Spez said in an interview I saw a few minutes ago that they would not be forcing subs open. Do you mean to tell me Spez – Steve Huffman, CEO of Reddit – is a liar? Who woulda thunk it?
They’re not though, they’re just forcibly replacing mods who don’t want to open with ones who do want to open…
Totally different 🙃
You see it’s not like that, reddit will authorize new mods and those mods will open the subs back up, see reddit really has not responsibility for what their hand selected mods do.
This strikes me more as “this is literally what the rules say” rather than being targeted at anything specific. It would be insane to start actually ousting mods across the entire site for a couple days of a pre-planned, short-lived blackout. The community already seems to be angrily demanding the mods reopen, and most have reopened anyway, so there is nothing Reddit admins actually have to do.
really? i was part of the biggest wrestling forum on the planet and that’s gone, possibly for good. that’s a big deal for a niche interest but everyone i’ve seen or interacted with is fine migrating to discord and the kbin. the only issue is what to do about the archive.
It’s not getting as much discussion time around these parts but Discord seems like its gonna be the true reddit successor. Honestly, this makes me sad because Discord feels like jumping into a stream of consciousness.
Discord seems like its gonna be the true reddit successor.
Not disagreeing that the masses will likely flock to it due to brand recognition and such …
But man does that make me sad too… Really hate how locked down Discord is in comparison (like you can’t even browse content without a login and using from the browser is painful compared to using a client). Add in their past (and possibly present) privacy issues and the fact that like Reddit, they are also a centralized site run by another greedy company and I feel like this is yet another recipe for disaster (albeit one that might take awhile to fully materialize)
Meh. Anyone who continues to use reddit and browse those communities, many of which voted to go dark in the first place, deserves whatever reddit serves them.
Oh good. Replace the experienced mods with powerhungry nobodies who have no idea what they are doing. Especially without the help of the needed tools.
Fantastic idea spez. There is no way this will end up in a shitshow in a myriad of ways. You dumb fucking buffoon.
That’s not the attitude of someone who’s confident that his flock will come back.
So the admins that were okay with u/awkwardtheturtle being a powermod are now just all of a sudden serious about quickly enforcing rules against protesting mods?
pretty much called that when the blackout first started. reddit isn’t going to just let their company sink. they’ll forcefully remove mods. that isn’t even the most unethical thing they’ve done over the years.
hoping they don’t remove me. i temporary privated my sub for mental health reasons because people were getting mad at me for joining the protest when i was opening back up
i made my sub during a very rough time in my life and i’d rather not lose it. i’ve been thinking about alternate ways of protesting but idk right now.
It’s okay :) hold onto it. I would advise making a copy of it here should you so choose. <3
They seem entirely content with burning it down and seeing what they’re left with after. Not even pretending to play nice anymore.
This is probably true. The front page is not barren, there’s plenty of users being active. The subs I frequented are still dark so there’s nothing for me, but it’s clear that Reddit isn’t going to start begging for us back yet.
Reddit acting as it they made these communities themselves, not that those mods came up with the concepts and then nurtured those communities over years
Reddit showing its hand. The blackout obviously is having an impact. Once all the dedicated mods are gone the site will go to shit.
As much as the thought may be comforting, it might take a long time for the site to really go to shit, if it will ever. Most likely, not a lot would change
Lukewarm and probably accurate take. We’re looking at the beginning of a long, drawn out end.
“These VOLUNTEERS must continue providing me FREE LABOR regardless what I do so that my website maintains value before I make millions off its IPO”
if there is no consensus, but at least one mod […]
ooh, so is that an invitation for backstabbing within mod teams now?
Color me shocked </s> downplaying the blackout at first, now that it’s shown to not just be a 48hr thing, they are trying to force the mods hands to reopen. And if they don’t reopen, then they will force them to reopen by replacing the mod team. This should all be documented from every mod team that has been threatened and their private notices should reflect the threats Reddit is giving them.
I feel like vandalism and squatting are 2/3 of their holy trinity of sub closure,along with brigading. It was always going downhill(joined 11 yes ago) and people were griping then about the same things they do now. 2016 however,it went over a cliff,with sub’s shut down left and right. And they claimed those same 3 reasons back then.
I feel like I’ve been waiting for the shoe to drop over at Reddit for years now. Honestly freeing to gtfo of there.
