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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 67 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aw yiss. You know what's cookin'?

[–] Sarsaparilla@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

John Oliver so sexy you don't even have to ask the AI to make him so ...

[–] equalszero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let Reddit die, they've monetized our content and then spit at our faces, especially at the mods.

Please create a decentralized harbor to share piracy related content. Dont visit this site again.

[–] DeadGemini@waveform.social 6 points 1 year ago

Since the blackout, I've only visited Reddit to rip off content for my own Lemmy community, and to vote in this poll lol

[–] hydra2023@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just close the sub and make it full link through to this page. 1 link, explain why you've closed and link this Lemmy. Cut your losses & gtfo

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 59 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That won't work. That's what we originally did and they demodded me to reopen it

[–] DarkTides@lemmy.fmhy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

What about turning piracy into a porn sub only allowing submissions of pirate themed porn. Seems like the best malicious compliance with how advertisers don't really like to be associated with porn.

[–] porcariasagrada@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

keep it open, add automod(if those will even be possible) explaining the situation in every post linking alternatives.

[–] nowayhosay@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

were you the only mod? or are there other people that are still involved that could help. i didn't really pay attention to the mod list

the captain of our ship!

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[–] gjghkk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Instead of John Oliver, every post must include a link to this site (lemmy).

ooh like that idea!!

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[–] Tricki2056@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 year ago

I vote for our Lord John Oliver

[–] rm_dash_r_star@lemmy.one 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm done with Reddit. This latest debacle prompted me to look into Reddit's history, had no idea before. What an awful company. Also a community not subject to corporate interest is better for everyone. Anyway, I'm not going back there so if the sub gets closed down, no skin off my nose. Yeah do what you will.

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[–] warmike_1@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 year ago

Allow direct links to pirated content. If they ban you, then so be it.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In case you don't know how to find some relevant pictures to post, have I got just the tool for you!

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/56846

Simply talk to my mastodon bot like this, or my reddit bot like this (You can summon the reddit bot from anywhere in reddit btw)

Alternatively, just use a dedicated client like Lucid Creations or ArtBot and make up your own style

[–] Stahlreck@feddit.de 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The salt in the comments of the announcement are glorious though. Yeah, poor pirates getting robbed of their sub. Pirates never have to go to various different websites to get what they want, yep.

[–] azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have already created some ai images and they are so silly. I can't wait.

I started generating them after I first read about r/pics. Turns out NovelAI is really good at making John Oliver images.

John Oliver becoming to redditors what Adam Driver is to John Oliver and I'm here for it

[–] dbemol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Incredible to see so many Huffman's simps in the comments, no wonder why the blackouts weren't that effective

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It just means most of the people with principles have already moved here, or that reddit is engaging in disgusting levels of astroturfing. The latest Announcement is even worse. Regardless, it's just ruined.

[–] DarkTides@lemmy.fmhy.ml 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pirates crying and simping for reddit are truly the dumbest thinking piracy dedicated communities have a future on a company trying to artificially inflate their value so they can sell it off to other investors. Probably don't even use any sort of adblock.

[–] TheTrueLinuxDev 11 points 1 year ago

I guess it's for the best that those astroturfing people stay on Reddit while we can enjoy the Lemmy-verse.

[–] promitheas@iusearchlinux.fyi 12 points 1 year ago

Wow, that was my first time back on reddit since all this happened, and even though it was for good, I still feel a bit... unclean. Like I helped them out by sending traffic their way

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Question: Would sexy pirate pictures of his fursona, John Ottiver, count?

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago
[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you. :)

[–] AtomicPurple@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm disappointed they're just doing the John Oliver thing again instead of something more unique like making the sub about literal high seas piracy.

[–] DarkTides@lemmy.fmhy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

I think it should be literal piracy themed porn, since advertisers don't really like to be associated with porn. Every sub should be moving the shift to becoming porn.

[–] immibis@social.immibis.com 7 points 1 year ago

@AtomicPurple @db0 Now that /r/piracy is officially endorsed by Reddit staff I reckon they should allow direct links to copyright-infringing content. Disney's lawyers would get a good payout from Reddit.

[–] gjghkk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago

I don't get the reasoning behind the poll. If the admins don't allow to shut r/piracy down then just post links to pirated material. It's closed.

Wasn't this sub in danger of being closed a few years ago? So let them.

[–] LostCause@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I deleted my accounts and refuse to click Reddit links, so I can‘t vote or even see it, but I hope whatever option is most annoying to the admins wins.

[–] quirzle@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Options are:

Upvote this comment if you want r/Piracy to allow sexy pirate John Oliver posts only at reopening.

Upvote this comment if you want r/Piracy to return to normal operations at reopening.

Scores are hidden, so there's no way to see which is winning yet. However, every sub that's done something similar so far has come out John Oliver themed.

[–] LostCause@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Well Option 2 is a stinker, easy choice for anyone who isn‘t a spez sockpuppet.

I’m just looking forward to the funny John Oliver edits hitting lemmy and maybe an episode on enshittification of corporate social media.

Who tf wants discussion about digital piracy on Reddit? Sexy pirate John Oliver pictures is way better

[–] Rentlar 9 points 1 year ago

Glad to see there wasn't a hostile takeover of the sub. +1 for the Lemmy link.

[–] Cralex@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago

Yarr harr! All hail the swashbuckling matey of Reddit freedom, John Oliver!

[–] lixus98@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I'm just so glad vital parts of piracy were saved, such as the mrgathread and core users of it's community

[–] Magnus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

Close it, before they use it up and close it themselves when they want to improve shareholder relations or some nonsense.

[–] Ivyymmy@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

This is so cool XD

I hope that all the major subs will also take this decision.

[–] james@lemmy.jamesj999.co.uk 4 points 1 year ago

Aww sheet, here we go again.

[–] hewcaw@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Let's promote other Reddit alternatives and redirect every damn post to Lemmy's thread 😝

[–] Contend6248@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Why are you clickbaiting to Reddit

[–] jet@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

My only interaction with Reddit in the last week has been voting on these polls.

[–] AppleMango@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I want there to be a piracy sub because Nintendo sucks no one develops games for linux fsr.

[–] da_g@feddit.it 3 points 1 year ago

I would prefer lemmy, you are free from all the reddit shenanigans, plus if there's any problems we could make our own server and still stay here, much more reasonable

[–] Nadya@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago
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