Reddit activated a word filter that whenever you say "fuck spez", your comment won't show up for anyone else. I just tested it on ModCoord. they're also deleting spez memes from the subs they nuked lo
cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/70064
r/ModCoord: The admins in charge of demodded subreddits are mass-removing images of Huffman previously shared on them
the OP asked how are they gonna remove them all, so I replied they'll run a query for terms like "fuck spez". only to find my comment invisible, because they're already blocking it. spez protective word filter, it's active right now.
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He also gave the moderator of /r/jailbait a singular trophy "pimp daddy" that no one else has received.
Reddit admins rn:
Jesus, what a shit show. Can they really be thinking their path will end well?
I unfortunately feel like it probably will end well for them, there really isn't a mainstream alternative for reddit. Lemmy isn't that easy to get into as an average user and the information on the reddit that have amassed over the years is just insane, I assume a lot of people are going to keep using reddit as if nothing has happened.
I don’t know why people are saying Lemmy is difficult. I’m as dumb as a box of hammers and all I did was Google “Lemmy World”, clicked the top link, created an account, subbed to about 80 subs, and started posting.
I have no idea what instances are or the Fediverse. I’m typing in subs and clicking submit.
I just kept crawling and it kept working.
Its almost like surfing, but on some sort of interconnected net
Kind of like a web? One that's so large it covers the world?
A federation superhighway, if you will
Similar experience, I saw people say beehaw lemmy and kbin, went to kbin because I found its name more aesthetically pleasing, made an account and dived in.
I think the nerds (and I’m not using that as an insult) have kind of shot everyone in the foot by over-explaining the fediverse. I’ve yet to see a truly simple, concise, short explanation and how all this works is just kind of… a lot. It’s really neat, and I also get wordy when I’m excited about something so I totally get it (I mean, look at this comment. I get it lol). But when it takes more than a paragraph or two to explain what something is without even getting into how to navigate once you’re in, it’s intimidating for a lot of people. I had to watch YouTube videos to try to figure mastodon out, and still didn’t get my questions answered. It’s easier to find content I’m interested in on Lemmy and kbin, but after all the articles and chatter I’ve seen, I honestly expected it to be a lot more difficult. I was like, it’s social media. How hard can it be? And then I saw all the hype, I held off for a while before joining. The focus is about how instances work and whatnot, which IS really interesting and wonderful and neat, but the focus needs to shift a liiiittle bit toward telling people how to use the sites once they’re there, IMO.
If the 3rd party apps can re-architect around Lemmy, I think a lot more people would ditch Reddit on principle. As it stands, ActivityPub is a bit of a mindfuck to outsiders so even principled Reddit users are likely going to stick around. Until there’s a better mousetrap, so to speak.
An approach 3rd party apps can take could be just hiding the "different instances" aspect of the lemmy and just registering users to a certain preselected instance such as lemmy.world or lemmy.ml I don't know how legal or viable it is but I don't think it would cause much difference for most of the users. Though I feel like hiding a crucial aspect would be a kind of shame.
They could provide the choice. But I don't think he signup is the big problem. Things like duplicate communities are going to be bigger headaches I fear. Though I just joined today so might not be on the right level yet ;)
Reddit did not have that to start with. The people who used it brought it to read it. Many of the same people read it is currently running off. A lot of the information will remain there. But it will also spread elsewhere. Unlike everywhere else though. Reddit is likely to see a lot less updates.
As far as I'm concerned, the modest barrier to entry for Lemmy is a good thing. The bigger Reddit got, the more it declined in quality. It's still possible to be reasonable on Lemmy so far.
lemmy doesn't really have that barrier anymore. when i joined i had to figure it out, now there are guidelines on what a fediverse is and how to use lemmy.
Even if it has a small barrier to entry, thats not a horrible thing. Acts as a decent filter id say.
who's it filtering out?
People who can't figure out something as simple as signing up to and posting to lemmy.
Its like how the internet was before aol gave everyone easy access.
rn they're trying to get the shit show they created under control and have r/all look normal.
Agreed, but their approach is completely guaranteed to piss people off and make r/all worse, not better
they don't have many options. what would your approach be?
If what they said they want us honestly what they want, they could give the developers much more time, make the process more in line with what other sites/applications do, and then do real open communication with the community instead of a joke of an AMA with planted questions and accepted answers. If they still ended to with protests (which they likely wouldn't have), they should have engaged the mods in two way discussions.
Using a big mallet to play whack-a-mole with each new form of protest just makes them look worse and invigorates the protestors.
They had the option of just lowering the price of the API and providing more time for developers to implement the changes. But spez foolishly burned those options. Reddit is in a shitshow of their own making right now.
We did it boys, we hurt his feelings!
This guy is turning more and more into a Musk wannabe by the day.
Well, seeing as how the Muskrat is his idol, that tracks https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/reddit-blackout-protest-private-ceo-elon-musk-huffman-rcna89700
When I read that I knew Reddit was doomed.
Just a week earlier, if that, he was talking about how reddit is not going to be Twitter. Oof.
According to the internet spez's net worth is 8 to 10 million dollars. Even if that's wildly incorrect, he isn't even worth an amount of money Musk loses or gains in a few minutes of a normal day.
Gee, it's a good thing there aren't dozens of invisible ASCII characters, and even more confusables, some which match the English letters to the pixel!
I used this to get around filters all the time, but I don't need it to work anymore since I don't use reddit now so have fun lads and ladies!
https://invisible-characters.com/
https://github.com/wanderingstan/Confusables
ᅠ឴ᅠ឵឵឴឵឴ᅠ឴឵឵ᅠ឴឴឴឴឴឴឴឴឴឴឵឵឵឵ ᅠᅠᅠᅠ឴឵឵ᅠ឴ ᅠ឴឵ ឴ᅠ឵ ឵ ឵឴឴ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ឵឴឵឴឴឵ ឵ᅠ឴ᅠ឵឴ ᅠ឴ᅠ឴ᅠ឴឴឴ᅠ ឴ᅠ ᅠ឵ᅠ឵ᅠ ឴ᅠ ឴ᅠ ឴ ឴ᅠ ឵឴឴ᅠ឵឴ᅠ឵឴ᅠ ឵឴឵឴឵឴឵ᅠ឴ᅠ឵឴ᅠ឵ᅠ឴឵឵ᅠ឴ᅠ឵឴឵឴ ឴ᅠ ឵឴ᅠ឵ᅠ឵ ᅠ឵ ᅠ឵ ឵ ᅠ឵ ᅠ ᅠ ឴ᅠ ឴឴ ឴ ᅠᅠ឵឴឴ᅠ឴ᅠ ឴឴឴ᅠᅠᅠ឵ᅠ឵ᅠ឵឵឵឴ᅠ឴឵ᅠᅠ឵ᅠᅠᅠᅠ឴ᅠ឴ ᅠ ឴ᅠ ឴ᅠ ឴឵ᅠ឴ᅠ ឴឴឵឴឵឴឵឴឴ ឴ᅠ ឴឴឴ᅠ឵឴឵ᅠ឴ᅠ឵឴឴឵ᅠ឴឴ᅠ឵឴឴឵឴ ឴ᅠ ឴ ឴ ឴ ឴ ឴឵ ឴឵ ឴ᅠ ឴ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ឴ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ឴឵឴឵឴឴ᅠ឴ᅠ឴ᅠ឴ ᅠ឴ᅠ឴ᅠ឴ᅠ឴ᅠ឴ᅠᅠ឴ᅠ឴ ᅠ឴ᅠ឴ᅠ឴ᅠ឴឴ᅠ឴឴឴឴ ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ
឵឵឵ ឴឴឴឴឴឴឴ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ឵឵ ឴឴
Wait…so if I used Power Delete Suite to add Fuck Spez to all my old comments I could keep my stuff but the bot would make it all invisible to everyone else automatically? That sounds interesting.
Solid plan, sounds like he just made things easier for all of us
From what I've seen PowerDeleteSuite doesn't have the power to add something to the end of a comment while keeping the comment intact, just to fully replace the text of the comment with something else.
oh no, we made little pig boy cry!
LOL.
Absolutely beautiful
I love how only now are people realizing reddit is dogshit, it's been rotten at the core for a while. The end of Secret Santa marked the last bit of soul the site had.
When Victoria was shit-canned, that opened my eyes, and I didn't like what I saw.
Oh for sure, there were signs for a long time, but it was when they canned Secret Santa that it told me there were no more allowances for fun in the company, even if it barely cost them anything, even if it was just during one fiscal quarter, nope, no room for that -- they had to make room for precious shareholders and profit.
The writing's been on the wall a long time, and watching people who didn't expect it by now run around like headless chickens because "EEEEK REDDIT IS A SOULLESS CORPORATION" is a laugh riot.
What a stupid little pissbaby.
I don't know, even piss babys aren't this stupid. They are, after all, still learning how not to be piss babies. Spez on the other hand has devolved into wallowing in his own shit because he thinks it makes him appear to be in control. Its a large measure worse.
This kind of behavior is what got me to join Lemmy just now. (this is my first ever post in fact.)
I really wasn't even onboard with the boycott. I thought it was silly and pointless and was planning to just stay on reddit, but then he had to tantrum like a child and go against the very spirit and point of reddit in process.
So here I am. I haven't deleted my years old reddit account yet, but I probably will at this point. This lemmy federation thing seems like it will do quite nicely.
If you want to leave reddit with your middle finger held high, make sure to change all of your posts and comments to nonsense first, and then delete them. Then delete your account.
https://codepen.io/Deestan/full/gOQagRO/
It can change all your comments to whatever you want eg "I've left Reddit for Lemmy"
Nah, I don't care.
Also, that seems like too much effort. Especially with thousands of comments over years. Probably 10s of thousands.
Don't forget to also sub other community's from other instances have a good time.
Don't delete your account, use
https://codepen.io/Deestan/full/gOQagRO/
To delete all your comments (it exports them to a file for you) and you can ask the program to instead write in the comments whatever you want eg "because of the actions of Reddit execs I have moved to lem my"
I think 5hey may be deleting posts that mention the word "Lemmy"
That isn't really me. Besides, I'm thinking of a different approach.
You can hear him screaming "I'M NOT OWNED! I'M NOT OWNED!!!!" right through the internet
fu€K $PEz :"))
Personally I never knew this because I see no benefit in boosting Reddit's traffic - I just don't bother with it. If I get bored, I'm 80% more likely now to pick up my Kindle and read something and it's much better.
I have noticed a new tendency, however, as now I'm reading 3 books at the same time - just choose which one to continue each time I pick up... right now re-reading Great Expectations, The Oracle Year, and The Midnight Library...
Curious to know if you're liking Midnight Library? I've heard mixed reviews...
It can come off a little self-helpy and overly saccharine at times but for what it's worth I still quite enjoyed it
He wanted to be Musk, now he wants to be Xi
but this is exactly what musk did when he bought twitter.
No that's just still Musk level.
So the way to truly delete ones content is to mass edit and replace with "fuck spez"?
Sounds like a plan.
Fuck you Spez.
My man
Well, can you make sure he behaves then?
Fuck u/spez
The best possible perspective I can come up with is that this is a test. It's all about increasing their marketability for the IPO. Today they're filtering "Fuck Spez", tomorrow they'll be filtering "Fuck ". For a fee, of course, or as a side deal on an ad campaign.
Nestlé about to get a big invoice!
I actually had Nestle in the <> in my original draft but decided I couldn't be arsed to figure out where they put the accent. Maybe they'll charge extra for wildcards: "Fuck Nestl?"
Fuck Zeps.
Imagine you're so sad, you create a filter to remove comments of people rightfully calling you out on the internet.
He called Reddit a 'democratic city' where discussions can take place. Well, sounds a lot like he's just a very intolerant mayor who wants to control the flow of discussions when they are about him.
Ceos are just modern day dictators who seek to control the narrative and destroy any opposition. You see it with Spez here, and you see it with Musk on Twitter. They are anti-democratic by nature and resort to authoritarian techniques to maintain their hold and display their power to their immediate in-group.
Probably to hide all the comments that people replaced with shreddit
"Shadowbans are just for automated spammers", they said.
Fuck $pez
Fuck §pez
Fuck spéz
Fuck Spëz
Fuck spƏz
ƒŭčķ ŜΡЀž
All the above made by cutting/pasting from here. Have fun!
The top one in particular.
How about we add more money? He likes money, right?
Fuck $₽€Ƶspez is the typical fragile redditor
[fuck u/spez](u/spez)Copy pasta.
https://invisible-characters.com/
Fuck u/spez
Seems like they have plenty of money to spend on THESE enhancements.
Fuck u/spez
Fuck spece
Neuron activated, upvote given!
How dare you say that. Don't make me ban you! (This is a joke)
You are goat my friend this made me laugh, thank you!
Imagine being this insecure. I'm a little surprised they haven't done the same with "jailbait" to stop people from reminding the world of his history as a mod there.
Wait seriously? That is so not a thing I will be googling to confirm.
It's "true". He was made a mod of r/jailbait, but that was back in the day where you could make anyone a mod without their consent.
He also allegedly gave the moderator of /r/jailbait (and many other nsfw communities), a singular award "Pimp daddy" that no one else received.
So if I updated all my comments to say fuck speak, they’d auto hide them for me?
very likely atm if you do anything en mass you get flagged or banned , the admins are very sensible over there atm.
/r/PowerDeleteSuite would allow you to do just that...but not for much longer.
You can set criteria for your posts and comments (i.e. all comments with a score <1 + more than a week old + only in these subreddits, etc.) and it will remove them OR edit/insert whatever text you choose.
Does PowerDeleteSuite use the API? I used it years ago but was thinking they just scraped.
https://redact.dev/ should work allways
Time to zepS\u\ kcuf
Well Spuck Fez then...
Its really crazy how childish this whole thing has become he totally could have let this blow over I bet if he didn't double down and actively choose to attack the mods and the 3rd party apps...
Just stop going to reddit. I did.
Yep. Words are cheap, actions are not. This platform reminds me of Reddit back in the day when I left forum life. I'll be fine here, just took a while to find communities.
This is a terrible way to handle this... Let them continue. I'm happy here.
I need a plugin or app to edit all of my posts on Reddit, so they all say "Fuck u/spez," or "Fuck you, Pig Boy."
Anyone know of such a thing, if it exists? For Windows / Android.
That could always be the next response to the grubs' fucking things up.
Power Delete Suite is probably the best I used. You basically just drag and drop a button to your favcorites bar that's actually a javascript applet (doesn't matter, just drag and drop it to your favorites bar and follow the instructions): https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite
I personally had to use a fork version that added a delay between each edit, because the original one were skipping some messages due it "going too fast" on the api
Free for windows and android https://redact.dev/
Paper skin Spez throwing a temper tantrum
Everyday it's just getting worse
Fuck Steve Huffman.
What a ❄️
It appears that they have scrubbed Reddit of Spez within Reddit. I know their search algorithm is crap, but I tried to search for him and got NOTHING. It's like he's not talked about. https://midi.moe/f/zogqm.png Why are people moderating for free for him? He wants control so badly, let him deal with it. Don't be a tool for that narcissist.
This isn't the case for me, I just tried searching and a 13 day old post by "Cuntwhore2004" titled "Fuck u/spez" is the top result. Their filter might be looking for /u/spez to be fair though.
Huh. It's working now.
Not a big surprise, is acting like all the gratest dictators of the history, censoring or killing the opposition
thats kinda pathetic dog...
zeps/u kcuf
sapnu puas
You know, nobody has used "Burn Reddit Down" or "BRD" in a while.
Just sayin'.
Spaz is the only reason I am here on lemmy. I check over on Reddit and it just continues to deteriorate so I am here to stay.
It's kind of insane that as bad as this is, it's probably the least egregious thing they've done in the last couple of days.
Fuck spez
Fuсk sреz (used Cyrillic characters)
I still see fuck spez in just about every front page post I open. So i'm not sure if this is localized or rolling out?
Some hero's dont wear capes. Good job op. 🤣
I edited 11 years of comments to "spez sucks", censored or not, they won't be very useful to sell as training data
That's where you're wrong. The AI will know that spez indeed sucks.
One can hope 😜
This situation overall just sucks. Fuck that greedy bastard.
What do you think the tipping point is for the normies to abandon reddit and come on over to where the cool kids are? Hate speech and calls to violence aren't cool, but otherwise you should be able to say whatever you want about the owner of the platform.
In all honesty I'm not sure they will, unless an overwhelming amount of posters/commenters move to the fediverse or Reddit somehow completely screws those using the main Reddit app there won't be any reason for them to move
i was surprised because i thought they hadn't done that yet. i honestly don't know what i was thinking. it's like the mods are speedruning ruining their platform.
spez intensifies
He doesn't realize how much if a life fail is having a filter like that, does he?
Its literally a meme
The fact that u/Spez now has a negativity filter implemented is just embarrassing for the entire company. Glad I moved on.
Have you tried zeps kcuf?
using different letters works sometimes as well, like fück spéz or fυçk spëz and the like .... bonus points if they actually waste time and effort trying to update their filters with every possible letter combination.
zeps kcuf.
that guy is so thin skinned.
shit I should have changed shreddit to do fuck spez for every post.
Source?
Gonna crack out the unicode?
zepS kcuF
I'm getting /r/animemes flashbacks