2y ago

Reddit takes over one of the biggest protesting subreddits

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r/malefashionadvice
Saved you a click.
- Thanks!
  I think instead of risking the sub being moderated by scabs, the mods should have just reopened the sub and quiet quit - no megathreads or stickies, anyone can post anything as long as it doesn't break reddit rules, no bots, all mod reports get approved automatically.
  
  And if they did that, the admins would just boot the mods and bring in scabs anyways. There is no way that any continuing protests won't end like that at this point. Admins have made it very clear...get with the program, or fuck off.
  
  Should have left a link to a community on lemmy or kbin or discord or steam or clubpenguin forum or a listing for a pink toy car on amazon and also quiet quit.
  People within the community would slowly realize the mods were gone and its most active users would realize it had a new home. The inactive, uncaring or inattentive ones, well, they didn't pass the test.
- Huh, never saw this sub.
- Thank you.
- Thanks
The mods have been removed, but in spite of what the admin said they haven't been replaced. The sub is in restricted mode, effectively read only.
Reddit is slowly turning into a graveyard.
- And good luck finding replacement moderators who are knowledgeable and passionate about the subject.
  
  Like Spez cares about little things like "passion" and being "factually correct".
  
  Some are fine with whatever happened. I used to check r/formula1 to keep up (since yesterday I must install the app and create an account to see it; before you could click "use the browser" and still access it) and there things were completely normal like nothing happened.
  The formula1 communities here are either repost bots or not active.
- The mods should have reopened the subs and quiet quit - no rules other than reddit's rules.
- yess die shit
Is there an equivalent Lemmy/Kbin community for that sub and others like it yet? I'm not really getting anything on my searches
- If you build it, they will come.
  
  I can do that lol, although I'm trying to get a few going now myself so I might focus on those for now.
  Also like the other person said, its great when the mods are knowledgeable/ passionate about the topic. I can make a community or help moderate, but I'd prefer if someone more experienced with a certain topic would take the lead.
  
  "if you want them to build it for you, press 1"
  
  Really though. Now that the sub is officially dead, people will start looking for an alternative.
Did not know that Reddit is run by the Chinese government.
- Well, tencent did make a sizable investment in Reddit a few years back.
  https://time.com/5526128/china-reddit-tencent-censorship/
  But then again r/fuckthecpp was a pretty active sub that received pretty much no censorship from the CCP as far as I know.
  I try and avoid Discord though ...they farm way too much data. I use it only when co workers insist on using the platform, but I always begrudgingly mention Matrix clients like Element instead.
  
  Do you know exactly what Discord track?
- Who would guess the West does all of the things they accuse China of doing.
  
  A private business taking action on their platform is very different than the government mandating censorship of criticism directed at said government...

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