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!

grehund,

Brilliant!

hejsan,

Whoever thought of this deserves a prize

tallwookie,
@tallwookie@lemmy.world avatar

fucking lol!!!! big ol thumb to the eye of the High SlimeLord himself, /u/spez

CynAq,
CynAq avatar

spez can go suck a bag of musk dicks.

screamin,

Musk is such a good flavour though... I used to buy a buck's worth of musk sticks for the train ride home... don't debase musk flavour for that sad ween

tst123,

deleted_by_author

  • Loading...
  • LenticularTorsion,

    It's gold, Jerry, gold!!

    seeCseas,

    /c/unexpectedseinfeld

    TheRealJefe,

    Spez really should have read r/maliciouscompliance a bit before he bit off more than he could chew

    CookieJarObserver,

    Spez is peak r/choosingbeggars wanting free work to be done but oh, not with your own tools that actually work, no you need the ones that are inside his Basement for the last 10 years and barely work at all.

    eee,

    That's how billionaires make their money isn't it? Get everyone to pay them while they themselves pay others as little as possible.

    LenticularTorsion,

    A-fucking-men

    sin_free_for_00_days,

    Haha, love it.

    JoeKrogan,
    @JoeKrogan@lemmy.world avatar

    He will probably get wind of this and cover it on his show 🤣

    JoeKrogan, (edited )
    @JoeKrogan@lemmy.world avatar

    Now videos should do the same but with rick astly..."you know the rules and so do I"

    eee,

    You know, if more subs do this, I might actually go back to reddit for a bit hahahaha

    JoeKrogan,
    @JoeKrogan@lemmy.world avatar

    😄 I'd rather not give them the traffic

    eee,

    that's fair.

    ilovefluffyanimals,

    Only if it shows John Oliver looking sexy while marrying a cabbage :-)

    xyphon,
    NoIWontPickaName,

    My cabbages!

    dystop,
    @dystop@lemmy.world avatar

    Will his mother-in-slaw be at the ceremony?

    Vex_Detrause,

    Dad, get out!

    dystop,
    @dystop@lemmy.world avatar

    OK, I'm now posting from my phone while standing on the lawn. Is that better?

    setsneedtofeed,
    @setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

    And then people will go check it out.

    Ironic engagement is still engagement.

    dystop,
    @dystop@lemmy.world avatar

    I personally think the best "maliciouscompliance" act mods can do in the long term is to switch up all the subs.

    So technology will be used for gardening, gardening will be used for android, android will be used for coffee, coffee used for pcgaming, etc. It'll make everything really confusing for new users and help slow their growth.

    kiwifoxtrot,
    @kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world avatar

    Ahh, the old /r/trees and /r/marijuanaenthusiasts switcheroo.

    dystop,
    @dystop@lemmy.world avatar

    hold my bong, I'm going in!

    rammer,
    @rammer@sopuli.xyz avatar

    Ahh, the old /r/worldnews and /r/anime_titties switcheroo.

    Debaucherella,

    /r/johncena and /r/potatosalad

    setsneedtofeed,
    @setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

    No this all seems too clever by half and is just putting more eyes on Reddit. People are drawn to drama. If mods were serious, they’d delete or pull all of their custom plug ins and delete their accounts. Let Reddit have the subs. Unfortunately a huge number of mods won’t actually endanger their positions, which means Reddit corporate has the ultimate leverage in the end. Just go. I respect the mods who have left. If more of them did it would leave a true void.

    Image being Reddit corporate and waking up tomorrow and 5000 subreddits were open but all the mods and their mods tools were gone. No big dramatic pranks or drama from the mods, just a classy exit.

    aceshigh,
    @aceshigh@lemmy.world avatar

    i agree. this is kind of a temper tantrum coming from the mods that will result in more eyes on reddit... the only way to win, is to not play.

    girthero,

    How about sexy John Oliver promoting Lemmy? Make reddit delete the post instead of the mods.

    AFKBRBChocolate,

    The problem with that is, someone else who doesn't care about the issues would take over as mod, and the sub would go on more of less normally. This way, it will eventually kill the sub without trying to delete it or take it private (both things Reddit can undo).

    Aviandelight,
    @Aviandelight@lemmy.world avatar

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

    dystop,
    @dystop@lemmy.world avatar

    maybe we need a johnoliverpics community...

    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. 😂

    GreatBigJerk,
    GreatBigJerk avatar

    I hope all the subs have a variation on this.

    SpaceNoodle,

    Hope in one bucket and shit in the other.

    Let me know which one fills up first.

    That being said: fuck /u/spez

    LetterboxPancake,

    Why a variation? What's wrong with sexy John Oliver?

    Lichtblitz,

    Nothing. Are you saying there is something wrong with badass John Oliver? Or with evil John Oliver? Stop typecasting him. He is more than just his sexy looks!

    eee,

    This is just hilariously amazing

    atypicaloddity,

    I love democracy

    CarolinaBlues,

    Spezmusk would classify this as an act of the landed gentry!

    peroleu,

    Sexy pics of John Oliver is better than 90% of the stuff posted there anyways. Glad to see them sticking it to Reddit, though.

    npastaSyn,

    Fair and honest poll. Good on them.

    funkyb,

    so juicy, hats off to them.

    s4if,

    Lol.. XD

    c2h6,

    Genius! I wish every other sub did this.

    dystop,
    @dystop@lemmy.world avatar

    some others are - check out /r/gifs and /r/showerthoughts

    c2h6,

    Oh lol cool!

    c2h6,

    Hahaha I hope this catches on, it's funny as hell

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • maliciouscompliance@lemmy.world
  • DreamBathrooms
  • everett
  • osvaldo12
  • magazineikmin
  • thenastyranch
  • rosin
  • normalnudes
  • Youngstown
  • Durango
  • slotface
  • ngwrru68w68
  • kavyap
  • mdbf
  • InstantRegret
  • JUstTest
  • ethstaker
  • GTA5RPClips
  • tacticalgear
  • Leos
  • anitta
  • modclub
  • khanakhh
  • cubers
  • cisconetworking
  • megavids
  • provamag3
  • tester
  • lostlight
  • All magazines