Reddit removed moderators behind the latest protests before restoring a few of them
www.theverge.com
r/MildlyInteresting lost its mods, but got them back.
  • cyanarchy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Asked if Reddit could confirm the reinstatement, Rathschmidt declined, saying, “I’m not going to set a precedent of confirming with The Verge every action we do or don’t take to ensure users can access their communities.” He didn’t elaborate on how removing a subreddit’s entire moderation team with no communication ensures users can access their communities, particularly since they were never entirely inaccessible beyond the limitations imposed by Reddit itself.

    Absolutely scathing.

  • Ghostalmedia@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    This NSFW protest was the perfect funeral for a website that became famous with the jizz box, poop knife, etc.

    I was pretty sad to see a platform I loved die, but sadness was replaced with laughter over the past few days. Seeing middle aged dads posts their hairy buttholes out of anger. 🤌😘

    • tenochtitlan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I can’t believe the disrespect you’re showing to the jellyrancher story by relegating it to Et cetera.

  • cecirdr@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Wow. Those are huge subreddits that are now unmoderated. Is Reddit planning on using bots to auto mod these and hope they catch all the spammage?

  • grady77@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    I get that this is all blowing up and very publicly, but I’m worried that there is still far too much traffic going to Reddit to make a huge difference. There will have to be something else drastic I think to really force them to do something.

    • SkyNTP@lemmy.ml
      4·
      1 year ago

      Reddit is terminal, even if it appears on the surface to be still functional. For two reasons: a) the IPO has caused an irreconcilable rift between user, and the shareholders, and b) Reddit has shattered the trust between it and the users and community leaders (mods, Reddit may call them unelected, but in reality they are elected by popularity of each subreddits – mods do not have a monopoly over a topic like gaming there can and are many).

      It’s not immediately apparent, but Reddit will come out of this completely changed, having lost it’s true value: the rich community that had gathered there. For a time, there will be posts, but it’ll be a cesspit of low effort content, monetized crap, and paid promotion. WTF wants to stick around for that? And then the customers (advertisers) will leave because there is a poor audience. And then it will die, like all enshitified products do.

    • realitista@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      Don’t look at Reddit traffic. Look at the 600% increase in Lemmy traffic which isn’t slowing down even a little. Lemmy is quickly building up enough steam to replace Reddit, and then it’s simply a matter of time. Lemmy will keep getting better and Reddit will keep getting worse. People will figure it out. As someone who watched the fall of Digg firsthand and in real-time, I can assure you, these things can very much surprise you. They haven’t even closed down third party apps yet.

  • mountainpeacock@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    One of the commenters on the article claims to be a mod from the sub. They’ve been reinstated with zero communication, probably from the media pressure. And the mod-less sub starting to go up in flames.