Archived link so we’re not sending any traffic Reddit’s way.
I love the “if you’re not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about” admin response downthread, too. They’ve really gone full mask-off over there, haven’t they?
They have their own happy cheering crowd, so nothing to worry about from their pov.
They’ve also done some fuckery with the downvotes. I noticed that right around the time of the mass exodus, certain comments could not be downvoted lower than zero, and posts could not be downvoted lower than some percentage in the teens (14% or 12% upvoted, something like that). Even Spez’s infamous town hall post where he laid all that shit on Christian Selig in June, which was literally getting downvotes in the thousands, never went below some teen percent upvoted, when in reality it had to be far fewer.
I got the same impression looking through the above post as well: lots of people disagreeing with the admin (who disappeared VERY quickly when asked anything of substance) but they somehow seemed to maintain a vote count in the single digits anyway.
I could be wrong about this second point, I haven’t been there in a while, but the first one I’d swear to: check it out on old Reddit if you’re interested.
lots of people disagreeing with the admin (who disappeared VERY quickly)
Reddit is taking the “post and ghost” approach these days. Probably the right thing to do. There’s nothing they can say to justify this. Gone are the days when they engage at all, or give a single shit what anyone wants. Take it or leave it.
Left it, lol. There’s no place for genuine interaction over there anymore, or very little.
We’ve heard from you that dealing with spam is taking up more of your time, so the goal of this update is to help catch spammy and abusive users at a faster rate so that you can spend more time engaging with your communities and redditing.
So instead of restoring the tools the mods originally had that helped control spam effectively, reddit is rolling out their own ‘tools’ that will undoubtedly be less accessible, harder to use, and only available in one specific way. Because fuck everyone who isn’t a reddit admin.
it’s sad to see reddit decay like this. 10 years ago it was amazing, and it’s been a slow decent from then to now.
I think it’s about time to finally leave Reddit. I’ve been there for almost 15 years and I just got my first permanent ban from a legal advice sub for one single comment. I’m not sure what I said wrong because I never use inflammatory language. Oh well, I already left Twitter, time to bail on Reddit too.
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The original post there was about somebody who had to pay back $6000 to the food stamp office because there was a year’s worth of overpayments. I said that even though the error was no fault of his own, he still had to pay it back. That is in fact true and I found myself permanently banned 30 minutes later.
I just find it strange that you can get banned for life just because you made one comment that the mods did not like. It’s not like I called the guy a scumbag or loser and that he should go to jail or something equally vindictive.
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I am amazed that so many people lack so much self-respect that they’re willing to allow themselves to be abused by websites like that
Sometimes it’s just a desperation for social contact, or an inflexibility to handle change (the inertia factor)
But they can come to Lemmy or Mastodon for that. They’re not beholden to corporations but they refuse to leave.
They’re like domestic violence victims. Why don’t they just leave?
You’re not wrong with the choices available, you just not fully considering the inertia factor to change, or to leave their old friends behind, especially if they do not move as well.
You mean the very same factors we easily dealt with when we came here?
Nah, that’s all on them at this point, and any suffering they go through is suffering they bring upon themselves.
You mean the very same factors we easily dealt with when we came here?
Again, not everyone is the same. Where one person may find easy to do another person may find nearly impossible to do.
Life is not digital, it’s analog.
Then that’s a personality issue they need to resolve, or else they’ll be abused and exploited throughout their lives. And that’s 100% their responsibility as adults regardless of their issues or what they’re going through.
And that’s 100% their responsibility as adults regardless of their issues or what they’re going through.
Nobody said it wasn’t, just explaining why they may not make the move.
You could have some compassion for them though, instead of quoting the “sucks to be you, the rules are the rules” mindset.
Not everyone is as capable as everyone else, and we should all strive for the win-win scenarios, makes Humanity a nicer place to live in.
that feels like a social credit reference
They already have this. I was denied a request for an abandoned subreddit because my social credit score was too low (effectively).
I was denied a request for an abandoned subreddit because my social credit score was too low (effectively).
Well at least you can always start a community here on Lemmy. I’m sure you’d be welcome.
I made six in mid-June.
Thank you for doing your share.
Yeah I really gotta pull my finger out and contribute more, I feel my commenting holds much more weight, and is considered far more fairly than on Reddit, but I have yet to make a post or a community.
Super lazy engage
Yeah I really gotta pull my finger out and contribute more
Just be sure to wash your hands, before you do so.
Hahahaaha wait, so like, they’re basically applying something that sounds an awful fucking lot like the CCP’s social credit score thingy to all of Reddit’s user data and metadata…?
Jesus tapdancing christ. I’m happier by the day since I bailed on Reddit.
This will certainly go extremely well for Reddit. I see no problems here. Now move along.
Most of us already have:-P
The new “Social Creddit Score”
If I may suggest. Cross post Lemmy posts to Reddit. Even in the apps you can share the url to a post. Time to make those being abused on Reddit aware there is another place for them.
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Truth. I posted about Lemmy when the whole app fiasco was going on and my posts were removed.
I have several posts in Reddit communities about Lemmy and they’re still all up
Me: visits lemmy
Reddit: that will cost you 1000 credits.
You joke, but wouldn’t surprise me if Reddit tracks you to see if you visit Lemmy. Just like Facebook that tracks your every move on the internet, even if you’ve never visited the website or ever had an account.
So the number itself for a specific user cannot be seen except by admins, but moderators can use the field in concert with AutoMod to have AutoMod take actions based on its value.
Considering how much Huffman likes to do manual overrides on things that Reddit The Company claims are done algorithmically, this is just an autocratic way to tune the content of the site to Huffman’s preference.
“Fuck u/spez” you say? Criticize Huffman’s idol Elon Musk? Voice any opinion that Huffman doesn’t like? That’s a low CQS for you!
I’m pretty sure somebody will create r/WhatsMyCQS where AutoMod flairs each post depending on what range the poster’s score is in.
It already exists. If you’re still on R*ddit, it’s r/whatismycqs
Edit: Altered reference because r/cqs was banned September 19, 2023 at 02:10:44 UTC.
Do it.
It already exists. If you’re on R*ddit, it’s r/whatismycqs
Edit: Altered reference because r/cqs was banned September 19, 2023 at 02:10:44 UTC.
Who cares about reddit? Fuck reddit
