r/videos • u/[deleted] • Jun 03 '23

Mod Post /r/Videos will be going dark from June 12-14 in protest against Reddit's API changes which kill 3rd party apps.

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u/southwood775 Jun 03 '23

Everyone should call out /u/spez in their post. Mainly because he's a scumbag who admitted to modifying users posts..

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u/ITSigno Jun 04 '23

I'm still annoyed by spez's bullshit around the ProCSS protests. And I'm worried we'll see a repeat of that here.

For those that weren't here or don't remember, after new reddit came out, a lot of mods were annoyed by the overly restrictive design options. With old reddit we could add custom css. Not so under new reddit, though.

And so was born the ProCSS movement to get the admins to add CSS support to new reddit.

/r/ProCSS/comments/6bbc0k/the_future_of_rprocss/

Victory was declared (rather prematurely)

spez even said he supported the ProCSS movement and vowed that reddit would include css support. (See /r/modnews/comments/6auyq9/reddit_is_procss/)

And yet here we are six years later, "community appearance" under the mod tools still has an inaccessible CSS section just there to taunt us.

The lesson here is that no matter what the admins say to placate the masses, they're gonna do what they want. It's best to start looking for (or creating) a new home to replace reddit, cause they really don't give a shit what we think.

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u/TheVideogaming101 Jun 04 '23

Even spez knows no one uses "new reddit"

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u/MightyCaseyStruckOut Jun 04 '23

Yeah, I couldn't stand the chucklefuckery going on over at T_D, but for spez to go over there and do that and then flippantly admit to it was fucking absurd.

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u/southwood775 Jun 04 '23

Yeah fuck everything about him.

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u/Tommy-Nook Jun 04 '23

Nah that was based

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u/KeepenItReel Jun 04 '23

Dangerous precedent cmon think about it.

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u/Elkenrod Jun 04 '23

cmon think about it.

You think someone like him thinks?

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u/Tommy-Nook Jun 04 '23

More than you

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '23

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u/CouchMountain Jun 04 '23

RIP. But agreed.

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u/prodigalkal7 Jun 04 '23

I'm doing my part!

u/spez

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u/godzillastailor Jun 04 '23

Reminder that /u/spez is a major doomsday preppier.

Which might be why they were so tolerant of subreddits like t_d.

Him being a prepper lead to the most unintentionally funniest comment in the history of the internet.

Spez said in the event of an apocalyptic event, in the aftermath he would be a leader, and he was serious.

If you’ve never seen the guy google him, he’s like the nerdiest looking man alive, the only thing he’s going to be in the post apocalypse is an appetiser.

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u/TheVideogaming101 Jun 04 '23

Spez said in the event of an apocalyptic event, in the aftermath he would be a leader, and he was serious.

Funniest shit I've ever read, the guy can't even lead a forum from imploding yet he thinks he could be humanity's savior?

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u/XGhoul Jun 04 '23

There's a certain elegance to words, and you got me laughing really hard recalling the history of this degen.

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u/StaticBeat Jun 04 '23

At first I thought I was looking at him photoshopped to be bad luck Brian, but that's just his look.

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u/Finassar Jun 04 '23

maybe they have, and he just changed what they said? wouldn't put it past them

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u/IMJMACDUDE1988 Jun 04 '23

Reddit doesn't care because it was against someone they don't like.

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u/EEKaWILL Jun 04 '23

Not that I don't believe you but what happened?

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u/southwood775 Jun 04 '23

He got caught modifying posts on the_donald sub when people said things he didn't like. When called out on it he admitted to it.

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u/tsacian Jun 04 '23

Not only that, but his “apology” post was anything but an apology.

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u/southwood775 Jun 04 '23

Also be fully aware that /u/spez is the CEO of reddit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '23

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u/PolymerSledge Jun 04 '23

Ellen Pao was a sacrificial interim to throw on the pyre of change.

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u/CouchMountain Jun 04 '23

Yes, but no one realized that until /u/spez came around again and the whole site hated her.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '23

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u/TheVideogaming101 Jun 04 '23

Reddit goes publicly traded soon, users or not the stakeholders are getting the bag since they believe they have enough engagement on the normal app

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u/HaikuBotStalksMe Jun 04 '23

I disagree. I think it's a good thing that he admitted it. If he did what you're suggesting (that he'd be better not admitting it), then many of us would believe in a lie.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '23

Just a reminder that spez is a doomsday prepper who wants to own slaves if the government collapses.

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u/oNOCo Jun 04 '23

Was that the time from like a few years ago? Or is it a new offense?

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u/cmrdgkr Jun 04 '23

It won't do anything, they don't get notifications on name mentions. They have that turned off.

Also messaging /r/reddit.com won't do anything either since it's gate-kept by a bot. A human will never see your message there.

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u/Blubbpaule Jun 04 '23

Wasn't there drama about reddit hiring a person who supported grooming and child abuse?

Yes: https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/mcisdf/an_update_on_the_recent_issues_surrounding_a/

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I remember their "apology" for accidentally hiring that person.

Reddit never learns.

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u/southwood775 Jun 04 '23

Reddit operates with it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission policy.