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.

exixx,

This is actually the reason I'm here on Lemmy now. I love John Oliver but with all the other dark subreddits it was a bit much, and already had been looking into it. Led to Lemmy by too much sexy John Oliver.

rob_t_firefly,
@rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world avatar

Stupid sexy Oliver!

dystop,
@dystop@lemmy.world avatar

like porn, sexy John Oliver pics are the gateway to Satan.

deviant,

On my way to post sexy feet pics because nobody's seen John Oliver's sexy feet, or have they...

kadu,
@kadu@lemmy.world avatar

You know, this reminds me there's a literal WikiFeet for cataloguing information and pictures of feet from celebrities and sub-celebrities.

I honestly can't decide if I like the internet or not.

LenticularTorsion,

Er.... Whut

megane_kun,
@megane_kun@lemmy.world avatar

Well then, there's still no entry for John Oliver there.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1dcc7ca0-3adf-4e60-8082-44258e7acdfb.png

Not sure whether or not it's a good thing.

seeCseas,

Cataloguing? Er... Like people are sorting celebs' feet by size, color, shape and whatever else? I don't know how to respond to that....

LenticularTorsion,

Every time you view a John Oliver pic, God kills a kitten.

not_woody_shaw,

Who is this god person anyway?

greybeard,

Oh, so we have a way to deal with the wild house cat population destroying birds.

JollyBrancher,
@JollyBrancher@lemmy.world avatar

"I want to see a sexy picture of John Oliver." "We have a sexy picture of John Oliver at home." Sexy picture of John Oliver at home: Adam Driver

cats,
@cats@lemmy.world avatar

Hey now, that’s Adam Driver slander

JollyBrancher,
@JollyBrancher@lemmy.world avatar

The only rational way to be upset would be if you were dead set on the steamy John Oliver exposure! I just had to do a role-reversal of John and the man whose foot was on his neck for over a season, daddy Driver.

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

coldv,

Lol very nicely done!

MargotRobbie,
@MargotRobbie@lemmy.world avatar

Only having pictures of John Oliver is definitely an improvement over normal r/pic.

LenticularTorsion,

I thought so too. Such a big default sub is pretty useless.

Idreamofcheesy,

You didn't like "I haven't beaten my wife in 6 days!" With a picture of a thumbs up, no face or anything?

00Lemming,
@00Lemming@lemmy.world avatar

This may be the best highlight of spez incompetence 🍿 For everyone talking smack on the moderators, this is exactly what they should be doing. Malicious compliance. Make it hard for Reddit to know what is going on. Love to see it.

personalife,

Now this is the definition of malicious compliance!

LenticularTorsion,

This sure as hell is!

Hypersapien,

r/InternetIsBeautiful

curiosityLynx,

Has John Oliver already had an episode about spez's enshittifying of reddit? Because if not, I guess this is one way to make him at least mention it on Last Week Tonight. xD

LenticularTorsion,

That's probably the goal.

Why John Oliver and noone else though?

STUNT_GRANNY,

Last Week Tonight is mainly known for taking deep dives into things people ought to be more concerned about, whereas most other late-night shows tend to focus on politics and pop culture stuff.

grue,

I'd argue that what John Oliver does is more legitimately political than the "focus on politics" horse-race bullshit the other shows have.

wilberfan,
@wilberfan@lemmy.world avatar

Unfortunately, no new LWT episodes until the Writer's Strike is settled...

cura,
@cura@lemmy.world avatar

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

lowleveldata,

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

thedarkfly,

That's a classic reddit moment. There's such a good community on that website, it's tragic that reddit wants to use that against itself.

These kind of protest won't reduce the traffic on the platform though. They might even gain traction and increase it. If it's not linked to reduced ad revenue, I'm afraid it's counter-productive.

raoulvolfoni,
@raoulvolfoni@kbin.social avatar

Look at the alternatives. It's either this kind of protest, or returning to normal operations or losing their sub.

Freesoftwareenjoyer,

Another alternative: redirect people here

c2h6,

Yeah they should have tried to get people out.

VoterFrog,

Yeah they should've gone with something even more specific - like pictures of Joe Biden eating ham sandwiches. Something with limited content options so that the sub is essentially forced to become inactive.

AFKBRBChocolate,

I think their way was better. It lets the giant number of subscribers have fun and engage, while also screwing the Reddit execs. They'll eventually get bored and it will be the same result.

seeCseas,

the odds are stacked against the mods and the users, but any little bit of resistance is useful.

DrGunjah,

I think it will reduce traffic at some point, when the lurkers are getting tired of John Oliver pics

metaStatic,

who the fuck could ever get tired of that? idiots and losers that's who.

LillianVS,
@LillianVS@lemmy.world avatar

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

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.

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 :)

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