Mr. Oliver The internet is awash in Reddit Video. Reddit users began to protest in June, demanding changes to the way the social media site was being operated.
Numerous subreddits went dark, some of which were the biggest and only allowed images and videos of comedian John Oliver.
The most recent demonstrations on Reddit, according to the community moderators, or mods, were sparked by statements made by the site’s CEO Steve Huffman.
Huffman discussed his plans to change the site to allow users to vote out protesting moderators in interviews with NBC news and The Verge. He also made a point of saying that the protests don’t fully represent the attitudes of the greater Reddit community.
Reddit’s plan to charge third-party app developers to access the site was at the heart of the objections. These apps are how many Reddit users access the website on their mobile devices.
Sync, ReddPlanet, Apollo, and Reddit is Fun are just a few of the well-known apps that announced they would be closing down owing to the expenses they would have to incur.
An estimated 3,600 subreddits are still inaccessible after more than 7,000 went black in retaliation. Despite Huffman’s remarks, several of the more popular subreddits conducted online polls to choose whether to carry on as usual or shift their attention.
These votes’ results are astounding. Images and videos of John Oliver have taken over some subreddits’ entire focus. A section of r/pics has been created just for images of Oliver “looking sexy.”
Any image of Oliver is permitted, according to the subreddit’s rules, as the comedian is “always sexy.”
The matter was handled by Oliver himself, who tweeted that the community’s work was “excellent” and urged Redditors to “have at it.” He then started posting a string of pictures that, at best, could be called unusual.
In addition to continuing to be active, several subreddits have modified their communities to comply with Reddit’s guidelines. The current focus of r/iPhone is on “dashing images” of Apple CEO Tim Cook.
In contrast to other forums, the moderators of r/scams have accepted content at a far slower rate, often waiting up to 14 days to do so.
Reddit’s community of moderators is crucial to maintaining the site’s functionality. There are tens of thousands of unpaid moderators on the network in addition to a few paid administrators. Every day, they devote one to two hours to making sure their subreddits are clear of irrelevant or even illegal comments.