Okay it's fun, Reddit won't be able to remove them since a vote was held, but what impact will featuring only pics of John Oliver have on Reddit's bottom line? This achieves nothing and the pics have already tens of thousands of upvotes, meaning the engagement and traffic are back.
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My take is that stuff like this counts on traffic being a flash in the pan. At first, it's funny and novel, but as time wears on the hope may be that people top engaging with funny sexy Oliver photo #93848. Hypothetically this would cause a drop in traffic and engagement, but still leave the mod team strictly in compliance with reddit's demands.
Man, when this writer's strike ends i cant wait to see John Oliver talk about this.
the look on his face when the thirst of the comments and post titles sets in.
Man that most evoke all of the emotions. Weirded out, happy, flattered, confused, dumbfounded, ....
I'd be shocked if he didn't already know.
He posted about it and gave a few pics too on a Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/iamjohnoliver/status/1670179738348933120
TIL about that website for privacy, thanks!
Well played r/pic and r/gifs mods, well played. This is hilarious.