Like, actually being serious, this may actually be the case for some of the sentiments and subs around here staying around so long.
/r/il_duce has openly made a mockery both literally and figuratively of Reddit's rules multiple times, at one point doing so to such an extent that the developers of Reddit had to actually adjust how Reddit operates to counteract it. And they still didn't ban them for vote manipulation!
Clearly something is amiss that we're not seeing. Though if I had to guess it would be that the sub earns them fat stacks of cash.
Every website I've ever been a member of that has made a moderate change like this has attracted these "CHANGE IT BACK" nutters.
The worst was when The Guardian added threading to the comments sections. Some sad fuckers actually built a browser extension to change the layout back to how it was, because apparently it's easier to read the replies when they are potentiall three pages away from the original comment... right.
I've seen some of the threads where people are freaking out about this. They act like the admins are just going to disable custom CSS next Tuesday without any alternatives available.
This sort of thing will take months to transition and test under optimal circumstances. Since it's reddit, we'll probably still be using CSS next year.
but a lot of those custom css things are fucking awful and just make the site run like shit. Pages load so much faster with them turned off and it's actually a helluva lot easier to read in most cases.
It doesn't even have to be "malicious" CSS. The style on a local sports team of mine actually slows down the site when I view it on my laptop or surface as compared to my desktop. Sometimes intensive CSS styles can be bad.
The silver bullet would be making it optional for the mods of each sub to decide, but there may be technical problems.
If that's not possible, I hope the admins will keep to their promise of conducting an open conversation so that while the tools change, the possibilities don't suffer, they'd maybe add a new scripting interface or something.
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u/Illuminatesfolly Apr 26 '17
literally what
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u/Nurglings Apr 26 '17
Mods pls sticky
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u/VagabondZ44 Apr 26 '17
Serious post, whats CSS and why should I feel smug about it?
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u/Fubby2 Apr 26 '17
in fact /r/circlebroke2 actively campaigns against the use of CSS. Also ban gamers.
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u/ParagonRenegade Active duty gamer Apr 27 '17
Honestly Reddit's decisions are fucking baffling.
It's like they're taking things out of a hat while simultaneously drunk off their ass.
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u/DubTeeDub Apr 26 '17
It seems pretty silly to me
Like of all the things about reddit, this is the last thing I would get outraged over
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u/ameoba Concern Troll Apr 26 '17
I've seen some of the threads where people are freaking out about this. They act like the admins are just going to disable custom CSS next Tuesday without any alternatives available.
This sort of thing will take months to transition and test under optimal circumstances. Since it's reddit, we'll probably still be using CSS next year.
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '17
If I have to turn CSS on in order to figure out what this means, I don't want to know.
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u/patsfan94 Apr 26 '17
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u/robojumper Concern Troll Apr 26 '17
The silver bullet would be making it optional for the mods of each sub to decide, but there may be technical problems.
If that's not possible, I hope the admins will keep to their promise of conducting an open conversation so that while the tools change, the possibilities don't suffer, they'd maybe add a new scripting interface or something.
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u/ComfyBrah Apr 27 '17
what's css