2y ago

Here’s the note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen

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2y ago

Here’s the note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen

www.theverge.com /2023/6/16/23763538/reddit-blackout-api-protest-mod-replacement-threat

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2y ago

Here’s the note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen

www.theverge.com /2023/6/16/23763538/reddit-blackout-api-protest-mod-replacement-threat

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If they force subs back open, mods all over the site should go on strike. If the admins don't value mods enough to honor their word and follow their own rules, they should see what an unmoderated reddit looks like. Maybe that will be a wake up call.
- Do mods have the power to just nuke their subreddit? That'd be the biggest move. If a few big subreddits were to do this, that'd be an instant and significant loss.
- If they replace the mods and add the ability to vote out mods like they said, community should just repeatedly vote out the scabs.
  
  Won't happen because the votes aren't actually going to be votes. Reddit will just claim a majority voted in favor of kicking out the current ones, and then claim that no one wants to kick out the ones they instill
plans to pursue changes” that would let regular users vote moderators out more easily
I think that's a good thing in the long run.
There is already a perfectly fine mechanism to deal with bad mods, you just go to a different sub. That approach has worked fine for many years.
There's a reason they never added any other mechanism.
Don't forget there are people with tens of thousands of aged accounts that are itching for ways to make money with them.
plans to pursue changes” that would let regular users vote moderators out more easily
I think that's a good thing in the long run. A lot of reddit moderators are absolutely shit people, and having an actual process to remove them is a good thing.
It should go without saying fuck u/spez and that his motives here are absolutely malicious in nature, but I do see some small good coming from this.
- Then we also don't know if the action is just temporary to just remedy a problem before IPO or a serious consideration. Rolling it out quickly is moronic too because what about smaller subs & targeted harassment.
"In a pinned message on r/funny, the biggest subreddit to go private before recently reopening, a moderator implored Reddit “to listen to its moderators, its contributors, and its everyday users” and asked it to “not tacitly enable bad actors by working against your volunteers.” r/Apple also recently reopened after being closed out of fears that it would be forcibly reopened. “We want the best for this community and have no choice but to open it back up — or have it opened for us,” a moderator wrote. Another r/Apple mod is resigning in protest of Reddit’s actions."
Imagine having no spine, except that 1 mod (kudos to that person).
Why even bother to blackout if you are gonna bulge after the first threat?
Do even the subs themselves thought that 48 hours was enough to do something? Can someone be that naive?
I thought the subs were actually gonna abide by what the community wants?
How is opening up helping the community when you voted to be down indefinitely just 1 day ago? It is actively screwing them because it shows Reddit is right.
Following it up with a pinned message telling how you still not agree, btch please.
Just stop with the posturing then and bend over for Reddit already.
- It is like an abusive relationship. Just imagine how much time these mods spend on those subs. How much effort they've put in. I don't fault some of them for not being able to walk away or be unable to bear handing the keys over to a bad actor.
  
  I fully understand that. Plus, there would be no way of organizing what I had mentioned anyway. I just sucks seeing this guy lie, and tear down these communities and quite frankly, escapes for a lot of people.
  I saw a comment on r/eyebleach asking them not to go private again, because they like to browse it when they're feeling down... all because of greedy ass hats.

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