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A fellow mod informed me that about it as I was laying in bed. Reddit sent a message to the mod team and after 1 hour demoded me. I didn't even had time to see it, never-mind respond to it.

Looks like we rattled reddit enough to start shooting. There goes all that fancy talk about our protest not affecting them much.

Just FYI for now. It's late here so I'll see how we proceed tomorrow.

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[–] vinceman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 313 points 2 years ago (6 children)

This could not be any funnier. Please reddit, take legal control of the piracy subreddit, right as you take the experienced mod team out. I'm sure everything will go fantastic.

[–] bootyberrypancakes@lemmywinks.xyz 118 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Reddit will sure be a lovely site in a few months…

[–] infinitevalence 74 points 2 years ago (1 children)

May their shareholders weep.

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[–] CrimsonOnoscopy@beehaw.org 77 points 2 years ago

[removed by reddit]

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[–] Iconoclast@lemmy.dbzer0.com 162 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Haha what the fuck I really did NOT think they would do that to r/piracy of all things. Ah well fuck them and their shitty IPO. I‘m here with you guys for good, the structure of the fediverse suits our purposes and community better anyway.

[–] Contend6248@feddit.de 72 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I would imagine that can lead to legal troubles endorsing r/piracy willingly?

Accepting it is one thing, but forcing it to open is entirely different.

[–] Iconoclast@lemmy.dbzer0.com 60 points 2 years ago

I would imagine too, but who knows, there is a different set of rules for companies and the rich.

Now that Reddit is asserting direct control over it, maybe they‘ll turn it into an anti-piracy sub to prevent any legal trouble.

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[–] riskable@kbin.social 87 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Not sure about the optics of Reddit force-reenabling a subreddit devoted to piracy LOL

[–] VeeSilverball@kbin.social 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Coming soon: rebranding /r/piracy to "pirate cosplay"

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[–] arkcom@kbin.social 82 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Obvious that this is automated and will be going out to all subs. They definitely wouldn't go to bat to keep a piracy sub open, unless they're even dumber than I thought.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 96 points 2 years ago (5 children)

automated message, sure. But they demoded just me, which is obviously very exact.

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[–] citable6704@midwest.social 78 points 2 years ago

1: Funny we were all in here like two days ago saying "they'll probably be happy to have the piracy sub gone"

2: Any member of the existing mod team that helps them is a fucking scab

3: Everyone else has made a good point about some potential liability issues of reddit the corporation wresting control of the piracy subreddit into their own hands

4: There are so many layers of irony with a corporation saying people need to have access to the community that tells them how to commit copyright infringement and then forcing that information into the open despite what its caretakers wish.

[–] harcesz@szmer.info 77 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Its an industrial lockout so classically you either organize and strike even harder or burn down the capitalist pigs factory.

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 68 points 2 years ago (3 children)

If reddit decides to moderate the Piracy subreddit directly, does that mean that they'll be responsible to respond to DMCA requests? If so, that's going to be a shitshow all in itself.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh shit, I didn't even notice what subreddit this was. Please PLEASE someone kick down their door (with legal actions) over this.

[–] Contend6248@feddit.de 52 points 2 years ago

Imagine fucking up that hard that pirates endorse DMCA

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[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 62 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Well I guess its time to flood r/piracy with magnet links as soon as the new jannies open it.

[–] frozengriever@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Also worth flooding them with ~~links~~ a map to where they can board the new ship where the 🏴‍☠️ flag still flies high.

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[–] dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 58 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I reinvited you in case you care.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 2 years ago

cheers. Rejoined

[–] PirateForDaLolz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 2 years ago

lol imagine being so desperate for the protest to come to an end that you are even targeting a community that engages in legally questionable activity.

I'm sure the process of determining what mods to DM was automated, but even so, it's still pretty funny to me.

[–] onepinksheep@kbin.social 55 points 2 years ago (15 children)

So basically, according to Reddit, they own everything on Reddit. That means all the the CP, hate speech — and in this case, piracy — that are posted on Reddit are Reddit's responsibility. Bold strategy, cotton. They're basically waiving their net neutrality.

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[–] bandario@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 2 years ago (3 children)

They went easy on you. Some overzealous mod permabanned my entire account for talking about Lemmy. Allegedly against their 'content guidelines'

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[–] promitheas@iusearchlinux.fyi 54 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This should somehow be made known outside the fediverse, to bring more people away from reddit and to here

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

please do share. I can only spread the word so much.

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[–] pillems@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I say transfer as much as you can over here, then nuke the sub completely. The source of knowledge are mostly here now and everything else can be rebuild. We are pirates, we don't yield easily and can survive anywhere.

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[–] rvreq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 2 years ago (28 children)

This bullshit made me nuke my 30k karma account. I hope lemmy won't die month later.

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[–] amansrevenger@feddit.de 50 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yeah in the antiwork subreddit my comments are instantly shadowbanned, my old comments in other subs show up , reddit is in major emergency mode apparently.

Good

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[–] null_void@lemmy.world 49 points 2 years ago

I already love Lemmy. Confirming all my doubts about that piece of shit website.

[–] Sal@mander.xyz 45 points 2 years ago

Well, good thing that you prepared well in advance and have already built a nice alternative.

Reddit is done

[–] nusirojonel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That was enough to get me to officially sign up here.

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[–] Mastersord@lemmy.fmhy.ml 42 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So Reddit is forcing open a piracy sub. I wonder how potential investors would feel about that?

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[–] A2PKXG@feddit.de 40 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Oh thank God, i first thought that the reddit navy entered Lemmy. i don't care about what happens on reddit, in fact, i'e be happy if they'd harm it.

But: can't mods nuke the subreddit history before they're demoded?

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

reddit will porobably undelete anything like that anyway

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[–] Kissaki@feddit.de 37 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Pretty ironic text. It's in part because of the trust put in moderators that they feel the need to protest / protest following that obligation.

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[–] rgb_leds_are_love@kbin.social 36 points 2 years ago (3 children)

r/wallstreetbets is probably preparing to short Reddit once they IPO 😂

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[–] AbsoluteUnity64@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I think this calls for the subreddit to get rm -rf /*'d so that reddit gets nothing.

[–] antik@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They have even been restoring deleted posts. Fuck reddit

[–] macgrump@kbin.social 30 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Hmm.... wouldn't restoring deliberately-user-deleted content directly break a bunch of "right to be forgotten"-style laws that Reddit's technically obliged to follow? (GDPR, some California laws, etc)?

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[–] Kangy@feddit.uk 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Looks like I made the right decision to join Lemmy today. Reddit is a sinking ship

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[–] MrComradeTaco@lemmy.fmhy.ml 34 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Fuck those Reddit punks, people can make a better piracy community in the fediverse.

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[–] ghariksforge@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago

fuck their IPO. Just move here

[–] RedCanasta@lemmy.fmhy.ml 29 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Look at them using the community and users as a shield and a bargaining chip.

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[–] ethane@kbin.social 29 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Make sure you remove any and all bots created, and delete all the custom work you did. Reddit can probably restore it, but it'll take them time and effort to do so.

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[–] lixus98@kbin.social 29 points 2 years ago

Ah yes, "please reopen the piracy sub so people can discuss piracy freely 🥺".
My bet is this is an automated message sent to big subreddits.

[–] ElvenMithril@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 2 years ago

Fuck reddit. Its jjst a platform and guess what, its nlt the only one 😅

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