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    This is exactly the kind of tactic that’s needed now. If Reddit wants to end the blackout by force, then what else is there to do but make them regret it?

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    Ohhh that’s clever! Surely there’s been enough publicity for HBO writers to notice, and that’s perfect fuel for getting Johnny to bring this to mainstream.

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      I noted right away they did the poll via upvoting, not via Reddit poll. This means that 3rd party apps could participate. Wonder if it has something to do with it.

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        The framing of “Go back to normal” or “Only sexy pictures of John Oliver” was clever. Lots of people are going to pick the funny option over the boring one in basically any low stakes poll, so even people who don’t care much about the protest probably still voted for it.

        There’s also a lot more motivation for the people who are pissed about Reddit’s changes vs. the people who just want their infinite feed of content back to its former state.

        I bet similar scenarios play out with spez’s whole “moderator democracy” idea.

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      There’s a magazine on kbin.social, BotIt, with people who just started work on a bot to begin mirroring submissions on Reddit subs to kbin magazines. I suspect that before all that much time has passed, you may be able to get the full John Oliver experience without leaving the comfort of the Fediverse.

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    mmm that’s cool, but that could create a new niche community like r/worldnews ( it’s about hentai ), what would be perfect was if every subreddit did the same creating a lack of diversity and driving users away.

    Edit: Looks like r/gifs joined as well lol

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    I really hope someone gets this in front of John Oliver and he makes a segment on it. It would be hilarious to watch 😂