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!

raltoid,

Update on the vote results, for people who don't want to go there:

  • Pro John Oliver: 61.7k
  • Return to normal: -13.7k.
Tsunami45chan,
@Tsunami45chan@lemmy.world avatar

The redditors have spoken. Also r/gifs do this as well.

NotYourSocialWorker,

I like the malicious compliance but I find that to be a bad way to do a poll. Better would have been one comment with the text "Upvote if you want John Oliver pics, downvote if you want it to go back to normal".

The way they did it if one group only upvote their alternative and the other also downvotes the opponent then the result isn't representative. Or at least could be claimed not to be.

solarvector,

It would exacerbate the swing but wouldn't change the result

And I don't think maliciously compliant mod is interested in statistical representation.

NotYourSocialWorker,

I agree with you, it would legitimate the results though. Not that I believe that Reddit cares about that either.

lich_hegemon,

Let's assume that everyone who upvoted their option also downvoted the alternative.

The group A, has |A| number of individuals. Group B has |B| number.

Option A: |A| - |B|
Option B: |B| - |A|

Option A = |A| - |B| 
         = -(-(|A| - |B|))
         = -(|B| - |A|)
         = -Option B

The results would be opposites of each other and would highlight the opinion of the majority anyway.

ramennoodle, (edited )

you can't both upvote and downvote the same item. the last option you selected is the only one that's counted at any given moment.

edit: wait, i see. if they're separate comments, you could just upvote the comment you like and downvote the comment you don't. i was assuming one comment that said upvote or downvote.

cloudwalk,

r/theydidthema-- oh.

Right.

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!

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.

LillianVS,
@LillianVS@lemmy.world avatar

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

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.

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.

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.

raoulvolfoni,
raoulvolfoni 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.

seeCseas,

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

lowleveldata,

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

cura,

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

Hypersapien,

r/InternetIsBeautiful

personalife,

Now this is the definition of malicious compliance!

LenticularTorsion,

This sure as hell is!

00Lemming, (edited )

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.

coldv,

Lol very nicely done!

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.

JollyBrancher,

"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,

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.

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,

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    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.

    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.

    RomeCallen,

    that is really fkn funny

    kadu,

    /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.

    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

    ergifruit,

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

    SlowNPC,
    SlowNPC avatar

    I haven't laughed this hard in a long time. Absolutely brilliant.

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