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Props to the mods over there!

Not gonna link the names, but for real, these guys belong in some kind of hall of fame. Stay strong, fuck /u/spez.

edit for future people: It looks like the android subreddit made a whole server! It can be found here: https://lemdro.id/

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Makes a lot of sense since it's a sub for power users. The proportion of 3rd party app users is probably among the highest at Reddit

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

For the record, I know this because I'm going through my old comments and turning them into ads for lemmy 😅

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Just a heads up

Go to reveddit.com and throw your username in there. Check if your comments aren't being shadow removed.

Not much you could do about it, tho, but I noticed that the comments I edited to make an ad for Lemmy were all removed. They show up for me, but for other users it shows as "removed".

Reveddit lets you know that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just checked mine. Apparently, some of my edited comments were removed, while others stayed up (with identical content).

Subreddits where my edited comments (in new) were removed unconditionally:

  • /r/linguistics
  • /r/nottheonion
  • /r/memes (only commented in that subreddit for a short time frame, so whatever auto-removal there is might only apply to edits to old comments)
  • /r/eu4 (lots of removals, but 1 edited comment survived, no idea why, it's neither the youngest nor oldest edited comment there)

Partial removal subreddits:

  • /r/facepalm (some edited comments survived, at least one was reversed, didn't notice a pattern, might be based on user reports or depend on which mod sees it)
  • /r/pettyrevenge (edits of comments younger than about a month were removed, edits of older comments survived)

Also, looks like some subreddits that were private when I ran the edit script (like /r/MadeMeSmile) have since gone public, so I'll have to re-run Power Delete Suite.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Of all places, /r/amiibo removed my edited post because they banned the term kbin.social. That was a jawdrop wtf moment for me lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

You could just use Unicode lookalike characters instead. Guarantee they aren't scanning for that:

lеmmу

That doesn't actually say "lemmy." They're Unicode lookalike characters, not ASCII. CTRL+F for the word lemmy, that instance above won't show up.

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

Well played, Sir!

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

r/Nintendo is still down too, which means even Mario’s had enough of spez and his bullshit.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

It's so nice to see some subreddits sticking to their guns and ideals and push through until real change happens! r/Nintendo is still down too, which was a nice surprise when I was looking around to see the state of my subs on Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Oh wow, /r/nintendo stayed down through a Nintendo Direct that announced a new Mario game? That's a lot more chutzpah than I'd expect from a subreddit focused on a game console.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

That's indeed impressive.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

r/Games didn't even have the balls to shutdown because "summer game fest is more important than a protest"

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

One of the mods of /r/Android here (/u/cooldude5500), tbh I've barely used reddit after the spezification. 'tis a nice change...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

spezification

What a fantastic word

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

/r/android is resisting spezification

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

As it should be, all the subreddits that was part of this protest should have done that and not given the end date

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Still super shitty that sync for reddit is vanishing soon. While it's great that apparently it's getting re-leveraged as a fediverse reader, still amazed at how poorly this API transition happened because Spez wants to be a knob

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (7 children)

In case you're stuck on Reddit, the Revanced Team decompiled the APK and made a version of Sync that lets you use your own API key. I'm not sure how well that will work, but I'm definitely going to try it out after The Final Day

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

It would be better if people switch to another platform instead of keeping supporting reddit.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

huh? what is a reddit? who is a "Spez"?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Meanwhile.. At r/selfhosted...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's a Discord active and I believe at least 1 Lemmy community so at least there's external options

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My main point was that if there's one subreddit that should of migrated fully to lemmy... it would be them. Practice what you preach. Granted they are probably one of the larger communities here on lemmy.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

A logic move, power users after all

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Honestly I feel that the android community here on lemmy is more active than the r/android subreddit before the lockdown

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

way more active and less random spam imo, seems more interesting than actual r/android lol

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

I'm perfectly fine with less total content if it actually stays on-topic.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

r/apple is not which I find very disappointing

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

Seems on brand of them

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Typical average consumer does not care as long as they get to keep using the product. That's likely the majority of Apple users, it'll take a replacement (like this one) getting popular enough for them to notice and try it, otherwise on Reddit they'll stay till death.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

With apple aficionados, it would also take costing a lot of money to make them interested.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Nah, just a different colored bubble for their messages.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Admins are going to be taking them over soon. I got the threatening modmail on all my subs, even the really tiny under 1000 ones

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean, they can threaten thousands of subs that they're gonna take over... But with what manpower

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Sadly most mods seem to give in the moment their existences as mods are endangered.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Hell yeah! :) I just edited all my comments in:

[This comment has been deleted in response to the new Reddit API Policy in 2023]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'm happy that they aren't scabs. I would like to see them point to alternative communities ahem in their top post, though. The more people we can drive to the Fediverse the better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Props to the mods, but they are on borrowed time. It is just a matter of time before Reddit admins step in and take over the site. I just hope that replacement mods say enough to get the role and then immediately carry on.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

r/androidapps is also still going hard!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

wish they would put a link to one of the Lemmy Android communities, otherwise people will eventually go back whenever Reddit forces them back open

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