• bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
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    3 years ago

    I like that when he says “dear Reddit” he is clearly addressing the population of Reddit, not the company of Reddit. Because the real Reddit is the population, not the company.

  • Mereo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 years ago

    Haha, good! U/Spez needs to understand that Reddit is nothing without the support of the community. 3rd parties have created the tools moderators need, and moderators do the work for free.

    I hope John Oliver will expose this absurd situation that Reddit has put itself in.

    • IntlLawGnome@kbin.social
      0·
      3 years ago

      Sadly, I suspect spez will see this as a win, since he’s got a major celebrity name-dropping his site and encouraging people to visit it.

      But of course, John meant “Reddit” the way we mean “Reddit” – referring to the community, not the company or the product or whatever.

      • jcrm@kbin.social
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        3 years ago

        I’m sure Spez will think its a win, but the rest of the world knows that when John recognizes your fuckery, you’re in trouble. Man knows how to throw an intellectual punch.

  • lynny@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    I don’t even watch him but if he makes an episode about Reddit it’ll be worth watching

    • YourBrainOnScience@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 years ago

      Here is to hoping he does. The show has been off the air lately because of the writers’ strike but his team arguably does better investigative journalism than many of the big name news outlets.

  • Badabinski@kbin.social
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    3 years ago

    John Oliver understands the internet. Like, IMO it’s clear he likes it because he posted more exploitable images of himself, but even if he felt ambiguously about it, the best path forward isn’t to fight the internet, it’s to say nothing, or make a joke of it.

    Someone else could learn a lesson from John Oliver.