#ShittyLifeProTips

[settlercolonialismisbad]

“As of this writing, ModCodeofConduct is also the sole moderator of:

r/ShittyLifeProTips (though ModCodeofConduct posted an open call on Thursday for new mods that has gotten some, uh, snarky responses)

r/AccidentalRenaissance (which was private as of last week after its moderators resigned)

r/oldbabies (pictures of babies with faces that look like old people)

r/BeardAdvice (according to the Reddark tracker, this community participated in the recent blackouts)

r/plumbingporn (also participated in the recent blackouts, per the Reddark tracker)

r/fordtransit (a community dedicated to Ford Transit cargo vans)”

Now, based on the Reddark tracker, the biggest subreddit still private is r/streetwear. According to Zach, who told me last week that he is also a mod of that community, it has more than 4 million subscribers. The subreddit also has a Discord.”

[mindshelter]

r/shittylifeprotips earn cash back by paying your ticket for transit fare evasion with your credit card

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SLPT : How to carry load

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SLPT - how to break the US economy

[claudibeez]

i feel like this should be on r/shittylifeprotips

Today’s chip is new clothing choice

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SLPT:. Costly medical bills? Die and never have to pay!

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SLPT: How to save the lives of the elderly

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SLPT: Don’t want bad news about your health? Don’t go to the Dr!

[tache-noire]

on the other side of protest: several large subreddits chose to FULLY abandon all posting rules except for Reddit's TOS, and label themselves NSFW. Advertisers can't advertise on NSFW subs. So basically, they turned into porn spam. Notable "anarchy" subs include r/interestingasfuck and r/shittylifeprotips. As of about 45 minutes ago, they have been restricted to trusted users, and all mods have been removed. They are now unmoderated, and will be shut down if no scabs show up. It will probably happen to the SFW protesting subs, too. It doesn't matter if they reopened as commanded, they did so in a way that admin doesn't like, and that drives users away.

/aww and /gifs have joined /pics in becoming John Oliver thirst traps and /Horny is now a Christian minecraft server.

God bless you magnificent bastards

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SLPT: Tip for dealing with anxiety.

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SLPT: easy way to get friends

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SLPT: Life every day to the fullest!

[chocolatepot]

HobbyDrama has not shut down, technically. Like a lot of subs, they went restricted last week, which means that nobody except "approved users" can post. (I suspect their mods are the only approved users, which is the case in most subs.)

However, multiple subs have had their entire mod teams banned and the sub left open for new management: interestingasfuck, tihi, shittylifeprotips, self, and illegallifeprotips. Basically, their mods set the subs as NSFW (which turned off ads, since advertisers don't want to have their products advertised next to porn) and then allowed or encouraged users to post NSFW content. Even though users under 18 and those who don't want to see porn on Reddit have the NSFW filter activated, the admins declared that this was an attempt to make children see porn and nuked their mod teams. The admins had in fact switched off the NSFW setting on the sub(s?) before doing this, potentially to make it look like NSFW content was being posted to a SFW sub - the log of mod actions on the sub was screencapped as a receipt.

r/mildlyinteresting was also caught up in this, but after people pointed out that they were only posting suggestive vegetables, the mods were reinstated.

It should be noted that the mods started this iteration of the protest after polling their users, because Steve Huffman made a big deal about how subreddits belong to their users and the mods are just "landed gentry" who do whatever they please. The users voted for the subs to become NSFW, but what the users actually want is immaterial - they were just an excuse to Huffman in the first place.

The HobbyDrama subreddit got shut down and I am quite bummed about it :( It’s archives so nothing is deleted but I’ll miss the scuffles thread each week for the latest news in hobbies and such. Sometimes people talk about what’s being discussed on this blog lol

If anyone from there sees this, I’m the one who wrote that Old Guard post so thank you for liking it :D. Hopefully the subreddit may be active again someday

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Whaaaat?! Tragedy!

BitchEatingCrafters isn't nearly as good, but it will have to suffice.

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SLPT: How to fight boredom during quarantine or any other time.

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SLPT: Ruin everyones summer by not getting out of the pool when youre pushed in