r/place atm.

I'm sure reddit algos would have made it into something in the absence of any contributions.

Also remember that most people did not migrate to lemmy. Just us nerds, so far. At least from what I can tell.

Spez: See? People can't stay away from my house!

People: <throwing eggs and toilet paper at the house>

Spez: B-but there's no bad publicity, right? Give me money, I totally know what I'm doing, just like Elon.

? I mean the canvas would never conceivably remain blank for any amount of time. To say “no way redditors could pull this off” kinda implies that the whole of Reddit is mad at spez but we just can’t help paint on this little canvas.

It’s quite clear that many many users didn’t care about the API changes from day 1. They’re not holding anything back, they’re probably annoyed by the fuck spez spam which is an eyesore on the canvas (that I very much approve of).

So it was never going to remain blank, and I’m all for using the platform of Reddit to spread dissatisfaction about itself. (In this specific case anyway, I hadn’t visited the site in a week before hearing that place was back) Yea he’s getting some extra clicks from me today, sure, but this is another small knock to the site’s reputation. People notice, nobody wants to hang out in a place where everyone is bitching about how bad it is all the time.

So nah, I wouldn’t be delighted. Any revenue he’s receiving from users bastardizing his name is peanuts compared to the cost of users leaving.

Reddit isn’t going anywhere soon or probably ever, I know. But user sentiment and reputation can destroy social media sites over time, we’ve learned this already. Reddit is no more bulletproof than any of the sites before it.

Exactly. This is about as effective as a border around a profile pic to stop global climate change.

You don't have to stop using Reddit entirely to stick it to them.

Using Reddit a lot less? You are contributing to the overall drop in numbers

Using Reddit to protest? You are reminding others of the reasons which may draw others away and drop traffic over time

Using Reddit to let others know of the viable alternatives? Again you may draw even more people away if they find alternatives that they enjoy dropping traffic further

Not using Reddit for anything other than protest? You reduce the value of Reddit by not actually contributing any useful community content that draws people again damaging numbers.

My thoughts exactly, this is still generating a lot of traffic for reddit, and more proves the point that it doesn't matter what they pull, as long as they do some cool stuff that only happens on Reddit, people will still go. Maybe using place for advertising the fediverse would be better but even then, still using the system. Don't know the answer, just not sure this is as effective as we would hope.

I bet Disney loves having Bluey and Bingo right next to fuck spez and My Little Porno.

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Thing from last r/place. People are being very unoriginal this time around.