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Reddit's New 'Premium Moderation' Lets Users Pay to Appeal Post Removals (isglitch.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Spez says $19.99 fee "enhances community dialogue through monetary validation"

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

If The Onion had posted this news two years ago I'd have thought it was too far-fetched to be funny. Now, though...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah. I ate the onion for a solid 30 seconds.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yep, before I saw it was The Onion I thought this was real.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Whomever is doing isglitch is doing a great job

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

... in what sense?

Everyone going 'oops, almost got me!' means they suck at satire. If you have to be told it's bullshit, then it's not satire, it's just bullshit. It's comedically-phrased lying. Satire has to go beyond the realm of plausibility. This? This is wholly believable.

And that's at least half of these AI-scented IsGlitch submissions. The response to a punchline should not be "... oh, they're not serious." It is supposed to punch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

These parasites gonna leech, it is your job as a discerning user to deny the parasite engagement and profit ✊