Fuck yeah, r/android is still on lockdown
Fuck yeah, r/android is still on lockdown
Props to the mods over there!
Not gonna link the names, but for real, these guys belong in some kind of hall of fame. Stay strong, fuck /u/spez.
edit for future people: It looks like the android subreddit made a whole server! It can be found here: https://lemdro.id/
Makes a lot of sense since it's a sub for power users. The proportion of 3rd party app users is probably among the highest at Reddit
yup .
It's so nice to see some subreddits sticking to their guns and ideals and push through until real change happens! r/Nintendo is still down too, which was a nice surprise when I was looking around to see the state of my subs on Reddit.
Oh wow, /r/nintendo stayed down through a Nintendo Direct that announced a new Mario game? That's a lot more chutzpah than I'd expect from a subreddit focused on a game console.
r/Games didn't even have the balls to shutdown because "summer game fest is more important than a protest"
Hot damn they mean business. NICE!
That's indeed impressive.
Damn that's amazing. Lot of the subs I expected would be locked down like /r/pcgaming, /r/pcmasterrace, and /r/buildapc are the ones who ended up not caring despite thinking it'd align with the values of openness when it comes to hardware and software. I suppose it isn't a surprise given that they were probably the ones buying scalper prices for GPUs and then scalper prices from nvidia themselves. Even /r/patientgamers who are supposed to be patient... were not patient enough to rush to go back to normal like they were snatching up preorders.
But, it's /r/Nintendo that ended up stepping up to the plate. Respect.
In fairness r/pcmasterrace and r/gaming absolutely hate Linux as well so I wasn't really expecting them to give up on Reddit and move to the Lemmy/Kbin
r/Nintendo is still down too, which means even Mario’s had enough of spez and his bullshit.
And that dude has been talking crap/barrels from Donkey Kong going on 40 years now.
Fuck yeah. Love hearing more of this news!
Would be nice if more of ‘em stayed shuttered, but we’ll take what we can get
Is that the official Subreddit for Nintendo? Or is it a fan base made?
If it is official that's a big deal. 🤣
For the record, I know this because I'm going through my old comments and turning them into ads for lemmy 😅
Just a heads up
Go to reveddit.com and throw your username in there. Check if your comments aren't being shadow removed.
Not much you could do about it, tho, but I noticed that the comments I edited to make an ad for Lemmy were all removed. They show up for me, but for other users it shows as "removed".
Reveddit lets you know that.
You could just use Unicode lookalike characters instead. Guarantee they aren't scanning for that:
lеmmу
That doesn't actually say "lemmy." They're Unicode lookalike characters, not ASCII. CTRL+F for the word lemmy, that instance above won't show up.
Just checked mine. Apparently, some of my edited comments were removed, while others stayed up (with identical content).
Subreddits where my edited comments (in new) were removed unconditionally:
- /r/linguistics
- /r/nottheonion
- /r/memes (only commented in that subreddit for a short time frame, so whatever auto-removal there is might only apply to edits to old comments)
- /r/eu4 (lots of removals, but 1 edited comment survived, no idea why, it's neither the youngest nor oldest edited comment there)
Partial removal subreddits:
- /r/facepalm (some edited comments survived, at least one was reversed, didn't notice a pattern, might be based on user reports or depend on which mod sees it)
- /r/pettyrevenge (edits of comments younger than about a month were removed, edits of older comments survived)
Also, looks like some subreddits that were private when I ran the edit script (like /r/MadeMeSmile) have since gone public, so I'll have to re-run Power Delete Suite.
I've had the suspicion about my comments ever since I've posted kbin ads (only twice). Timely comments fitting the thread and zero reactions while the one I replied to gets 1000s of upvotes.
Oh well, it'll be over next week anyway. Prepare for the wave!
Well played, Sir!
Doing a great service for the people. Reddit doesn't deserve to keep content from people given how poorly they've treated the community as a whole
Agreed. I'll use powerdeletesuite to edit all my posts/comments to this when Sync for Lemmy's out in a few weeks:
Reddit has killed off third party apps and most bots along with their moderation tools, functionality, and accessibility features that allowed people with blindness and other disabilities to take part in discussions on the platform. All so they could show more ads in their non-functional app.
Consider moving to Lemmy/kbin, two better and compatible alternatives to reddit (picture explains why) that many subs and users have moved to: sub.rehab
Reddit Sync's dev has turned the app into Sync for Lemmy (Android) instead, and Memmy for Lemmy (iOS) is heavily inspired by Apollo.
You only need one account on any Lemmy or kbin server/instance to access everything; doesn't matter which because they're all connected. Lemmy.world, Lemm.ee, vlemmy.net, kbin.social, fedia.io are all great for example.
well done
Oh, smart move!
As it should be, all the subreddits that was part of this protest should have done that and not given the end date
Yeah, I honestly don't understand why they bothered going dark in the first place just to reopen after a few days. That's what it turns a protest into a minor inconvenience
huh? what is a reddit? who is a "Spez"?
😁
Honestly I feel that the android community here on lemmy is more active than the r/android subreddit before the lockdown
way more active and less random spam imo, seems more interesting than actual r/android lol
I'm perfectly fine with less total content if it actually stays on-topic.
Almost makes you wonder how many bots are on reddits tbh
What do you mean? You're telling me you don't want to watch reviews for the weekly Oppo/Honor/Xiaomi/Nubia phones with identical specs?
It's like old school r/android.
Having been on the Internet since the pre-AOL days, I would say that in general and at least so far, discussions in Lemmy feel more old-school than in Reddit and I mean that in a good sense.
You'd get like what, a post a day there?
Yeah, kinda same feeling :)
One of the mods of /r/Android here (/u/cooldude5500), tbh I've barely used reddit after the spezification. 'tis a nice change...
spezification
What a fantastic word
/r/android is resisting spezification
Admins are going to be taking them over soon. I got the threatening modmail on all my subs, even the really tiny under 1000 ones
I got that message, so I just made the subs public again, and I'll be an absentee mod like half of the rest of Reddit, and the whole site will continue its enshittification.
r/apple is not which I find very disappointing
Seems on brand of them
Typical average consumer does not care as long as they get to keep using the product. That's likely the majority of Apple users, it'll take a replacement (like this one) getting popular enough for them to notice and try it, otherwise on Reddit they'll stay till death.
I expected r/apple to go on an indefinite blackout.
hmm something defintely happened though, I recall it being completely filled with shitposts but it's all gone now. Looks like r/iphone is still filled with shitposts though!
Wasn't their decision based on being forcibly removed as mods if they didn't reopen? I thought it was a "this is best for the community" type thing.
Still super shitty that sync for reddit is vanishing soon. While it's great that apparently it's getting re-leveraged as a fediverse reader, still amazed at how poorly this API transition happened because Spez wants to be a knob
In case you're stuck on Reddit, the Revanced Team decompiled the APK and made a version of Sync that lets you use your own API key. I'm not sure how well that will work, but I'm definitely going to try it out after The Final Day
Meanwhile.. At r/selfhosted...
I'm interested in doing this but I don't want to have a computer/server running in the background 24/7. I'd do it if I could use like, an old cellphone though lol
I recommend a Raspberry Pi or ODroid SBC. I started with Pis many years ago and the knowledge I gained self hosting websites on Pis opened doors for me in my career. I wasn't even working in IT when I started with Pis, although I had an A+ cert and was trying to get my foot in the door. Now I'm a Network Administrator. I remember showing my current boss a Raspberry Pi for the first time back in 2014. He had never seen one and was very impressed. Obviously there was more to my success than the work I did on Pis, but it definitely helped me expand my capabilities and many of the skills I learned have been put to use in the organization where I am now employed. As far as having a server running in the background 24/7, when it comes to Pis and SBC, we are talking minimal power consumption and zero noise. Unless you are on the tightest of budgets and have to use dumpster-ware, an SBC is going to be your best bet to get started with self hosting in my opinion.
There's a Discord active and I believe at least 1 Lemmy community so at least there's external options
Props to the mods, but they are on borrowed time. It is just a matter of time before Reddit admins step in and take over the site. I just hope that replacement mods say enough to get the role and then immediately carry on.
That's wrong. Reddit cannot find replacement mods that easily. Have you looked at r/interestingasfuck? It's modless after a week, and technically closed because Reddit is too dumb to realize that they actually made the sub participate in the blackout by removing the mods. If many subs remain closed at the same time, it will be impossible for Reddit to find free replacement mods.
The estimated free labor done by mods is valued at around 3.5m a year, how are they gonna find that amount of manpower? And how are they gonna properly vet these mods in such short notice?
Mods already are carefully picked and yet slips happen often, if they rush a replacement (which they will have to do if they force new mods) then moderation issues will be a big issue on reddit
Mods already are carefully picked and yet slips happen often, if they rush a replacement (which they will have to do if they force new mods) then moderation issues will be a big issue on reddit Reddit admins vet mods? I just assumed it was always a boys club of who knows and likes who in the modding community.
I'm sure that chaos will look good for future investors. 🥴
A logic move, power users after all
I'm happy that they aren't scabs. I would like to see them point to alternative communities ahem in their top post, though. The more people we can drive to the Fediverse the better.
I'm afraid it's only a matter of time before the mods are removed and replaced by scabs and/or bots. Kudos to them for sticking with it so long though!
Hell yeah! :) I just edited all my comments in:
[This comment has been deleted in response to the new Reddit API Policy in 2023]
I used the script that was bouncing around and yeeted my entire post history and comment history. I'm sure Reddit will bring it all back at some point because they're Reddit.
If you posted anything to a blacked out sub it will still be there you could ask mods to make you a private member to delete it?
[Edit ignore me it is restricted not private in this case but will leave this up for other subs interest]
r/androidapps is also still going hard!
wish they would put a link to one of the Lemmy Android communities, otherwise people will eventually go back whenever Reddit forces them back open
otherwise people will eventually go back whenever Reddit forces them back open
I got denied by beehaw for not giving enough info. What I can say is that it isn't effective for gaining new users.
Why even bother with beehaw? Just join any instance that federates with them.
I wish we had an official android_beta here, missing it quite a bit
Love to see it! nd great to see the growing android community here as well. Is this community created by the same mod team?
I don't think so. One of the posts in the beginning said something about being willing to let the original moderators moderate her as well; I'm not sure if that actually happened though.
In any case, I like the community here :)
One of the sub I joined has been mostly private since the protest began. They only open the sub up once a week or so for the community to vote for the next step the sub should take.
Bet them mods used Rif :P
As one of the current mods of /r/Android... Can confirm I do :P
Seems open for me. :/
It's set to restricted, so you can see posts but not make new ones
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