r/reddit • u/reddit_irl • Jul 19 '23
Better late than never?
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u/dtb1987 Jul 19 '23 edited Jul 19 '23
So what they are saying is that they have fucked up so bad that they are going to try to distract us with r/place
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u/RoiHurlemort Jul 19 '23 edited Jul 19 '23
Yes but little did they know. People will surely do a giant « fuck u/ spez » or a giant r/ save3rdpartyapps artwork.
Edit : I already saw artworks for r/ save3rdpartyapps on some r/ place discord servers
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u/Ultravod Jul 19 '23
17 year reddit veteran here (in the early days it wasn't even necessary to have an account, all the info I wanted was on the front page.) If this iteration of place doesn't say "Fuck u/spez", "API" as well as the names of the various 3rd party apps, I'm going to be sorely disappointed. Also, someone should draw a reddit gold coin because those are going away as well.
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u/AssociationNo9219 Jul 19 '23
The admins will probably erase all dissenting messages in r/place
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u/clickbaiterhaiter Jul 19 '23
> The servers "crash" due to "unprecedented load"
> New post by Reddit admins appears
> "Due to the cwash r/place had to be weset to a cached version which may not include (some) of your contwibutions uwu"
> 500 Platinum awards awarded by totally real people
> Vote count disabled
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u/zyzzogeton Jul 19 '23
Fellow silverback. I too hope the community expresses itself... but this is a circus in the bread and circuses that Spez is fucking with.
I expect the strategy is working as designed. It will be a steam valve, reddit will say "WeDIdItRediT!!!" and nothing will change.
It will be like that forever Gif of the Mythbusters truck headed for the bollard that never get's there. And the Board of Reddit knows it.
I expect they are seeing all of this as an opportunity to jettison the "squeaky wheel" users that made Reddit great, just in time for quick sale. They may not have initially meant for that to happen, but that it is, is probably a bonus to them.
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u/constituent Jul 19 '23
As a forethought, also remember admins can bypass the timer.
Something deemed 'disagreeable'? Make an excuse how the admins are "keeping the canvas safe for everyone.".
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u/CedarWolf Jul 19 '23
That's inevitable. Meanwhile, can anyone explain all of the people speaking German in the comments, here?
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u/Capraos Jul 20 '23
The Germans are super good at organizing. They had a whole workflow, people to reach out and negotiate territory, people dedicated to defending specific pixels, and more. It was a spectacular feat of human cooperation on their part.
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u/GoblinBags Jul 19 '23
That'll surely teach spez and the other unbelievably selfish, feckless admins to run reddit better! /s
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u/Usernametaken112 Jul 19 '23
Of course they will. It's just like Rodger Goodell and the NFL. It's become a meme to boo him at the NFL draft as people don't like him. But he welcomes it and accepts it that the actual hate has turned into a big joke therefore taking the claws out of any actual hate/discontent.
The same thing is going to happen here when people meme the shit out of fuckspez, it's going to make a joke out of genuine discontent.
little did they know.
They know fully well. The average redditor is a simpleton, entertained by shitty memes and half baked "movements".
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u/zsdr56bh Jul 19 '23
that might actually give some people a chance to release frustration. it might be a kind of smart move by them IDK
although it would be out of character among the stupid moves they are usually making.
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u/Wolfgang1234 Jul 19 '23
I will be especially impressed if it manages to take up the entire canvas.
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u/nedonedonedo Jul 19 '23
the admins are going to just delete those, just like they did with the NSFW stuff last time. hopefully the bots are stronger
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u/Spaceturtle79 Jul 19 '23
I mean the whole comment sections said API so there’s already a cult that will keep it up
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u/ICumCoffee Jul 19 '23 edited Jul 19 '23
We should definitely put "bring third party app back" and "fuck u/ spez" on r/place
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u/flargenhargen Jul 19 '23
haha, thats the first thing I thought of as well.
anybody been fired over this yet?
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u/miam_rdt Jul 19 '23 edited Jul 20 '23
fick u/spez
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u/april83c Jul 19 '23
fuck u/spez
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u/elcholismo Jul 19 '23
we should put up a gigantic fuck u/spez in the middle of the canvas who’s in?
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u/Resvrgam2 Jul 19 '23
How big of a "fuck spez" do you think the community can create on the canvas tomorrow?
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u/Not_So_Bad_Andy Jul 19 '23
Half the canvas, until Reddit steps in and blanks it.
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u/Spez_is_a_cunt69 Jul 19 '23
Fuck u/spez and the dumbfuck reddit admin team
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u/LinkleLoZ Jul 19 '23
Nice username, also idk about the whole team, I'm sure there are amazing people that wanted to keep the API, but also... Fuck u/spez
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u/Normal-Film2336 Jul 19 '23
I’m so lost, what’s API ?
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u/mizinamo Jul 19 '23
An Application Programming Interface.
Basically, a standardised way for one computer program to "talk" to another computer program.
In this case, presumably the use case is for a pixel-placing program to be able to set a pixel on the Place by calling a specific URL -- making it easier to automate pixel-placing rather than having humans do it by hand.Edit In this case, they're probably talking about a way for third-party apps to access Reddit in order to let people read and create posts and comments or let moderators handle their communities, in all subreddits, for a fair price.
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u/Express_Hair580 Jul 19 '23
What is API?
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u/wikipedia_answer_bot Jul 19 '23
An application programming interface (API) is a way for two or more computer programs to communicate with each other. It is a type of software interface, offering a service to other pieces of software.
More details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API
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u/lewinsideofficial Jul 19 '23
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u/m1212e Jul 19 '23
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u/ARoaringBorealis Jul 19 '23
Stop buying awards!! For fuck’s sake, you can’t protest the API changes in opposition of Reddit and then also give Reddit money. You’re doing the exact opposite of helping.
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u/Leo-bastian Jul 20 '23
reddit has been gifting out free gold awards recently (probably as a quick fix attempt to fix their reputation), so it's probably one of them
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u/OnlyAnEssenceThief Jul 19 '23
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u/Annilee_Rose Jul 20 '23
I think having it so soon takes away from the excitement and chaos of the event. So many of the alliance groups and art organizers arealready ready to go with the groups and people that participated last year.
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u/Jasonbluefire Jul 20 '23
Yeah, before it even started there is a huge group, P3ACE Alliance, which has made agreements for almost half the canvas.
Fuck u/spez
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u/xlicer Jul 20 '23
real, this just feels too rushed and unessesary. I liked the 5 year interlude between the original and the 2022 one, made it pretty hyped and also it was so cool to compare the canvas and see all the changes in pop culture within just 5 years
This is just a lame attempt from the admins to distract people from the api and them removing the awards
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Jul 20 '23
And ironically, traffic is going to skyrocket because everyone wants to use r/place to complain about the API stuff. The best thing we can do is just ignore it.
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u/Xath0n Jul 19 '23
Trying as hard as you can to shove the API stuff under the rug, eh?
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u/CommunistMountain Jul 19 '23
Probably gonna twist it into a justification for the API price increase, if they allow more frequent colour placements now they can say "see, this wouldn't be possible with 3rd party apps hogging our API"
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Jul 19 '23
This is going to boost traffic and that’s all they care about. Get those numbers up for the IPO!
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u/ergzay Jul 19 '23
I see a lot of tryhard children trying to pretend that they're protesters for some greater cause. What do you see?
If you don't like the platform, go somewhere else, it's not yours.
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u/JohnSmiththeGamer Jul 19 '23
I assumed from the title, incorrectly, that reddit was rolling back the API changes or delivering on some of the accessibility features/moderation tools they had promised.
Wow, a tone deaf continued lack of response or engagement with the communities of reddit.
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u/Chino_Kawaii Jul 19 '23
r/place is suppose to be only once every 5 years
this is just bs, trying to make people forget all the shit they did
also they probably saw how popular Connors content canvas was
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u/NonEfficientTopHat Jul 19 '23 edited Jul 20 '23
my 5 coins are gonna be gone soon :( edit: ok now my 705 coins will be gone soon
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u/CanYouChangeName Jul 19 '23
Imagine we fill r/place with only a giant
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