Rule 1: All Posts Must Be About Vacuum Cleaners
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Really funny and impossible to block

  • Larvitar@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    While this is funny, it drives traffic to the site so it’s the equivalent of people buying Nike shoes to then burn as protest. The company is still making money and they’re getting free advertising.

    A better protest would be to delete Reddit accounts, uninstall the apps, and see how long you can go without hearing or thinking about reddit.

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      1 year ago

      As another commenter said elsewhere, it’s more nuanced than that. It drives a bit of traffic in the short term, but people interested in the original content are forced to create new subreddits (which take significant time to gain momentum again). And the gag will eventually taper off and engagement will be lower. Overall, it’s a decent form of protest (given the blackout is being forcibly overturned), as it will likely lower the value of Reddit overall, hopefully nuking the potential IPO.

      Though that doesn’t invalidate your second point. Kinda fun to watch a dumpster fire for a little while, though.

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      1 year ago

      This. If they insist on doing it make it so all of the posts have to be the same. It would be boring and pwolw would stop visiting… The sub is open but there is no reason for people to visit it. It makes it easier to ween people off of reddit too

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        1 year ago

        I started learning to use photoshop instead of braindeadly scrolling Reddit. It’s more peaceful and enjoyable.