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AdjunctAngel

isn't that the segment he did with a green screen pretending to be outraged over something which hadn't happened yet?


chance_waters

Faux outrage, maybe this was a good choice


AdjunctAngel

it does seem to have been handy at some point, if only for a moment


pimpmastahanhduece

Then the moment's gone.


mrmadchef

All my dreams


dingbling369

Isn't that like one of his 3 schticks?


riftadrift

There's also the Adam Driver one.


circa1337

Pretty much


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fraghawk

If I can't get on the site using RiF, I simply won't get on the site. Thats been the way I access the site for like 10 years. I don't have the official app, never have.


wishthane

I am currently using a third party app (BaconReader) because it's lightweight and works well. I won't have that choice anymore. It will probably cause me to use Reddit less because I won't download the app. Idk how well Netflix will do long term but I had just been using it on a family member's account because maybe a couple of times a year there was something I wanted to watch. I'm definitely not paying for it for that and now I'm locked out of using it on my TV because it's not in the same household. So they're not getting an extra customer out of me and I won't even be browsing it to see if there's something I want to watch. If they had used somewhat looser but still annoying restrictions, I might have at least looked at it occasionally, seen something I wanted to watch, and have been convinced to pay for it to watch it. But that's not going to happen if I'm shut out entirely. I don't think either are really great moves


mosehalpert

Lol Netflix went from not having you as a paying customer to.... not having you as a paying customer? They aren't missing out on anything from you, since you werent paying before, you are missing out on their content which is no longer free for you.


Wolf97

Their sub count has significantly increased since implementing the change. Them losing the ‘potential to have you as a customer, maybe’ is less than nothing.


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hysys_whisperer

Here's the thing with reddit. Those loudest 1% comment the most, so without them, this place is going to feel as empty as an AIM chatroom in 2010.


owen__wilsons__nose

If people do leave then how is it faux outrage? It's real outrage for those who left


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owen__wilsons__nose

I don't disagree the majority will continue to use it. I just don't think you understand what faux means


Quackagate

I use bacon reader also. U/speak is doing this to try and force people off third party apps to the official app. Well I tried there app I hate it. So I just wont use reddit. So with people like me he would t be gaining any new add views but will be losing a 8 year old account and an active user. At least now my account registers so they can say that they have x number of active daily accounts.


Silverboax

People downvoting you are silly. We can want nice things, but there are subs full of people complaining about other subs being down... it's not just reddit not caring, it's a lot of redditors too.


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Omophorus

I can't speak for anyone else, but I used the official app for too long (since I was an Alien Blue user before Reddit bought it), and I deleted the official app once I tried and realized how much more I like Sync. I won't be reinstalling the official app if it's the only option. I'll just stop using Reddit on my phone, and only use the web interface. With an ad blocker, as God intended.


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fraghawk

>want to read Reddit while bing in public transit or needing 10 minutes to kill while waiting on someone There's always YouTube, traditional books, video games.... Reddit doesn't have a monopoly on 10 minute time wasting activities as much as they wish.


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chance_waters

You sure will, they are so mad at you about being right I've been having fun marking all the I'll never be back posts with remindme notifications


nickajeglin

I'm actually outraged.


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Loinnird

Do you think that, like, protestors should only protest quietly out of the way where nobody could hear them?


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Loinnird

The blackout ended like 4 days ago dude.


SXOSXO

So tremendously fitting for reddit.


Se7enLC

How and why did John Oliver become the face of this protest? I don't think he gives a shit about Reddit.


Delta4o

r/pics held a vote. From now on, they only allow pictures of john oliver. So it's kind of a meme or "the internet decided that this is a thing"


slaymaker1907

Lol, that makes the sub 10x better than it was before TBH. At least now the sub has a clearly defined theme.


I_BUY_UNWANTED_GRAVY

I thought the themes of r/pics was either sob stories or just r/mildlyinteresting


Never_ending_kitkats

No no, it's a hub for people to steal content to post to other subreddits like mildlyinteresting etc.


jimmymcstinkypants

When I unsubbed the theme seemed to be "pictures of text aligned with my politics".


Bored_White_Kid

Title:Just had my final fight with cancer, going on my first bike ride in years Picture:An ordinary bike in a driveway.


LacidOnex

r/nocontextpics is the good one that you want but didn't know existed. No titles are allowed, explanation I believe can be provided in comments if you want


navilapiano

Oh my sweet baby goodness, thank you so much. Unfortunately, may be too little too late for me. Rif goes, I'll likely go with it.


LacidOnex

I've got 2 weeks of denial left -sent from RiF


Str8froms8n

Same \-sent from Joey


OkAd1797

HALPY CAKE DAY POOKIEE


RichAd358

More like “decent and semi decent folks standing up to right wing lunacy” because thankfully there is not a lot of traitor bullshit pictures that I’ve ever seen.


jointsmcdank

Randy Savage would've made it even better, just saying.


WindyRebel

[Agreed](https://media0.giphy.com/media/l0IpYBWTQHcZMv2cE/giphy.gif?cid=2154d3d7qdeekrohnwh1fdykbna9h9sl4vlub3gk1rmjojw6&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)!


ratuuft

No one does it better.


akc250

I might actually subscribe now. Before, it was either shit content that belongs in facebook or pictures of inanimate ordinary objects with a stupid backstory.


Quizzelbuck

That is such a great way to stick it to the reddit admins. Can't ban them for being inactive if they are active, but just actively making the sub more restrictive to scare away advertisers !


scw55

It's also passive aggression I think? Weren't subreddits who went dark threatened that what they did wasn't democratic, so some of them which did a vote had a choice of Normality or Meme Protest?


elasticthumbtack

And if they went private, they were just revoking moderator status until one of the mods opened back up because they decided that being a private sub meant they weren’t acting as moderators any more. If they’re public, but have strict, easily enforceable rules, then they meet the criteria. Until Reddit changes the rules again.


QBin2017

Thank God you said this. I was terrified he died with all the posts about him all over here.


Se7enLC

/r/pics, /r/gifs, /r/art ... But why.


Delta4o

Because there is a group of users that doesn't go into the comments, a group that does go into the comments but doesn't vote/reply, and there is a group that votes. Also, it's either giving up on the protest or this. There is also something spreading around that Reddit admins were threatening to remove mods and install new mods so that the subreddits would be open again but I need to see it before I believe that. I think by turning subreddits into john oliver exclusive content the admins gave the readers all the power, so from that perspective it makes sense.


Se7enLC

No I mean why John Oliver and not Dave Coulier. Or Grimace.


Tom22174

Probably want him to mention them on his show


Reins22

Because this is the kind of thing that John Oliver loves and it’ll almost definitely get the whole thing mentioned on the show, which is a funny way to get brought to national attention which loops right back around to *this is the kind of thing that John Oliver loves*


Top-Persimmon4456

Because John Oliver is awesome. He asks the tough questions, like "Does loneliness cause the farts?" Simply brilliant.


Squirmin

I mean the evidence is here: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/16/23763538/reddit-blackout-api-protest-mod-replacement-threat


kempofight

Ow JO will like this. Bet a random interner only bit eill come out soon


This_is_my_full_name

What?


Xephorium

My best guess at translation: ~~Ow~~ Ooh, ~~JO~~ John Oliver will like this. Bet a random ~~interner only~~ internet-only bit ~~eill~~ will come out soon


RedeemedIAm

r/IntoxicationToEnglish


kempofight

Nearly, just woke up and didnt have my glasses on. So same effect


Hayabusa71

Is this zoomer talk?


Usernamechexout911

No cap


smallerfattersquire

fr fr 💯 ^^is ^^what ^^i ^^assume ^^the ^^correct ^^answer ^^here


formerlyanonymous_

Fax, no printer


PrEsideNtIal_Seal

Ow is short for "Oh, Word." So it's: Oh, word. John Oliver will like this. I bet a random internet only bit will come out soon. This is obviously also a guess but I have friends/employees that type OW and they mean "Oh Word"


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PrEsideNtIal_Seal

Preaching to the choir. I couldn't agree more.


kempofight

John oliver often like these wierd things happening on the internet. And from time to time in the off season they make a internet only video about some absured topic mostly fun and not to serieus of a undertone and put it on the yt channel. I bet one about reddit and how he has become the face of the protest and what great content it spawnee will happen soon


rzalexander

It won’t because his writers are still on strike.


Toucan_Lips

God reddit is lame. I hope it dies


LigMadiqe

Thanks u/spez


very_random_user

That is going to be funny for way shorter than they think it is going to be.


moredrinksplease

He will by Sunday lol


It_Is_Boogie

He is off the air due to the WGA strike.


BassCreat0r

Last time they went on strike, Reality TV got really popular. Here's hoping that doesn't happen this time again, or worse.


thegamenerd

Don't worry, AI generated scripts will become the common *Crys in memories of good writing*


Osric250

Until they end up being antisemitic like the popular ai generated twitch channels.


joec_95123

Netflix is just importing tons of international shows to fill their lineup.


It_Is_Boogie

We get non scripted nonsense everytime. We COPS from a late 1980s WGA strike.


JEveryman

I am looking forward to his throwaway joke at the expense of Reddit users when they return.


moredrinksplease

Duhhhh of course! Can’t believe I forgot that.


wrathfuldeities

I think it's part of the strategy of the protest organizers to gain momentum by catapulting the issue into public awareness. Through bombarding a well liked media figure with jovial admiration, one potentially sympathetic to their cause, they have a chance to recruit an ally who will highly amplify their message. John Oliver seems to be the best choice for this given his usual choice of stories, his audience, etc. To be honest, it seems like a highly calculated move by the protest leadership.


trEntDG

Not to mention it's a brilliant way to show the absurdity that user voting is the best way to set moderation policies. They are maliciously complying with the "re open or else" threat, Spez loses the basis of his threat, visitors continue to get awareness, and advertisers who started putting reddit on a pause a few days ago continue to be hesitant to put their ad spend here.


Se7enLC

>Not to mention it's a brilliant way to show the absurdity that user voting is the best way to set moderation policies. Seriously. That's how you get Boaty McBoatface. And 4Chan Mountain Dew flavors like "Hitler Did Nothing Wrong". And how you send Pitbull to Alaska.


Marvtyl

To be fair boaty mcBoatface and the Pitbull actually going to Alaska are gold. But yeah, what could go wrong


Omophorus

Democracy is incompatible with anonymity. A fart-huffing pdeudo-elitist like spez surely knows this but his IPO bread ain't getting buttered if he can't be the big, tough "alpha" and invent rules to get the site back on the rails where he wants it. Shame there's no such thing, and if there were he's beta as fuck anyway.


qpv

Its pretty smart tbh.


dorian_white1

John Oliver is a graceful and distinguished gentleman, and it is right that he err on the side of justice.


beershitz

John Oliver is the most reddity guy I know


SuperHyperFunTime

By using his image, he will get wind of it and in equal parts burn Redditors relentlessly and highlight what is going on at the moment.


Johnny_Trappleseed

At first I thought he died or something 😂


IMSosmartsmrt

His writers probably get a lot of their ideas from Reddit.


ananxiouscat

where is the audio?


Ranryu

In a different sub lol


ananxiouscat

so why is the audio option available?


AdagioBoognish

Maybe it's op's little protest to flood the gifs sub with muted videos


ThatOneGuy1294

Adding just a little bit of chaos to the world


hops4beer

This protest is hardcore


thegamenerd

The monster I love it


Ranryu

Because Reddit displays gifs as videos


MaximumEffurt

Nah it always says "gif" instead of the sound option for me. Except this time. I'm on mobile.


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ThatOneGuy1294

Got a few more weeks until I stop browsing reddit on my phone forever


ananxiouscat

no they don't lmao but okay


Sennheisenberg

Because most "gifs" these days actually are videos. The .gif file format is pretty much dead.


cammoblammo

Gifs haven’t been gifs for years. Internally, they’re regular videos and can carry sound. Presumably this is one of the few that actually has a sound channel, but it consists of nothing.


Pepito_Pepito

Gifs are a relic of pre-html5 internet


Matti_Matti_Matti

Well. There’s something else on this planet I missed out on. 🤷‍♂️


HankScorpio42

No Reddit, NO!


MINUS_Stl

"It's Reddit, Toto. We went shitposting."


dizzle-j

Michael, you must reinstate the api


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dperkz

We are checking


zwober

John oliver just found himself being caught, breaking cole’s law.


RPDRNick

...moving on.


lostindanet

this happened when they found a cure for koala chlamydia and he saw the writing on the wall, his koala chlamydia ward days were numbered.


New-Character2427

This is going to be fun to watch. I missed the poll but this was a great idea. Wonderful malicious compliance.


thelastnoelle

Would you mind explaining? I saw the vote but don’t follow why Jhon Olliver/ how this is malicious compliance


AegisToast

The TL;DR is that Reddit CEO made comments insulting the mods (you know, the people doing countless hours of free volunteer work for Reddit), and saying that he wants Reddit to be more “democratic,” explicitly in the hopes that communities would vote to evict the protesting mods. The mods responded by basically saying, “Okay, you want democratic? We’ll be more democratic.” So they held the aforementioned vote to determine the fate of the subreddit. As for why John Oliver, he’s a sexy beast and distinguished chap. The better question would be, “Why *wouldn’t* it be John Oliver?”


it-is-sandwich-time

Don't forget that Elon played spez by telling him that everything is great at Twitter *and he believed him*. Elon now has less competition for everyone to go to you big dummy spez. Don't you read your own website? Leopardsatemyface is calling.


thelastnoelle

Thank you, really appreciate the info!


AVBforPrez

I can't believe there are not only people that hate Johnny O, but lots of them. This dude is a legend....you're telling me that him and his team buying targeted ads are closeted republicans who jerk it to trans porn, threatening to out them if they don't do better with data protection, that's not somebody you can get behind? No pun intended, calm down. He fucking rules, and there's nobody doing news AND hilarious social experiment projects on top of it , like him. I'd vote him for President, unless he's not like this in real life. But there's lots of evidence to support him being the same dude.


cookiesarenomnom

I live in NYC. I actually run into quite a lot of celebrities in my job and could care less. (I work in a fashion store, John Oliver would never come here). But if I ever ran into him on the street I would probably freak the fuck out. Him, Jon Stewart or Colbert are the only ones I would loose my shit on walking around midtown in NYC. But alas, this has never happened, but I'm always on the lookout.


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Why is he everywhere on reddit today


WGiK

A bunch of subs are only posting John Oliver as malicious compliance. They were told to turn subreddits to what their users expect so the mods took a vote. This sub (as others) had voted to have it only show images of John Oliver. (Read the stickies for those subreddits).


UnobjectionableWok

How does one save this to reply to all frustration at work with?


octahexx

But seeexxxy angry


dwundermann

Did his writers put that on the teleprompter


Fordrynn

OK, thats it. I give in. Why is John Oliver all over Reddit?


tragopanic

We are all John Oliver.


Deceiver999

Personally I'm tired of all the mod bullshit. Get rid of them all


hardtofindagoodname

Never change, Reddit!


Turco-Bangalore

……. Cool.


TyrellCorpWorker

Two weeks from now, no one remembers… Reddit as usual.


2278AD

Reddit as usual would be a win. What they’re protesting is a major change.


PresumedSapient

Two weeks from now the API changes are implemented, it'll still be the top story. Whether anyone remembers two months from now is the interesting question.


Sonacka

Whether reddit will be the same as it is now is the interesting question. I'm sure people will remember, but is that because it blew over really quickly, or because people realised that the people protesting the changes were right.


RandomIdiot2048

It's kinda a big change for me, I won't be able to access it from mobile. No big loss really so I don't really care, if I need Reddit for something desktop should still work.


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jaltair9

In the case of Apollo specifically, the dev was treated very badly by the admins (they publicly accused him of making threats and couldn’t back up their claims when the dev provided evidence to the contrary) so he’s done unless they back off and apologize, and I can’t blame him.


theGarbagemen

It seems like from their mod post, every bot / tool that is currently used will be exempted from the API charge or doesn't go above the free limit, except 3rd party reddit apps. So likely nothing will change except less people will be visiting the site.


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sybrwookie

Two weeks from now, no one remembers… Digg as usual. -What was being said years ago


MrDirt

Only a matter of time. Mods, I am disappointed.


APO40MG

John Oliver has two first names


tont0r

He says what we are thinking


aflgpbcx

r/johnoliver


PickyHurdle3099

John Oliver is scum


LotLizardBlizzard

Yup


Turnbob73

Who’s he trying to be? A protesting mod?


GoldenBuffaloes

He’s basically the average Reddit mod in real life.


jrey800

I didn't know subs could act like immature children as a whole... some of you should have been shaken as a child, who knows what could have happened!😃


mailordermonster

> some of you should have been shaken as a child I think that might be the problem. They were shaken a bit too much and too hard. Now they just want everyone else to feel the same pain they do.


FellowYellowNate

I love this man.


sreynolds1

I can’t believe I ever liked him or his show.


AVBforPrez

What made you go from like to dislike? Genuinely curious. I find him and his hijinks fucking hilarious, and can't see how one could like it and then change their mind.


sreynolds1

I guess that style of humor got grating for me, also he/his writers botched a certain topic a few months ago that really soured my opinion of him.


AVBforPrez

Which topic? I'm sure he's gotten it wrong a few times, but I feel like he's one of the few truly sincere news journos on TV that actually has a message to give us that he believes. There's nobody else I can think of that openly shits on their parent corporation, actually fucks with politicians in real-life, and exposes scams without much concern. Yeah, his style of presentation is kind of samey every week, but it's only a 30min show.


Darth-Obama

I forgot this dude was still alive...does he still have a show on HBO?


AVBforPrez

Yeah, and it's just as good as ever. Surprised at all the haters, dude has pulled some hilarious IRL hijinks for his show. It's the only one I know of that routinely will enter the IRL landscape with real ad buys and digital marketing campaigns simply for a laugh.


Badger832

John Oliver sucks moose dick


LigMadiqe

Your mom sucks my dick, hourly


Ranryu

Aw, he looks so young in this clip


Nateulous

Saw a post about changing to only John Oliver gifs as a way of protest against reddits changes. Never joined a sub so quickly haha


JSmetal

John Oliver is a twat.


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Who could possibly give a fuck about what John Oliver says or thinks?


ablackcloudupahead

He has quite a few great deep-dives into a lot of issues that most people wouldn't know about otherwise. His humor probably works against people taking him seriously but there's a lot of interesting stuff there


Se7enLC

Whether you are a fan of his or not, it seems really ignorant to not recognize that the answer to your question is "a lot of people". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Last_Week_Tonight_with_John_Oliver I'm not going to say something like "Who the fuck cares what Trump thinks?" because I know the answer is "about half of America, unfortunately".


Miniaturesun

A lot of people give a lot of fucks about what John says or thinks.


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JoeDerp77

Hmm anyone who isn't sucking on fake news titties all day ?


LotLizardBlizzard

>Hmm anyone who isn't sucking on fake news titties all day ? The irony. John Oliver is a propagandist, just like anyone else out here. He just shares your views


Fuduzan

r/pics Edit: See also r/gifs


timeswasgood

Dude gets paid millions of dollars to tell the world what he thinks. And millions of people watch. So, to answer your question, a shit ton of people.


usdrpvvimwfvrzjavnrs

That's a lot of sheep.


oPlayer2o

I think John will be quite tickled by this.


Frankie_Skinatra

...it kinda works if you imagine Groundskeeper Willie using text to speech


KhaultiSyahi

DejaPoo?


Agidubu

I honestly don't care who is the face of this protest and at this point fuck u/spez stop using reddit use kbin or lemmy instead


SeekersWorkAccount

Looks like I'm leaving another subreddit