Reddit: open /r/pics or else. Mods: OK but you didn't say how

I honestly don't know if this is allowed here but I thought this is malicious compliance at its finest.

If you don't want to drive traffic there I'll repost what the mods posted below:

POLL: Decide on the future of /r/Pics!

Hello, /r/Pics subscribers!

Boy, what a whacky time we've all had lately, huh? Reddit decided to kill off third-party applications, a protest got planned (and possibly exploited by bad actors), the site showed up in the news, various communities started opening back up, others decided to stay inaccessible, and then the CEO of Reddit implied that a bunch of moderators would be removed from their positions!

Crazy, right?

Anyway, we – the so-called "landed gentry" – definitely want to comply with the wishes of the "royal court," and they've told us that we need to run the subreddit in the way that its members want. To that end, we figured that the only reasonable thing to do was directly ask how you'd like things to progress from here.

Which of the following should we do?

  1. Return to normal operations
  2. Only allow images of John Oliver looking sexy To be clear, if people choose the second option, screen-grabs from videos will be allowed (provided that there aren't any visible logos, inserted graphics, or other digital elements present). You could – if you wanted to – look through episodes of Last Week Tonight on YouTube, find moments featuring John Oliver at his sexiest, then post images of those moments here.

It's entirely up to you! Whatever the /r/Pics community decides is best, we'll respect!

Vote, friends! Vote now!

(You can vote by upvoting either of the comments in the thread below.)

Voting has now closed.

Our final tally is as follows:

Return to normal operations: -2,329 votes

Only allow images of John Oliver looking sexy: 37,331 votes

It would seem that the community has spoken!

Henceforth, /r/Pics will only allow images of John Oliver looking sexy.

(Said images must adhere to all of the community's other rules, including those mandated by Reddit.)

Happy posting!

smuuthbrane,
@smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works avatar

Dammit, I do NOT need any more temptations to go back to Reddit!! DAMN YOU SEXY JOHN OLIVER!!

LenticularTorsion,

John Oliver, the savior of reddit?

smuuthbrane,
@smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works avatar

Just waiting for the inevitable AI generated NSFW John Oliver influx.

geoffervescent,
@geoffervescent@kbin.social avatar

/r/gifs currently is following suit! If you still have a reddit account go vote ASAP! (Also unsubscribe from all your "business as usual" subs as possible, immediately, if you can't delete your account immediately for whatever reason)

LenticularTorsion,

Voting is done, they're doing the same hahahaha

eee,

Oh this is absolutely hilarious.

dystop,
@dystop@lemmy.world avatar

/r/showerthoughts is also doing something similar.

theusualuser,

Took a peek and it doesn't look like there's any recent posts on /r/gifs ? Like, sort by new and everything other that 5 reddit is killing itself posts is at least 19 days old. What's up with that?

7ime1ock,

It might be a problem on your end. I'm looking at sub and I see posts of John Oliver.

qat,

I see it too! This is the best form of protest ever.

Bero,
@Bero@kbin.social avatar

you probably were on /r/gif instead of /r/gifs

Remontoire,
@Remontoire@lemmy.world avatar

Ahh brilliant.

puck2,

Awesome!

raspberriesareyummy,

Glorious :) I hope John Oliver picks this up in his show...

aceshigh,
@aceshigh@lemmy.world avatar

the writers are still on strike. don't know where they are in the negotiation process.

Perhyte,

Can't wait for that first episode after the strike though. It's going to be glorious, I just know it!

Perhyte,

Can't wait for that first episode after the strike though. It's going to be glorious, I just know it!

tburkhol,

Plot twist: John Oliver is secretly a mod of r/pics.

raspberriesareyummy,

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if he was. That's totally in character for him :)

wotsit_sandwich,

I love this kind of justified pettiness. I am pretty petty myself, and its something that I guess is a supposed bad quality, but it can be so much fun.

RomeCallen,

that is really fkn funny

kadu,
@kadu@lemmy.world avatar

/r/apple could've only allowed discussions about fruit.

But instead they decided to return to normal operations - they're in the group of mods unreasonably afraid of losing their position as mods, which is honestly quite bizarre.

I understand building a community and wanting to keep at it (I moderated 3 large Brazilian subreddits) but at this point, you just want the title - because you've already lost control, trust, and quality.

dystop,
@dystop@lemmy.world avatar

they’re in the group of mods unreasonably afraid of losing their position as mods, which is honestly quite bizarre

Not thaat bizarre. People like being in positions of power.

ergifruit,

you mean a subreddit made to bootlick a corporate entity is bootlicking a corporate entity? woah

JshKlsn,
@JshKlsn@lemmy.ml avatar

Mods of anything to do with Apple should be in most support. Spez specifically came after the developer of the most popular iOS app.

I guess they don't care as long as they can still put that they moderate a popular Apple subreddit on their resume lol

LillianVS,
@LillianVS@lemmy.world avatar

This is the way, we did it... - u/spez

Aviandelight,
@Aviandelight@lemmy.world avatar

Omg I really hope some of those pictures make it over here.

kiwifoxtrot,
@kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world avatar

You have the power to create the first lemmy community for this purpose.

Aviandelight,
@Aviandelight@lemmy.world avatar

Get thee behind me Satan. It's 3 am, I have insomnia and I might just be sleep deprived enough to do it. 😂

dystop,
@dystop@lemmy.world avatar

maybe we need a johnoliverpics community...

LittleKerr,
@LittleKerr@lemmy.world avatar

The people has spoken. I love democracy

athos77,

I am now desperately sad that the Writer's Guild strike is still on, because I'd love to see John Oliver's response to this. Particularly the bit where they added in something like, "This means that almost every image of John Oliver is permitted, because John Oliver is always sexy".

dystop,
@dystop@lemmy.world avatar

is Last Week Tonight still airing with the writer's strike going on? I watch it sometimes but don't keep up with the schedules.

UntiedShoes,

It's on hiatus while the writer's strike continues

dystop,
@dystop@lemmy.world avatar

Ah. Shame but I understand.

seeCseas,

didn't spez want democracy? He said he was going to allow people to vote out mods lol. You want democracy, you get it!

lowleveldata,

This is the spirit. Might as well have fun protesting if you're not giving up just yet.

grehund,

Brilliant!

hejsan,

Whoever thought of this deserves a prize

cura,
@cura@lemmy.world avatar

Malicious compliance from both the mods and the users! I dust off my account to upvote it.

Aaron-Davis363,
@Aaron-Davis363@kbin.social avatar

As a fan of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, I love this idea.

seeCseas,

I do wanna hear what John Oliver has to say about this.

tst123,
@tst123@lemmy.world avatar

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    LenticularTorsion,

    It's gold, Jerry, gold!!

    seeCseas,

    /c/unexpectedseinfeld

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