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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.

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[–] Evono@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (5 children)

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.

[–] SomeoneElse@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Should have made it out of dick pics.

[–] gk99@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

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

[–] SamC@lemmy.nz 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 points 2 years 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!

[–] 1bluepixel@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Bragging about your Reddit upvotes on Kbin. That'll show them!

[–] Mereo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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 points 2 years 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.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Flaky_Fish69@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

John Oliver truly appreciates the free advertisment, though. I kinda wanna see his reaction to this.

[–] kabi@catgirl.works 2 points 2 years ago

He tweeted out his support when learned about it, and then followed it up with a bunch of silly photos of himself for people to use.

https://twitter.com/iamjohnoliver/status/1670179738348933120

[–] ppb1701@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

@Flaky_Fish69 "The John Oliver Memorial Subreddit"?

@Evono @Gamers_Mate