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[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 108 points 1 year ago (3 children)

nobody doubted that the worst of reddit would take over after we left

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[–] Gordon@lemmy.world 97 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What if, and hear me out on this, you go and start posting a bunch of ai images of trump sucking Putin off. Just a thought.

[–] i_simp_4_tedcruz@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd have to go back to spez's teat to do that. I'm no fooking kneeler

[–] ElmarsonTheThird@feddit.de 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] AnAngryDumpster@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago (9 children)

the entirety of reddit is leaking mate

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[–] brawleryukon@lemmy.world 89 points 1 year ago (2 children)

feel free to shit post starting tomorrow

It's funny because they're implying that the whole sub isn't just shitposts to begin with.

[–] Shokwav@beehaw.org 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What?!? You don’t think a link to a youtube channel with a Roman bust as their avatar screeching about β€œmuh collapse of western society” is a valuable contribution?!?

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[–] LetterboxPancake@sh.itjust.works 87 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Hey, you don't see me complaining they stay there and don't migrate to Lemmy. I'm pretty fine with that.

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[–] mizmoose@beehaw.org 59 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For a brief period of time I was on a place on Reddit where new users could get help finding their way around the site.

Someone shows up there and says, "I'm not sure why I'm even on this libt++d communist site, nobody here will respect the way any good conservative American thinks."

I'm thinking, OK, snowflake, don't melt so hard from being a victim, but I responded with, "You might try /r/Conservative, and I can ask their moderators if they have any other suggestions."

I did so: I sent the moderators of /r/Conservative a message explaining what I was looking for and asking for any advice they might have for this new user. The response I got back was, "LOL, F+++ off."

Lovely, lovely people there.

(100% that good conservative American was on the libt++d communist site for the free porn.)

[–] 1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.org 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Yeah I tried a few good faith attempts there. People would post asking why there was "no evidence of x" or why "this has never happened" or why "liberals are too afraid to answer y". So I'd link a news article, or a summary of the argument they were asking about.

I think I ended up getting 6 different accounts banned before I gave up.

edit: Also kind of funny how often they'd brag about never banning anyone, while being one of the most ban-happy subs on the platform.

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[–] MedicPigBabySaver@beehaw.org 56 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Someone throw a padlock on that group to keep them in Reddit.

[–] reric88@beehaw.org 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Please!

I'm all for freedom of speech, but I'm really irked by the lengths people go to just to be offensive.

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[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

so basically, "we mods are boycotting but we can't act like we actually agree with the other protests."

typical conservative contrarian bullshit as always.

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[–] strayce@lemmy.one 53 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I don't understand the mentality behind this. Is it just a case of "They're doing a thing so we'll do the opposite"? What exactly is the goal here?

[–] Ryumast3r@lemm.ee 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's pretty much been the entire conservative movement's MO for 30 years now.

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[–] PascalSausage@beehaw.org 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

/r/conservative tomorrow be like

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[–] BeardedSingleMalt@beehaw.org 51 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So a corporate douche CEO wants to screw over their own userbase in the name of money alone and they are 100% onboard with opposing the boycott/protest...

...but are perfectly fine harassing and threatening stock workers at Target over Pride Month displays, outright absurd-levels of "boycotting" because of a limited-edition can with Bud Light, and the whole Chick-Fil-A DEI hire?

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[–] max39797@feddit.de 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, you don't need third party apps with good moderation tools if you just don't moderate anything. /s

[–] TechyDad@beehaw.org 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

R/Conservative does moderate. They ban anyone who even whispers anything slightly against their political views. Even if it's quoting Trump himself.

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[–] feetongrass@beehaw.org 49 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Is there a reason why they're doing this? Blackout's not even political. They just want to be contrarian to everything.

[–] donkeythesnowman@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Sort of. Despite being over a million subs for about a year now (maybe more or less, I forget), they try to push the narrative that they are complete Reddit outcasts and are treated unfavorably compared to other political subs. I wouldn't be surprised if they see this as their way of becoming the predominant political sub on the site now that Reddit is falling apart.

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[–] Discoslugs@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

Not allowing unfettered corporate greed to ruin things is leftist propaganda!

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[–] Nitrousoxide@beehaw.org 49 points 1 year ago (5 children)

They won't leave a single boot unlicked

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[–] Bumblefumble@beehaw.org 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nothing says conservative like being happy about big and sudden changes.

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[–] administrator@lemmy.pro 47 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Oh my, if they were really brave they would un-ban all the supposed liberals that ever slightly ruffled their feathers.

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[–] Mainframed767@lemmy.ml 46 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This is exactly what happened to DIGG* and what's currently happening to twitter.

Conservatives get beaten down by the vast majority of users and get a chip on their shoulder. Then as the site starts to die and the users move elsewhere conservatives jump on the sinking ship and declare their the new captain. They start drilling holes in the sinking ship cause theres nkthing else to do, and eventually realize the echo chamber sucks and then move on to the other social networks that everyone else went to, and the process repeats.

I hope with federation that the cycle doesn't repeat but we'll see.

  • DIGG made their big DIGG 4.0 change to overhaul the algorithm because it was being gamed and brigaded by members of conservative forums at the time. It just so happened they did it with a user interface overhaul. For a while, after most everyone moved to reddit, the top posts were mostly conservative stuff.
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[–] animelivesmatter@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wonder, will it be actual shitposting or will it just be them dropping the mask and calling that shitposting

[–] thefloatingpoint@feddit.de 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

It’s gonna be this. You will see the most racist and hideous stuff. And when called out β€žmuh free speechβ€œ.

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[–] UnderlyingLogic@beehaw.org 40 points 1 year ago

Always needing to be the contrarian, no matter the subject or how it may hurt them as well.

[–] frogman@beehaw.org 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

so i did cave in and open https://libreddit.kavin.rocks/conservative/new and i promise you all, if this was an ironic subreddit, i would've pinned this to my browser.

it's just too goofy right now and they're all so proud, i cant help but love it.

i hope they continue to "conserve" reddit LOL. @bumblefumble said it best:

"Nothing says conservative like being happy about big and sudden changes."

EDIT: replaced link with libreddit alternative

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[–] HenryWong327@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh nice, good to see r/conservative doing their absolute best to get people to avoid Reddit.

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[–] herzberd@beehaw.org 36 points 1 year ago (5 children)

One would think that a platform killing third party apps and forcing consolidation of users into their app would set some alarms off in the minds of the "we freedom oorah come and take it" party. Unfortunately they don't even pretend to match the branding on the tin.

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[–] Jode@midwest.social 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Boots ain't gonna lick themselves...

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[–] HappyMeatbag@beehaw.org 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So… a bunch of hateful, ignorant jerks are going to be even more obnoxious than usual? And they think that’s a good thing?

If the blackouts aren’t enough to drive people away, this will. Congratulations, reddit! You’re getting the user base you deserve!

[–] stormageddon@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, seeing /r/conservative at the top or /r/all was enough to convince me to just close Reddit completely.

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[–] howdy@thesimplecorner.org 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Conservatives... more like contrarians.

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[–] leftabitcharlie@lemmy.film 32 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Conservative ego is so easy to make a plaything of. What a bunch of blind lemmings.

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[–] PaigePalisade@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I looked on RiF, and that post seems to be gone and the subreddit seems to be going strong with its usual braindead takes.

[–] sensibilidades@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

I'm hoping that this blackout extends, and many of the subs that remain active are the shitty ones that make Reddit look bad.

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[–] Gr3ywind@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Typical conservatives. Everyone else is fighting for the greater good and they've opted to selfish children.

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[–] Wilshire@beehaw.org 28 points 1 year ago

The enshittification of reddit.

[–] synthllama@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Since when were they against shitposts?

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