https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/149cq9f/reddit_were_sorry/ (Full post)
https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/149cq9f/comment/jo4gy94/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 (One comment)
“This is the most neckbeard thing I’ve ever seen in my life. Reddit is a business trying to make money, no shit they are going to get rid of third party apps eventually. Welcome to the real world. You are not being oppressed. This protest has zero effect on anything other than just inconveniencing users. If losing third party apps ruins your reddit experience (oh no) just find another app or website.”
https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/149cq9f/comment/jo4fs7t/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 (Another comment that got gold)
"This is absolutely stupid virtue signaling. It’s just a few power hungry mods pretending to add some meaning to their life so the other 99% can’t use the platform.
None of us regular people give a crap about the changes. Get over it."
- spacepotato ( @spacepotato@lemmy.world ) English13•1 year ago
Reminder of how stupid and toxic some communities are
- NoRezervationz ( @NoRezervationz@lemmy.website ) English2•1 year ago
Also remember there are “free market” apologists that think a business should be able to charge whatever they want, whenever they want. Charging so much for access that it drives servicew/apps to shutdown is not ok on any level.
- michikade ( @michikade@lemmy.world ) English12•1 year ago
I don’t think anyone has a problem with a business trying to make money. The problem is the extortionate pricing and also not having things in place for mods or the communities with accessibility needs. And the timeframe in which the change is being implemented is ludicrous. And that isn’t even touching on the literal libel stating that Christian was blackmailing them.
- BlameThePeacock ( @BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca ) English6•1 year ago
I don’t have a problem with a business trying to make money, but lurkers need to realize that the site isn’t run by the company it’s run by the users who submit content, converse about it, and moderate it all for free.
All reddit does is keep the servers functional and take all the money, now they want a bigger chunk of money while not adding any more value.
- Altima NEO ( @altima_neo@lemmy.zip ) English2•1 year ago
And I mean, Im OK with reddit making some money too. They said they want to be “profitable” and thats fine. But what their asking is ridiculous. I mean I wouldnt mind having to pay a small subscription fee or something to access reddit from Sync, unrestricted as we have been. But Im talking small. Im not talking Netflix, Gamepass or Amazon Prime money here.
Exactly!! The protest wasn’t solely about the API changes but people were also protesting /u/spez and his blatant lies to try and shift blame onto other people, which he just loves doing
- LetMeEatCake ( @LetMeEatCake@lemmy.ml ) English1•1 year ago
This is exactly why I moved to Lemmy.
- PrinceHabib72 ( @PrinceHabib72@vlemmy.net ) English11•1 year ago
Well that was a frustrating read. I don’t get it. Why are people so okay with reddit treating them like garbage?
- catboss ( @catboss@feddit.de ) English9•1 year ago
Those are Gamers™.
They aren’t exactly people known for their critical thinking. They are however known for eating a whole bunch of shit from game publishers and devs, even going as far as thanking them for being able to buy said crap-sandwich.
- axtualdave ( @axtualdave@lemmy.world ) English5•1 year ago
I was going to say, “Gamers are being buttholes? No way.”
- FiveMacs ( @Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca ) English4•1 year ago
Those are most likely the same people who think games should have paid dlc on day one and paywalls in games. Best to never think about em until they are all crying that Reddit turns into 90% ads for onlyfans
- PrinceHabib72 ( @PrinceHabib72@vlemmy.net ) English2•1 year ago
At least here they’re being shit on like the weak-willed idiots they are.
https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1494sa8/gaming_is_now_public
- balerion ( @balerion@beehaw.org ) English2•1 year ago
they’ve been eating corporate boots for so long they don’t know how to stop
- 00Lemming ( @00Lemming@lemmy.world ) English11•1 year ago
Frankly one of my favorite parts about the blackout - and opinions like this - is that Lemmy is going to end up being populated by people who have the capacity to think about others and form intelligent opinions. All of the people with this attitude will stay on reddit, which is what will ultimately kill it. I hope he stays.
- JetpackJackson ( @JetpackJackson@lemmy.ml ) English2•1 year ago
Yeah, I really like how here people tend to make longer comments and have nice discussions and stuff.
- LUHG ( @LUHG_HANI@lemmy.world ) English2•1 year ago
Yeh /s
- JetpackJackson ( @JetpackJackson@lemmy.ml ) English1•1 year ago
This /s
- Timwi ( @Timwi@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
An unfortunate corollary of that is that we can only have a limited good time in the Fediverse. Eventually Reddit collapses and then they will all flock over and ruin it for us. (Or this’ll happen very gradually rather than suddenly.)
- haelusnovak ( @haelusnovak@lemmy.world ) English8•1 year ago
I hope they do stay there. I don’t want their drivel here. 🤷 If the main thing on their mind is being angry with the blackout, I can only imagine the content they would contribute to their communities anyway. 😵💫
- popcornheadlines ( @popcornheadlines@lemmy.world ) English3•1 year ago
Yeah, it’s crazy how many people would shill for a company because theyre slightly inconvenienced
- Thalyssa ( @Thalyssa@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
“I can’t use Reddit for two days 😭”
Boo-fucking-hoo.
- relevants ( @relevants@feddit.de ) English8•1 year ago
That one comment saying “the mods take it too seriously, they act like they get paid” How anyone could use that as an argument against the blackout is beyond me
- iwan2c ( @iwan2c@lemmy.world ) English8•1 year ago
well we did find another app or website
- Richie ( @Richie@lemmy.world ) English7•1 year ago
It looks like a lot of
peopleidiots think the blackout is pointless and support Reddit’s choiceThese aren’t real people. These are Bots.
- Khalic ( @Khalic@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
You can also find a few real specimens, a quick look through their history will show you the kind of subs they like and the kind of mindset they are in. Unfortunately, as much as I live video games, we suck so bad as a “community”
- MrSalPal ( @MrSalPal@kbin.social ) 3•1 year ago
I love video games. It’s my main hobby and has been ever since I moved Link around in The legend of Zelda. Gamers are fucking idiots. It’s that community that has fully cemented the shittiest monetization possible in any entertainment medium and they DEFEND it. It’s no surprise that those from that circle would also defend reddits shit decisions.
- CoderKat ( @CoderKat@kbin.social ) 3•1 year ago
As someone who enjoys games and loves to discuss them, it’s really disappointing what so many gamers are like. I like to call them “capital-G gamers” to differentiate them from those who simply enjoy games as a hobby.
Capital-G gamers are the ones who do stuff like send death threats to people who gave their favourite game a bad review. They’re the ones who will review bomb a game because the game includes the “political” gender (i.e., women). They’re also the ones who will ardently defend toxic practices like lootboxes. That one probably isn’t the same individuals as the other examples – the point being that capital-G gamers are a diverse group that can largely be summed up by one character trait: toxic.
- Nikelui ( @Nikelui@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
I have some hope left for the community after discovering r/patientgamers. It’s encouraging to see that not everyone is buying into the overpriced AAA bug-infested pre-order crap these days.
- RetroRandy ( @RetroRandy@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
Patient gamers is the best. One of the few subs I’m honestly gonna miss.
- XLRV ( @XLRV@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 year ago
I’ve seen a patient gamers community somewhere on Lemmy
- CoderKat ( @CoderKat@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
I love r/patientgamers. Is there an active fediverse magazine somewhere? I searched and the largest one so far seems to be @patientgamers.
- rcoelho14 ( @rcoelho14@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
Oh yeah. The reason AAA gaming is so shit right now, full of nickle and dimming everywhere, is because we have allowed it over the years.
It’s the same with the internet in general.
We allowed ourselves to get fucked, accepting every little “it’s a tiny change, it’s for the better” with nothing more than a tiny moan.We gave these companies our data, our money, and our time, and let them free to control the markets as they see fit.
Why shouldn’t they think we are gullible and easy to manipulate into defending their greed?- Khalic ( @Khalic@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
It’s crazy when you think about it, they are asking hundreds of bucks for just a bunch of textures, it’s insane. Now mix it with casino mechanics and sexualisation and you have a bunch addict incels lining up for their next fix of fake waifus with the little money they have. It’s diabolical and brilliant.
- CoderKat ( @CoderKat@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
Many are certainly real people. I mean, the past few years have really highlighted that there’s a lot of… shall we say questionable people out there.
Plus, for literally any view you can think of, there’s the Lizardman constant.
- rammo123 ( @rammo123@kbin.social ) 0•1 year ago
Or spez alts
- 108 ( @108@kbin.social ) 0•1 year ago
I like to think it personally just him switching accounts and doing it.
- BobVersionFour ( @BobVersionFour@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
While using apollo
- WaffleFriends ( @WaffleFriends@lemmy.world ) English7•1 year ago
When the blackouts started, I decided to leave reddit permanency for Lemmy, a decision that I don’t regret. I checked back in briefly today and it seems like reddit is currently tearing itself apart. There’s definitely a lot more people vocally disagreeing with the blackout now.
- Zamboniman ( @Zamboniman@lemmy.ca ) English3•1 year ago
There’s definitely a lot more
peoplebots vocally disagreeing with the blackout now.FTFY.
Of course, there are indeed plenty of real people, along with bots, disagreeing. Their daily Reddit routine has been disrupted, and they don’t like it. Of course, these folks aren’t generally affected (so far) by API changes, so they just want things to go back to what they were. They don’t understand what is coming, given the mod issues, etc.
- Altima NEO ( @altima_neo@lemmy.zip ) English1•1 year ago
Yeah, it will be interesting to see how things change once Apollo, RIF, Sync, and others go offline in two weeks.
- WaffleFriends ( @WaffleFriends@lemmy.world ) English1•1 year ago
I think the vast majority of people just want to browse without any disruptions, tbh. A lot of people are calling them bots but I think many of them are probably real people.
- Ash ( @Ashhwaghandaa@lemmy.world ) English1•1 year ago
That’s good to hear! I haven’t looked. Hopefully word gets out about Lemmy and more people join us over here.
- YouNaughtyMonsters ( @YouNaughtyMonsters@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year ago
I checked back in briefly today and it seems like reddit is currently tearing itself apart.
How so?
- WaffleFriends ( @WaffleFriends@lemmy.world ) English3•1 year ago
I just saw a lot of threads with people arguing over -2 day blackout didn’t do shit -I don’t care, why should you -Where’s all the content, I want the content back -A blackout was really inconvenient
- YouNaughtyMonsters ( @YouNaughtyMonsters@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year ago
Yeah… sounds about right.
Thanks
- clyde ( @clyde@kbin.social ) 6•1 year ago
I think it’s important to remember a lot of people participating in the blackout are still on a break from Reddit and aren’t commenting on these kinds of posts.
Anyway, we did indeed “just find another app or website”, so we’re good.- Friend ( @Friend@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
Yup a lot of good has come of this.
- a_crappy_pirate ( @a_crappy_pirate@lemmy.world ) English6•1 year ago
they all have exactly the same tactics -
make some bullshit point that ignores the actual ideals behind the protest ignore any and all answers, just yelling that same bullshit point over and over again, keep on yelling to attempt to derail conversation get banned send modmail get muted
- Ash ( @Ashhwaghandaa@lemmy.world ) English6•1 year ago
People like to dig their head in the sand and pretend nothing is wrong. As long as their little lives aren’t disrupted, they go along with anything. I can’t say I entirely blame them, everyone just wants to come home from work/school and scroll on their stupid little app till they fall asleep and don’t have the energy to care. That’s literally what I do every night :/
But we have more power than we think. The first day of the blackout was great, people working together to say fuck you to capitalism, but going back to normal before any changes are made is not how protesting works.
100% agreed, the protest should’ve lasted indefinitely and having it be only 48 hours was such a stupid idea. But like you said the start of the protest was fantastic and it had the potential to really make an impression that people are serious about this.
- coldv ( @coldv@lemmy.world ) English6•1 year ago
Tbh it’s like the Twitter migration. Anybody who actually cares has left and it’s mostly dickheads that remains now.
- Khalic ( @Khalic@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
Let’s enjoy it until the dickheads try to ruin this too
- Kuroneko ( @Kuroneko@beehaw.org ) English6•1 year ago
There are lots of corporate bootlickers coming out of the woodwork. I wouldn’t be surprised if they turn out to be Reddit employee sockpuppet accounts.
- roofuskit ( @roofuskit@kbin.social ) 6•1 year ago
Looks like a lot of the toxic boot-lickers will be staying on Reddit.