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

  • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    1 year ago

    I’ll be honest, there was a recent thread bitching about me that got taken down where the dominant complaint seemed to be “The jerk just posts every little thing that pops up in his head, fuck that guy, but ya sometimes he creates some interesting discussion”.

    It was absolutely pathetic and banal and kinda shows why it doesn’t always pay to be contributing and organically creating engagement. I don’t post as much anymore cuz I just don’t have as much enthusiasm for participating anymore.

    • zip@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      That’s ridiculous, messed up, and sad. I’m really sorry that happened and I’m sorry they killed your wonderful enthusiasm. :( That kinda breaks my heart a little. Why do people have to be such needlessly mean turd faces?

      • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        This same guy stalks people into other threads to post comments that can only be followed by someone encountering a psychotic break. Had to put a user note on them so I could more easily avoid engaging

        So my guess would be it wasn’t just that “this guy posts too much” that got on people’s nerves