao. So glad I’m not there anymore
Lol June 12 is referring to the day when the blackout began, although this post just so happens to coincide with yet another one of that shitty website's stupid decisions.
Yea I’m an idiot with zero reading comprehension lmao.