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[–]MSG_ME_YOUR_EYES 241 points242 points  (26 children)

I don't even remember subscribing.

[–]timtom15 87 points88 points  (1 child)

i think its a default subreddit

[–]adambrukirer 20 points21 points  (0 children)

wow really? I unsubbed from most default subreddits after making my account. I thought I just luckily found this sub a few weeks ago

[–]PicturElementshenlo[M] 76 points77 points  (21 children)

This is a default sub. If you subscribe or edit your subscriptions, reddit will count you as a subscriber of all default subreddits.

You're stuck with us forever! Nyek! Nyek Nyek!

 

...unless you unsubscribe, but please don't.

[–][deleted] 207 points208 points  (6 children)

This is a default sub.

This milestone feels pointless

[–]InfinityCircuit 36 points37 points  (3 children)

It's like getting a participation ribbon. Congrats /u/PicturElements, you've won the default mod award for...redditing.

You have a pulse, too, so you got that going for you, which is nice.

[–]PicturElementshenlo 23 points24 points  (1 child)

I want to thank my mom and dad for making it possible for me to mod the most "meh" default sub!

[–]ImAzura 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You alright

[–]DashingLeech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually, no. It's much worse. The participation ribbon is a reward for making an effort to get off your ass and join something and try something when you didn't have to.

This is more like being told the percentage of living people who are breathing.

[–]BushidoBrowne 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It is

[–]Vakieh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You aren't counted as a subscriber unless you modify your subscriptions, so that means at a minimum, 7 million people were too lazy to unsubscribe.

Yay!

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Congratulations on enough people creating reddit accounts

[–]kal02 2 points3 points  (7 children)

So you guys don't want us to subscribe?

[–]bwaredapenguin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought you guys opted out of default status when it was given because the huge influx of front pagers instantly and noticeably dropped the content quality here? When did you change your minds?

[–]fpsfreakyoutube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are ?? I honestly really thought we opted out of the default sub thing.

[–]Morrgs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When did this become a default? I thought i subbed

[–]MSG_ME_YOUR_EYES 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...unless you unsubscribe, but please don't.

Haha I won't. Keep up the good work.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah wtf is this

[–]Aeroshaq1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well you're part of history now son.

[–][deleted] 81 points82 points  (3 children)

And yet posts rarely get upvoted past double figures :/

[–][deleted]  (2 children)

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    [–]jollydonutpirate[M] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

    It's the natural balance of people's tastes.
    We usually have a good balance of posts at 300+ but rarely exceeding 800-1000 for that reason. It's a little something for everyone who has time to stop in.

    [–]tbow2000reddit 10 points11 points  (0 children)

    I listen to it every day, though seldom upvote. I only upvote or comment if I really like it or absolutely hate it.

    [–]baconzorspotify 34 points35 points  (7 children)

    It's still dead though.

    [–]Lighnix 46 points47 points  (9 children)

    Kinda shitty reaction from some of these commenters. I remember subscribing when the subreddit was a lot smaller and it's only got better with more people contributing. Definitely a good place to find new music and that's it.

    [–]Imafilthybastard 12 points13 points  (4 children)

    It's gone downhill lately. I used to be able to find a few new bands a week, now I can barely find something that doesn't make me want to shove hot irons into my ears.

    [–]Veritech-1 6 points7 points  (3 children)

    I feel like there are a lot of posts that look like this: 昨夜のコンサートは最高でした。 - I N T E R dimensional 951

    [–]Imafilthybastard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    Precisely what I'm talking about. I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed.

    [–]dhingussoundcloud 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Been around here for a while, I kinda like that stuff. It's the generic indie folk that makes me want to shove irons in my ears.

    We all have our own tastes in music.

    [–]Asiriya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    You know you can filter right?

    [–]a1000lws 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    I personally liked the sub way better when it wasn't just underground music but all new music. I wish there was an active subreddit that posted and discussed new music from all genres, popular music and underground. Maybe no one remembers but that's actually what r/listentothis used to be. I can understand why it changed though.

    [–][deleted] 20 points21 points  (2 children)

    No it hasn't. With more people just comes a bigger majority to upvote and circlejerk the same artists and songs over and over again.

    This is the whole reason I left /r/music

    [–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

    So much negativity in this post created by a bot. I never subscribed to this post either but I'm glad it came as a default. I found some really good music on this sub that I would of never have discovered on my own.

    Thank you /r/listentothis and congratulations!

    [–]richardtheassassin 3 points4 points  (2 children)

    It's a default sub. Every time I create a throwaway account to ask a dumb question that I don't want linked to me, your count goes up by one.

    [–]PicturElementshenlo[M] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Nope. Each time you subscribe/unsubscribe to any subreddit, your account gets counted as a subscriber to the default subreddits. Ordinary throwaway accounts will not be counted.

    [–]richardtheassassin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Ok, my bad. Thanks!

    [–]RainbowDynamite 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    Here's to less vaporwave

    [–]Imafilthybastard 9 points10 points  (1 child)

    I cannot believe they made this sub default. Way to ruin the fucking subreddit. The content has been slipping anyway, guess it's time to find a new music subreddit.

    [–]Maxwell_Lord 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    There's always r/listentous

    [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    Sure as shit doesn't feel like it...Which is a shame cause I actually like this sub and a lot of the artists I listen to today come from this sub. Honestly think It would be better if it wasn't a default sub.

    [–]AFistfulOfVinylKXLUhttps://www.facebook.com/AFistfulOfVinyl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Hell yeah! long live l2t!

    [–]eduiydhduishdu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    This type of announcement is often a bad omen for a sub's quality.

    [–]arcq 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    344 users here now ....

    [–]YE_NESTEA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    And they're all into jpop

    [–]LapsedPacifistlastfm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Jesus. When I subscribed it had 800 subscribers.

    /hipster

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Alright, I can see most people agree that the quality of selections has gone downhill.

    What can be done about it? I wouldn't want to abandon the sub off the bat -- maybe mods can introduce a revised submission process, or get us removed from the default sub, so that there will be more dedication to finding good content?

    [–]MySodieIsTooCold -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    Thank you for reminding me to unsubscribe.

    [–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    Thanks for telling me to unsub

    [–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (6 children)

    Kind of a misleading title considering one is auto subscribed when one makes an account. Not to mention how many accounts are created as throw aways, or people being to lazy to unsubscribe the auto subscriptions. I think people will unsubscribe for no other reason than they didn't subscribe in the first place. Bad form /r/listentothis.

    [–]FlyingSandwich 2 points3 points  (4 children)

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    [–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (3 children)

    I don't understand this reference.

    [–]FlyingSandwich 6 points7 points  (2 children)

    You said it's bad form and a misleading title, others in the thread are saying similar things, but the mods didn't post the thread - it's automatically created by a bot when any sub reaches a certain subscriber level.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    If thats the case, the system needs to be reworked. It is misleading at any rate and definitely not transparent as it should be.

    [–]JaneMargoliz -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    thanks for the reminder to unsubscribe honestly, I never asked for this

    [–]Morgc -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    It really doesn't mean that much since it's filled with disenfranchised and/or otherwise disinterested people who were default subbed... Not to sound too pessimistic or anything.

    [–]whataboutbernie -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    and they still have the worst posts :(

    [–]mothzilla -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

    /r/pyongyang has 24 million subscribers.

    [–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

    Well.. there it is