Source: comment thread in r/interestingasfuck stating that it has now become a ‘porn sub’. It only for nsfw because they also do malicious compliance.
The list of maliciously compliant subs that reopened is inspiring
- /nofans (previously a nsfw sub) now dedicated to air cooled PC
- /shitposting now banning all posts with the letter “k”
- /horny (obvious what this was) is now a Christian Minecraft server
Ahhhh, democracy.
- /memes is only allowing memes that mention “landed,” “gentry,” or “medieval.”
- /iOS seems to be NSFW shitposts
Amazing. You love to see it
as fun as all this is, it’s counterproductive.
Right now it’s only giving spez a lot of extra traffic from people wanting to be creative and people wanting to see the shit storm. If people keep enjoying literal subs with shit posts, he doesn’t care as long as he gets traffic and users before the IPO
But if the sub is NSFW there aren’t any ads shown. So it’s really a lot of traffic, but no income.
I say it’s super productive. People go to Reddit because others have already done the work to vote the best content for consumption. For majority of Reddit users who just passively consume info (and maybe vote), seeing John instead of cats will significantly reduce their interest in Reddit.
Agreed that it’s probably not productive for reducing traffic. That being said, I think the novelty will wear off.
Also, this whole situation is just amplifying the protest’s message (landed gentry lol). His 180° decision to threaten the removal of protesting mods just boosts my favorite internet phenomenon - the Streisand effect!
Plus, it may hurt the public offerings - Investors don’t like uncertainty, and seeing that the users may at any point completely alter a subreddit could make them skittish
Rexit has provided us with a plethora of unexpected hilarity, and I am here for it.
Honestly this is trolling Reddit and i love it, destroy the point of the sub, go absolutely literal. And I’m here for it!
My only hope this that this goes hand in hand with deleting posts prior to this. Leaving them up leaves them on Google and people can still interact with them.
r/piracy was forced to reopen and thier mods say reddit gave them an endorsement for digital piracy hahaha & https://infosec.exchange/@nazgul/110567606843018903
Doesn’t all this activity help reddit though?
It temporarily boosts activity, but that’s useless activity. It’s not going to help Reddit in the long run, and in fact will diminish Reddit’s value if it goes on long enough.
In the short term, people will come by to lollygag. In the long term, there’s only so much John Oliver anyone wants to see in a day, so traffic to those subs will likely fall.
