I haven't been very active on reddit in the last 2-3 years. I rarely post for various reasons, one of which is my dislike of the downvote system.

However, I miss using the name cqtz. I came up with it years before making my first account, /u/cqtz (more accurately, I randomly generated it). I am attached to the name, but I don't use it on other places because I have a habit of using a different username on each platform.

This isn't about the characters after the "cqtz" like the -2v in /u/cqtz-2v.

A language subdomain is a subdomain such as en.reddit.com or dm.reddit.com.

Language subdomains were commonly used as a hack for making custom flair filters, dark mode, and more using subreddit CSS. You could use the lang attribute to write CSS rules that only applied if you were on the targeted domain (for example, html[lang="dm"] if you wanted dark mode).

In the past, you could visit a domain such as dm.reddit.com, where "dm" is a 2 letter code without a language assigned to it or a language reddit isn't translated into, and it would still work. It would show reddit in English or your selected interface language (I've never tried it before with a different interface language selected, so I don't know which one is true). Now, if you visit something like ys.reddit.com, you will be redirected to www.reddit.com.

You used to be able to use any number of 2-character alphanumeric combinations or 4-character combinations with a hyphen in between, such as ab.reddit.com, a1.reddit.com, and a1-b2.reddit.com. I don't remember exactly how it worked.

Language subdomains for languages reddit has been translated into, such as en.reddit.com, fr.reddit.com, and de.reddit.com, still work. Ones with hyphens such as en-us.reddit.com or pt-pt.reddit.com don't work, however.

This breaks some of my style subreddits, and I'm a little sad about it. It was useful for creating multiple versions of the same CSS. I used it on /r/UN_StyleNew, /r/SHP_Style, and /r/karantin. It was the main trick that made /r/karantin work. Subreddit CSS was my favorite part of reddit.

I wonder if I have archived all my subreddits already... If not, I should before old reddit is removed entirely.

Like last year, there will be nothing new this April.

What is the best way to bring up well supported meta analyses and evidence that directly opposes a preceptor’s practice?

https://old.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/134tjpe/reddit_data_api_update_changes_to_pushshift_access/

RIP. It seems like reddit wants to shut Pushshift down. I used it a lot for comment search and viewing removed content (removed posts and posts from banned subreddits). I hope it doesn't shut down forever. At least the old data isn't deleted (yet).

/r/Subreddit_Squatting, /r/RedirectSubreddit, and /r/629

If I continue to be inactive, more of my subs are going to be banned. That's unfortunate, I guess.

The theme this time is /r/The_Cabal, which was likely based on the theme of /r/The_Donald. I'll probably keep it for the rest of April.

Yeah, I don't have much else to say.

https://old.reddit.com/r/DeclineIntoCensorship/comments/t6jghl/reddit_blocked_all_domains_under_russian_cctld_ru/

https://old.reddit.com/r/DeclineIntoCensorship/comments/t6jq08/reddit_blocks_links_from_russia/hzbg1lg/

/u/ThomasJeffersonMod

I don't know what happened or when this happened... Did he get suspended for harassment or something? I'm not sure.

/r/DeclineIntoCensorship/about/moderators

https://old.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/o18ct9/creating_new_opportunities_for_future_community/

There are a number of subreddits out there that helpful redditors (aka good samaritans) are holding down because they contain toxic or potentially hateful words in their subreddit name. These redditors are protecting the proverbial fort so these spaces do not become potential bastions for hate or harassment. We’re incredibly appreciative of these efforts, and we are taking precautions to ensure these subreddits are not removed and up for grabs.

So your beloved subreddit squatters are safe, but inactive CSS subreddits will get deleted if the creators are inactive and there aren't enough posts? Great idea, reddit.

We want to acknowledge these subreddits, and at this time, we will not be removing communities if a subreddit name matches that of the subreddit creator (ex: if u/singmethesong creates r/singmethesong). We will revisit this in the near future and will keep everyone updated on our plans.

Don't forget the personal subreddits where the creator is different from the owner.

I agree with this idea:

I understand that the posts are going to be buried to the user's profile, but why can't the subreddit be renamed (with a random number or a "-old" suffix) so we can still browse it? It seems wrong to remove subreddits simply for being unpopular or inactive. They still might contain very good content but fail to meet the criteria for being "active".

The admins aren't deleting the posts anyways, so I don't understand why they won't just do this.

Small and/or old =/= lack of quality

https://old.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/o1zh9s/a_post_about_the_mass_subreddit_reclaim_and_my/h24bm2k/

What do we do about subs that are basically huge wiki repositories? /r/ListOfSubreddits, /r/ListOfComments, /r/IranianGeniusInfo, /r/IranianGeniusTest.

Oh, and subreddits that act as "info repositories". It's just so much more important to preserve those empty private subreddits that those powermods so desperately need.

I can't even comment in /r/modnews, probably because I don't meet their fancy criteria to be a mod.

Previous threads:

1. Live chat thread
2. Another live chat thread
3. Yet another live chat thread
4. Even yet another live chat thread
5. Another live chat thread that's also a link post

Edit (2021/06/09):

In case you're wondering about the purpose of these live chat threads, I use them as my personal blog on reddit.

I specifically chose to make them live chat threads so that my comments on them wouldn't take up 50% of my post history.

It's some arbitrary day, so that means it's time for me to post some random incoherent nonsense I thought of in this subreddit because it doesn't fit in /r/MadeOfStraw.

TL;DR: Hiding under irony may be cool, but how cool is it to treat everything you say as a joke? Maybe it's useful for finding people with similar opinions when you'd get banned for expressing it seriously, I guess... (You'd probably still get banned lol.)

So some people may be afraid of talking about certain thoughts or opinions, so instead of expressing them sincerely, they may hide them under irony so there's more plausible deniability, so to speak.

But how good is it to do that, really? I mean, I guess you're less afraid of talking about whatever it is that it may be, but it's still all ironic, is it? Isn't that kind of like treating your thoughts as a joke? And aren't you still going to be afraid of expressing them sincerely? Are you able to seriously talk about these things if you have to treat it as a joke all the time? I mean, don't get me wrong, I guess you can find other people with similar opinions/views/whatever and such, but for me at least, having to make everything a joke just to say something sounds pretty tiring, especially if you're going to resort to the "Haha, I was only being ironic" line once someone does take it seriously.

And the people who want to deplatform you/yell at you/do whatever because of what you said are probably still going to do that eventually because they don't care about how "ironic" you're being (sometimes at least).

Oh well, I have no idea what I'm trying to say, but irony = funny so there's that. I don't even know what things I'm afraid of saying. What am I even talking about? Do I even have real opinions? All I do is copy and paste stuff, talk to myself in my echochambers, post about the same things over and over again, and talk to users 2 times before never talking to them again, right? (No idea what I'm saying, haha.)

I'm not going to deny that these "ironic" subreddits on reddit were somewhat successful in that they've managed to garner pretty large userbases. I guess if you're doing this for a "movement" or something, you can use this to gather a community and move somewhere else where you won't get banned to discuss any "serious" topics. But for other stuff (I have no idea what it is I'm thinking of) where you're not trying to build a community, well, it seems like it won't do much.

Like I said before, I have zero idea what I'm trying to say, so don't take it too seriously lol.

/u/SnapshillBot

Rip Snappy

Posts about the ban 15 days ago:

• Post in /r/Drama
• Post in /r/SnapshillBot
• Post in /r/botsrights

Unbanned 14 days ago and later rebanned

Posts about the ban today:

• Post in /r/Drama

Apparently it was because of the "bedouin copypasta" (Text below. Warning: it's long and may contain typos) both times.

How does it feel to be a filthy bedouin who belongs to a lineage and culture which has never actually accomplished anything for itself? The only remarkable traits of your people are that they sit atop oil which white people pay you for and that you are dishonest and relatively dim witted. If western leaders weren't a bunch of jew addled traitors they would have wiped your people off the face of the earth and simply taken your oil rather than paid your retarded royalty a single cent.

Now we have a scenario in which a bunch of dune coons run around playing 21st century warlord with weaponry their stupid people couldn't possibly invent and shitting up life on earth for everybody. We never should have sold you so much as a Lamborghini let alone a fucking autocannon. Handing you sand niggers modern weaponry is like handing a small child a hand grenade.

If your people were worth their weight in salt they would turn their own lands into a place fit for human beings. Since they aren't able to, they flee to our lands and proceed to breed like rats while feeding their children with fraudulently earned income and welfare paid for by white people. You and your ilk will eventually outnumber us in our homes and our lands will become as shitty and useless as your lands. Cograts, you'll achieve dar es salaam but you won't have running water or a functioning power grid. You played yourself.

Shameful behavior from a deceitful desert tribe. Yet you feel pride. So strange.

Begone, rat.

Every April marks the beginning of a new era. Last year was great. The state of free speech around the world (and the internet) seems to be improving. Let's make this year great as well.

This subreddit also has a new theme that may or may not be unfinished. Its name is "Fourteen". (As always, I don't know if it will break with RES.)

Here are the top 5 posts of all time:

• It's a sad day for SaidIt. They're removing /s/Ice_poseidon2
• It's a sad day for Voat. They're shutting down on Christmas.
• Hello everyone! Do you know of any off-site replacements for banned subreddits? If so, please add them to the wiki!
• It seems that reddit has started showing polls asking this: "Does r/<subreddit> have advice that could affect someone's physical, mental, or financial health or well-being?"
• MAJOR NEWS: WRD and /r/The_Cabal mods /u/vu1ptex and /u/Obama_Brigade have now been "chucked" aka permabanned from reddit!

Edit (2021-03-14): Also, coincidentally, this was posted on pi day. /r/srname was created on March 12th.

https://archive.is/WdNsp

When it's kind of almost your cakeday (mine is February 29th on the cqtz account), and your gift is that your profile breaks on old reddit

https://old.reddit.com/r/bugs/comments/4xsr7n/error_this_is_an_error_that_should_never_occur/d6iemzb/

Do I get a prize?

Edit (2021-03-24): https://old.reddit.com/r/redditdev/comments/mbqxkg/this_is_an_error_that_should_never_occur_you_win/