Props to the mods over there!
Not gonna link the names, but for real, these guys belong in some kind of hall of fame. Stay strong, fuck /u/spez.
edit for future people: It looks like the android subreddit made a whole server! It can be found here: https://lemdro.id/
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Makes a lot of sense since it’s a sub for power users. The proportion of 3rd party app users is probably among the highest at Reddit
yup .
It’s so nice to see some subreddits sticking to their guns and ideals and push through until real change happens! r/Nintendo is still down too, which was a nice surprise when I was looking around to see the state of my subs on Reddit.
Oh wow, /r/nintendo stayed down through a Nintendo Direct that announced a new Mario game? That’s a lot more chutzpah than I’d expect from a subreddit focused on a game console.
r/Games didn’t even have the balls to shutdown because “summer game fest is more important than a protest”
They are more based than /r/pcgaming, /r/pcmasterrace, /r/linux, and /r/buildapc. Got my respect. To see them still holding strong is not at all what I would have expected. PC community pretty much completely dropped the ball.
I credit /u/1338hax for it.
He got no @ here to thank directly?
No clue if that mod’s even responsible lol but if you spent any time on /r/nintendo that mod is consistently the only one being based in the comments. Their user flair was “free Project M”
That’s indeed impressive.
Hot damn they mean business. NICE!
Damn that’s amazing. Lot of the subs I expected would be locked down like /r/pcgaming, /r/pcmasterrace, and /r/buildapc are the ones who ended up not caring despite thinking it’d align with the values of openness when it comes to hardware and software. I suppose it isn’t a surprise given that they were probably the ones buying scalper prices for GPUs and then scalper prices from nvidia themselves. Even /r/patientgamers who are supposed to be patient… were not patient enough to rush to go back to normal like they were snatching up preorders.
But, it’s /r/Nintendo that ended up stepping up to the plate. Respect.
In fairness r/pcmasterrace and r/gaming absolutely hate Linux as well so I wasn’t really expecting them to give up on Reddit and move to the Lemmy/Kbin
For the record, I know this because I’m going through my old comments and turning them into ads for lemmy 😅
Just a heads up
Go to reveddit.com and throw your username in there. Check if your comments aren’t being shadow removed.
Not much you could do about it, tho, but I noticed that the comments I edited to make an ad for Lemmy were all removed. They show up for me, but for other users it shows as “removed”.
Reveddit lets you know that.
Just checked mine. Apparently, some of my edited comments were removed, while others stayed up (with identical content).
Subreddits where my edited comments (in new) were removed unconditionally:
- /r/linguistics
- /r/nottheonion
- /r/memes (only commented in that subreddit for a short time frame, so whatever auto-removal there is might only apply to edits to old comments)
- /r/eu4 (lots of removals, but 1 edited comment survived, no idea why, it’s neither the youngest nor oldest edited comment there)
Partial removal subreddits:
- /r/facepalm (some edited comments survived, at least one was reversed, didn’t notice a pattern, might be based on user reports or depend on which mod sees it)
- /r/pettyrevenge (edits of comments younger than about a month were removed, edits of older comments survived)
Also, looks like some subreddits that were private when I ran the edit script (like /r/MadeMeSmile) have since gone public, so I’ll have to re-run Power Delete Suite.
Of all places, /r/amiibo removed my edited post because they banned the term kbin.social. That was a jawdrop wtf moment for me lol.
Question for you - pretty soon here, I’m going to use PDS to edit all my comments with info about why it’s edited and redirection to the fediverse
I have some comments or posts that are guides, which I will have migrated over to Lemmy. Can I mass edit all my comments with PDS, then go back into reddit to select few individual posts/comments, and add a link to the specific Lemmy guide? Sorry if this doesn’t make sense lol
If you’re doing it manually, yes.
But you can also filter by subreddit with PDS and do a different edit if your guides are concentrated in a given sub.
PDS doesn’t append, tho, so yeah, if you’re doing it for each one of them, you’re probably have to do it manually, yea
Yea, so what I was thinking was edit all of them with PDS with a template I have, then go back manually to specific posts/guides and add links to the new guides. Sounds like that would work then, thx :)
You could just use Unicode lookalike characters instead. Guarantee they aren’t scanning for that:
lеmmу
That doesn’t actually say “lemmy.” They’re Unicode lookalike characters, not ASCII. CTRL+F for the word lemmy, that instance above won’t show up.
I’ve had the suspicion about my comments ever since I’ve posted kbin ads (only twice). Timely comments fitting the thread and zero reactions while the one I replied to gets 1000s of upvotes.
Oh well, it’ll be over next week anyway. Prepare for the wave!
Well played, Sir!
Doing a great service for the people. Reddit doesn’t deserve to keep content from people given how poorly they’ve treated the community as a whole
Agreed. I’ll use powerdeletesuite to edit all my posts/comments to this when Sync for Lemmy’s out in a few weeks:
Reddit has killed off third party apps and most bots along with their moderation tools, functionality, and accessibility features that allowed people with blindness and other disabilities to take part in discussions on the platform. All so they could show more ads in their non-functional app.
Consider moving to Lemmy/kbin, two better and compatible alternatives to reddit (picture explains why) that many subs and users have moved to: sub.rehab
Reddit Sync’s dev has turned the app into Sync for Lemmy (Android) instead, and Memmy for Lemmy (iOS) is heavily inspired by Apollo.
You only need one account on any Lemmy or kbin server/instance to access everything; doesn’t matter which because they’re all connected. Lemmy.world, Lemm.ee, vlemmy.net, kbin.social, fedia.io are all great for example.
Make sure to check back after a few days to see if Reddit illegally restores your posts, and file a formal deletion request in writing with support if they do so you can forward their non-compliance to the California AG per the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) which they are required to follow by being headquartered in Silicon Valley. They’ve been restoring posts left and right already, falsely thinking they “own” us, that we won’t notice they’re breaking the law, and that we won’t hold them accountable in large enough numbers to matter.
I hope you’re not doing this manually. Power Delete Suite can also do edits.
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I’ll check that out lol
As it should be, all the subreddits that was part of this protest should have done that and not given the end date
One of the mods of /r/Android here (/u/cooldude5500), tbh I’ve barely used reddit after the spezification. 'tis a nice change…
spezification
What a fantastic word
/r/android is resisting spezification
r/Nintendo is still down too, which means even Mario’s had enough of spez and his bullshit.
And that dude has been talking crap/barrels from Donkey Kong going on 40 years now.
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Fuck yeah. Love hearing more of this news!
Would be nice if more of ‘em stayed shuttered, but we’ll take what we can get
Is that the official Subreddit for Nintendo? Or is it a fan base made?
If it is official that’s a big deal. 🤣
Honestly I feel that the android community here on lemmy is more active than the r/android subreddit before the lockdown
way more active and less random spam imo, seems more interesting than actual r/android lol
I’m perfectly fine with less total content if it actually stays on-topic.
It’s like old school r/android.
What do you mean? You’re telling me you don’t want to watch reviews for the weekly Oppo/Honor/Xiaomi/Nubia phones with identical specs?
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I think thats overly harsh, they do a little apart from ruining things. But mostly they ruin things, no doubt.
Welcome! :)
huh? what is a reddit? who is a “Spez”?
😁
Meanwhile… At r/selfhosted…
I’m interested in doing this but I don’t want to have a computer/server running in the background 24/7. I’d do it if I could use like, an old cellphone though lol
You could use android phones and apps, but I would also recommend checking out raspberri pi’s. They are essentially tiny computers at about the same scale as a phone. Low power usage, quiet, and you can do quite a lot with them!
If you do deploy a Pi tho, for the love of God PLEASE don’t use an SD card. Even the cheapest SSD is faster and way more reliable.
There’s a Discord active and I believe at least 1 Lemmy community so at least there’s external options
My main point was that if there’s one subreddit that should of migrated fully to lemmy… it would be them. Practice what you preach. Granted they are probably one of the larger communities here on lemmy.
The selfhosted community here is constantly recommended to me because it has so many users.
Admins are going to be taking them over soon. I got the threatening modmail on all my subs, even the really tiny under 1000 ones
I mean, they can threaten thousands of subs that they’re gonna take over… But with what manpower
Sadly most mods seem to give in the moment their existences as mods are endangered.
Ability to pay bills are at stake so it’s understandable.
They’re afraid if they lose their volunteer moderator status, they’ll have to start spending more time with their families.
The fear of losing what little authority they have is a great motivator.
R/apple should have changed the rules to talk only about a specific fruit.
r/apple is not which I find very disappointing
Seems on brand of them
Typical average consumer does not care as long as they get to keep using the product. That’s likely the majority of Apple users, it’ll take a replacement (like this one) getting popular enough for them to notice and try it, otherwise on Reddit they’ll stay till death.
With apple aficionados, it would also take costing a lot of money to make them interested.
Nah, just a different colored bubble for their messages.
And a total lack of integration with non apple devices that shoehorns them into a 2008 text experience.
Wasn’t their decision based on being forcibly removed as mods if they didn’t reopen? I thought it was a “this is best for the community” type thing.
I’m happy that they aren’t scabs. I would like to see them point to alternative communities ahem in their top post, though. The more people we can drive to the Fediverse the better.
Hell yeah! :) I just edited all my comments in:
[This comment has been deleted in response to the new Reddit API Policy in 2023]
I used the script that was bouncing around and yeeted my entire post history and comment history. I’m sure Reddit will bring it all back at some point because they’re Reddit.
If you posted anything to a blacked out sub it will still be there you could ask mods to make you a private member to delete it?
[Edit ignore me it is restricted not private in this case but will leave this up for other subs interest]
Can you also include legal requirements for them not to remove your comment.
Where can I find the script. I need to do the same.
You can use PowerDeleteSuite it is very straight forward. You just need the browser to run it. The tutorial is in its GitHub.
You may need to run multiple times if you have a lot of comments.
PS: They will probably ignore anything you legally say and restore your contents anyway. 😅
Cheers man! GDPR it is
Props to the mods, but they are on borrowed time. It is just a matter of time before Reddit admins step in and take over the site. I just hope that replacement mods say enough to get the role and then immediately carry on.
That’s wrong. Reddit cannot find replacement mods that easily. Have you looked at r/interestingasfuck? It’s modless after a week, and technically closed because Reddit is too dumb to realize that they actually made the sub participate in the blackout by removing the mods. If many subs remain closed at the same time, it will be impossible for Reddit to find free replacement mods.
The estimated free labor done by mods is valued at around 3.5m a year, how are they gonna find that amount of manpower? And how are they gonna properly vet these mods in such short notice?
Mods already are carefully picked and yet slips happen often, if they rush a replacement (which they will have to do if they force new mods) then moderation issues will be a big issue on reddit
Mods already are carefully picked and yet slips happen often, if they rush a replacement (which they will have to do if they force new mods) then moderation issues will be a big issue on reddit Reddit admins vet mods? I just assumed it was always a boys club of who knows and likes who in the modding community.
I watched this happen on the britishcolumbia sub. They got too many reports or something about misinformation (my memory is unclear about this point, but there was some dispute about misinformation), so the admins closed the sub, posted a message asking for the community to select moderators, then completely forgot about the whole thing. The sub (a sub for an entire Canadian province) was closed for like six weeks. Then some random did a reddit request and they gave it to him, not the mods the community voted on. This random waited for a while, then started letting racist stuff through, and booted the old mods who objected to the racist stuff he was allowing. And Reddit made it all happen.
The idea of Reddit replacing even a hundred mods, in a single day, with anyone capable of the job, is laughable. They couldn’t do a single sub in over six weeks, and even after six weeks they fucked it up.
I swear to a god I don’t believe in, Aaron was the only one of them that was ever competent.
A software company that can’t even automate their processes. I would love to have a peek at what projects all of the devs are assigned to. Reddit employs something like 1200 people! And yet somehow there hasn’t been a proper value add to the platform in like a decade. It sounds like now they’re getting caught with their pants down on data privacy without proper processes in place for an influx of requests. Call me crazy, but if I were a social media platform I think I would put privacy legislation right at the top of the risk management priority list.
I’m sure that chaos will look good for future investors. 🥴
