this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2023
344 points (100.0% liked)
World News
22131 readers
5 users here now
Breaking news from around the world.
News that is American but has an international facet may also be posted here.
Guidelines for submissions:
- Where possible, post the original source of information.
- If there is a paywall, you can use alternative sources or provide an archive.today, 12ft.io, etc. link in the body.
- Do not editorialize titles. Preserve the original title when possible; edits for clarity are fine.
- Do not post ragebait or shock stories. These will be removed.
- Do not post tabloid or blogspam stories. These will be removed.
- Social media should be a source of last resort.
These guidelines will be enforced on a know-it-when-I-see-it basis.
For US News, see the US News community.
This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Wait, I thought the objective was to reduce traffic to reddit.
It's funny for a day, but it'll be a graveyard in a week, I'm guessing.
I think this is the best possible response to being essentially forced to reopen.
Forcing mods back is one thing, but it's a lot harder to bring back users once they've found another chew toy to gnaw on.
Or rather it's a lot harder to bring back users and make them stay if all they can see are sexy pictures of John Oliver
Reddit admins: "Stupid sexy ~~Flanders~~ John Oliver!"