How social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit
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A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever

‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit::A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever

  • @teamevilEnglish
    6•6 months ago

    I haven’t been allowed on Reddit since I upset the AITA mods by creating the username AITA_mods_are_all_incels and have found Lemmy to be a much healthier environment.

    • @baatliwalaEnglish
      29•6 months ago

      You created a username that insults someone else and then cried because it was your own fault? Did you stop to think that you were the unhealthy environment?

      • @teamevilEnglish
        1•6 months ago

        I mean I was being a shit head…but most of the time I wasn’t being a fuck face my karma was fairly high from a medium contributer… And before Idefinitely acted an asshat, I felt aita was especiallt petty…I was fine Just No Mil and lots of aita posts…but in the end I definitely shot myself…I’m just surprised at how deeply banned I am…I still used it passively until the API shit. Lemmy is pretty good…and my posting history doesn’t show trolling here

      • @[email protected]English
        1•6 months ago

        Did they ever cry or say it wasn’t their fault? It seems like an obvious easy way to get banned, I don’t see any complaints about it. I don’t think calling an asshole an asshole is an unhealthy environment, I would blame the asshole first for being the asshole.

        • @teamevilEnglish
          2•6 months ago

          I think most of aita is creative writing…but I definitely brought it on myself. I was super irritated and evading bans had never actually been a consequence…mind you I want rolling… probably more harsh not crass, but some bullshit is more bullshit than others.

    • @JeremywardEnglish
      8•6 months ago

      I agree with the healthier environment, it’s kind of nice being able to make a comment and have people actually see it rather than there being 2k+ comments. It’s a small community but I don’t mind that and it’s actually good in that I don’t doom scroll as much cause there just isn’t enough content, so I don’t spend hours on it.