I find it kinda funny that my most upvoted post is John Oliver. It shows how much he is a symbol for the protest against the api.

  • Evono@lemmy.world
    17·
    1 year ago

    Sadly thats exactly what reddit wants :/ doesnt matter if its John oliver as long as it isnt NSFW and content and brings clicks they are happy.

      • gk99@kbin.social
        6·
        1 year ago

        Or fediverse logos, since reddit seems very unhappy that people are telling redditors how to switch to alternatives.

    • SamC@lemmy.nz
      9·
      1 year ago

      Have a look a r/JustUnsubbed… plenty of people there whinging about John Oliver and all the other stuff. Seems like it’s having an impact

      • Jcb2016@kbin.social
        5·
        1 year ago

        I haven’t checked out reddit in a couple of days. I think that is the point of the blackout. Yea now and then but it defeats the purpose!

    • Mereo@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 year ago

      Yup. They want people to just be empty shells and consume contents. As long as people go to reddit on their Reddit’s app and view targeted ads, it’s a win for them.

      • livus@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        It’s not zero:sum though.

        I still glance at reddit but I don’t spend time there or put up content anymore. My energies and clicks are mostly fediverse now.

        Once RIF goes down I doubt I will go there unless I need something specific I can’t find here.

        Reddit isn’t going away, it’s just going the way of facebook and twitter.

        • Mereo@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 year ago

          For sure. I wil still visit a few subreddits, namely my city one, as it is one of the place that I can know the little scoop of what’s happening.

          But as for having a serious discussions in various topics, Fediverse all the way.

    • Gamers_Mate@kbin.socialOP
      3·
      1 year ago

      True though as more and more redditors use adblockers and all the post data they have is John Oliver it will become less valuable to advertisers which is why many redditors are using this tactic though making stuff nsfw would be a lot more effective.