Well stop doing your part. Stop interacting with Reddit. They are almost certainly doing Place right now just to boost their numbers and you’re falling for it
Yeah, but in exchange for a brief flurry of engagement they have to put up with another wave of articles about angry reddit user protests:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/20/redditors-are-already-using-r-place-to-address-api-controversy/
“Oh no, anyways…”
Says the Reddit execs as they show off their numbers to VCs as they prepare for their IPO
People hate CEOs but can be so dumb…
Investors care about the potential for future growth and thus future increased profits. They don’t give a shit about what a company is doing today, except to the extent it is predictive of the future. Investors look at this and see lots of activity of users who actively hate the company, that’s not future growth.
To take an unfortunate example, imagine if Bud Light had a bump in sales because a bunch of right wing lunatics were buying extra just so they could make videos of them throwing away, shooting, blowing up, or otherwise destroying the beer while vowing never to drink it again. Does an investor look at that bump in sales and say “oh neat, look how well Bud Light is doing, I should invest!” or do they say “A lot of Bud Light’s core consumer base is pissed as hell and probably not going to be buying this product in the future, there is limited potential for future growth, I’m out”?
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They don’t care. You’re not even bed bugs to these people. You’re just the siren that’s heard 20 blocks away downtown at 10 pm.
No biggie. Par of the course.
The black hole? Do your homework, it’s the void.
Btw. Why just “fuckspez” the Lemmy mascot would be better.
“Oh no, anyways…”
Says the Reddit execs as they show off their numbers to VCs as they prepare for their IPO
100% agree. I’m one of the April Knights that team up every April Fool’s for the events. They are 4000% doing this to boost numbers. Fuck them entirely. I refuse to participate.
That being said, we need to have our own April Fools event. I wonder if anyone would be interested in this? If there is enough of it, I’ll see if I can take on a new coding project.
I have no idea what you’re talking about but that sounds like a great idea
R/place will increase their traffic no matter what. At least the picture can convey the protest message so they know we aren’t going to move past it that easily. Plus, keeping r/place open all day is increasing their server costs while providing no ad revenue. I don’t go to reddit other than to spread to good word of Lemmy and to downvote admins so I think that has more benefit to us than to them.
At least the picture can convey the protest message so they know we aren’t going to move past it that easily.
As if that means anything to them?
You’re a minority.
don’t go to reddit other than to spread to good word of Lemmy and to downvote admins so I think that has more benefit to us than to them.
Reddit admins ABSOLUTELY RUINED by frequent EXPLETIVES and DOWNVOTES
I think it would be beneficial if we get Lemmy exposure on there. Sure their numbers might go up but some people will leave knowing how shit the platform is.
I guess a better marketing ploy would have been
Lemmy Sez Fuck SpezA good rhyme and well-justified text can do a lot of hard work.
Lemmy Sez
Speak for yourself
I did stop interacting with Reddit, I only put one pixel in because there are still a lot of people there that haven’t given up yet and this is their way of protesting.
Even if it’s not the way I choose for myself, I still respect them for holding the ground.
This is my homage for those people.
Just a reminder for anyone that wants to check up on r/place without giving Reddit your money, there are tons and tons of twitch streams that show how r/place currently looks.
If you aren’t actively helping create the “fuck spez” check our r/place without giving Reddit traffic.
Anything else of note so far? How big is the “Fuck spez” section relative to the whole canvas?
Also how long until admins “fix” it, I wonder…
dont think they will do that, they arent suicidal
Rome wasn’t built in a day.
Keep up the good work!
Wait wait wait Reddit is going r/place right now??? Why on earth would they do that
Probably because it’s historically generated a ton of traffic and they’re trying to fluff up their numbers to hide the aftermath of their mistakes.
Bingo. This is ragebait for financial gain.
I heard it was planned for 23. June, but postponed because of the protests
100% for traffic/numbers to show investors and advertising companies. Don’t give them the satisfaction, it’s better to stay away.
Where were you six years ago
WHERE WAS GONDOR WHEN THE WESTFOLD FELL?!
Indeed xD
Where now are the horse and the rider?
Where is the horn that was blowing?
Hard at work on the K at your 10 o’clock soldier! o7
If you really wanted to make him mad you’d have left the damn thing blank.
These are just adding threads to his golden parachute.
The opposite of love (attention for Reddit) is not hate. It is indifference.
I’ll just enjoy the fun from the comfort of whoever reposts it on Lemmy.
I’m currently working on advertising for r/EndFPTP
I downloaded the app specifically just to help, and I’ll delete it when I’m done.
I figure taking down the duopoly is more important than taking down Reddit for a day.
https://www.reddit.com/r/EndFPTP/comments/154kix3/rplace_returns_in_5_hours_we_must_create_a_spot/
There should be a remake of the Star Trek William Shatner SNL skit that replaces Trekkies with Redditors
