this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2023
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Malicious Compliance

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People conforming to the letter, but not the spirit, of a request. For now, this includes text posts, images, videos and links. Please ensure that the “malicious compliance” aspect is apparent - if you’re making a text post, be sure to explain this part; if it’s an image/video/link, use the “Body” field to elaborate.

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I honestly don't know if this is allowed here but I thought this is malicious compliance at its finest.

If you don't want to drive traffic there I'll repost what the mods posted below:

POLL: Decide on the future of /r/Pics!

Hello, /r/Pics subscribers!

Boy, what a whacky time we've all had lately, huh? Reddit decided to kill off third-party applications, a protest got planned (and possibly exploited by bad actors), the site showed up in the news, various communities started opening back up, others decided to stay inaccessible, and then the CEO of Reddit implied that a bunch of moderators would be removed from their positions!

Crazy, right?

Anyway, we – the so-called "landed gentry" – definitely want to comply with the wishes of the "royal court," and they've told us that we need to run the subreddit in the way that its members want. To that end, we figured that the only reasonable thing to do was directly ask how you'd like things to progress from here.

Which of the following should we do?

  1. Return to normal operations

  2. Only allow images of John Oliver looking sexy To be clear, if people choose the second option, screen-grabs from videos will be allowed (provided that there aren't any visible logos, inserted graphics, or other digital elements present). You could – if you wanted to – look through episodes of Last Week Tonight on YouTube, find moments featuring John Oliver at his sexiest, then post images of those moments here.

It's entirely up to you! Whatever the /r/Pics community decides is best, we'll respect!

Vote, friends! Vote now!

(You can vote by upvoting either of the comments in the thread below.)

Voting has now closed.

Our final tally is as follows:

Return to normal operations: -2,329 votes

Only allow images of John Oliver looking sexy: 37,331 votes

It would seem that the community has spoken!

Henceforth, /r/Pics will only allow images of John Oliver looking sexy.

(Said images must adhere to all of the community's other rules, including those mandated by Reddit.)

Happy posting!

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[–] dystop@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Definitely allowed. For now, anything that fits in the spirit of malicious compliance is fair game, it doesn't have to be text only too.

[–] Plenty@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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[–] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

r/debatereligion requires all posts to be in Latin, same spirit.

[–] raltoid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Update on the vote results, for people who don't want to go there:

  • Pro John Oliver: 61.7k

  • Return to normal: -13.7k.

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[–] Steak@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

hahaha that's brilliant

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

That's a classic reddit moment. There's such a good community on that website, it's tragic that reddit wants to use that against itself.

These kind of protest won't reduce the traffic on the platform though. They might even gain traction and increase it. If it's not linked to reduced ad revenue, I'm afraid it's counter-productive.

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Only having pictures of John Oliver is definitely an improvement over normal r/pic.

[–] seeCseas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

oh my god i love this. it would be a shame if all other subs followed suit...

[–] Alue42@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Quite a few subs had polls today for how to run, one of them was r/showerthoughts voting on which days to be open and had a comment for each day for the next week for open and each day for the next week for closed and it was unanimous of (exactly equal numbers) all upvoted days closed and all downvoted days open.

[–] dystop@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

/r/gifs is doing what /r/pics did.

[–] TheRealJefe@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Spez really should have read r/maliciouscompliance a bit before he bit off more than he could chew

[–] CookieJarObserver@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Spez is peak r/choosingbeggars wanting free work to be done but oh, not with your own tools that actually work, no you need the ones that are inside his Basement for the last 10 years and barely work at all.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Spez has the brain of a goldfish.

[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

He will probably get wind of this and cover it on his show 🤣

[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Now videos should do the same but with rick astly..."you know the rules and so do I"

[–] eee@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know, if more subs do this, I might actually go back to reddit for a bit hahahaha

[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

😄 I'd rather not give them the traffic

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

And then people will go check it out.

Ironic engagement is still engagement.

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[–] c2h6@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Genius! I wish every other sub did this.

[–] personalife@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Now this is the definition of malicious compliance!

[–] DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

archive.ph link for those who don't want to give reddit traffic.

[–] demvoter@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

30,052,708 John Oliver Enthusiasts - Lolol

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Love this from the mods.

[–] harbo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I can’t see what they did, my browser says it can’t establish connection to the server. Sounds like reddit admins took whatever it was down?

[–] AnonStoleMyPants@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

God dammit I guess I'll make an exception for /r/pics.

[–] LittleKerr@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The people has spoken. I love democracy

[–] seeCseas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

didn't spez want democracy? He said he was going to allow people to vote out mods lol. You want democracy, you get it!

[–] geoffervescent@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

/r/gifs currently is following suit! If you still have a reddit account go vote ASAP! (Also unsubscribe from all your "business as usual" subs as possible, immediately, if you can't delete your account immediately for whatever reason)

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