Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

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

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

What the hell reddit? This is r/piracy, we've had backup plans on other platforms for ages. Of all the subs to forcibly reopen they do the one with the lowest chance of anyone going back? This has to just be a trial to see how forcibly reopening the front page subs is going to go when they do that.

Archive and delete is the only language those scurvy dogs speak.

First post on Lemmy thanks to this shit! Struggling to understand how a lot of it works still, but absolutely fuck this nonsense from Reddit

We'll build a better ship with a sturdier ram, 32 pounder cannons and free wenches and rum! Dbzer0 for captain, 2023

Well here I am, screw Reddit. Didn't much like supporting the corporate greed and corruption anyway.

That pinned New Users Guide is a big help. Was a bit confused at first, but I think I get the instance and location thing now. It's actually pretty ingenious. Don't know if any of you are old enough to remember the BBS days when a bunch of them interconnected on FidoNet, reminds me of that. Very cool, like an old idea anew.

This instance (lemmy.dbzer0.com) seems to be in Germany and I'm in the USA so it can get pretty laggy on me. Need to find a USA instance. I tried signing up for lemmy.one and beehaw.org which are USA, but they have a vetting process where I had to fill in some questions and wait for a reply. That's kind of weird. Those are good ones right, non toxic? This one let me sign up instantly so in any case it should do for now, or later if not's too slow for me.

The high seas flow in different direction according to time. Tis but a scratch. Lemmy looks promising from first look.

Why not just start allowing direct links to pirated content on the subreddit?

I like this ship we building here. Lets make it good for sailing again bois.

So, is that an order to abandon ship?

IMO the option here would be to open the sub, but implement new rules.

Nowhere does it say the sub needs to be on topic. There are many off-topic subs out there (that news sub that's mostly porn, marijuanaenthusiasts).

From now on, only text posts containing a punchline to the joke "why did the chicken cross the road" are allowed.

I'd be surprised if the subreddit survives the IPO anyways

Welp! I'm glad I made the switch to Lemmy at least.

Yup, this is gonna happen to all the big subreddits sooner or later. /videos is next.

Remaining mods should just do what r/pics has done. Change the subreddit's topic to posting sexy pictures of John Oliver.

The subreddit is open so you complied. Reddit didn't dictate that you keep or change any rules so changing the subreddit rules so that only posts about sexy John Oliver pictures are allowed would have the same effect as the blackout.

This is happening all over reddit.

Mods are posting all over the place saying "I have to bend over for the admins because if I don't they'll find someone else who will".

You do you but honestly I find this a bit weird. As an unpaid volunteer you don't have to do anything. Just resign. Reddit's not about to die but it's best days are in the past. I wouldn't want to be a part of the future of reddit.

Good riddance I say, this seems a lot better than reddit anyways! Thanks for getting this going!

They are afraid. Gold, just means we need to keep working on making this community better. Stronger.

Reddit proverbially taking their ball and going home lmao

Checking in to say fuck Reddit!

Whatever happens rest assured that we will keep the community alive and well here!

Glad I made it over here before the ship sank!