Shirasaki
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Already the community is giving in. This whole protest will be forgotten very quickly. Talking about powerless Users.
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Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts
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xARx2
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user numbers going strong!
zach-coleman
macrumors 65816
The mods of r/Apple are weak. There is no way Reddit can replace the entire site’s mod force in any reasonable time frame and Reddit knows it. This was the most predictable threat they could have made and yet apparently none of the mod teams predicted it. Even if Reddit did delete all of the blackout mods it would be a near fatal blow to the site. Would cause months of Reddit having to step in on hastily appointed power tripping replacement mods.
I would comment this on their thread but I already deleted my account.
Edit: Also, Reddit is certainly going to replace them once this dies down. Either with a new team of humans or with an AI. There is no way they're ever going to allow an event like this to happen again.
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And after reading the Verge comment, the blackout will now be really be indefinite as more users are irate at the CEO’s comment. Heck, would not be surprised if the subreddit just shut down and moved to Lemmy or other platform.
At this point, he’ll need to be forced out via hostile takeover. Only choice left.
It doesn't take any work at all, if you don't mind a subreddit filled with posts about apple pies. Or, for that matter, Viagra ads.
On the other hand, if you want someone to monitor the content to delete the off-topic posts and spam, then you'll need a mod or three. Funny how everyone seems to assume that someone else will do this job for them. For free.
jonblatho
macrumors 68030
I, too, could substantially improve my cash flow by simply choosing not to pay my rent and other bills.
boss.king
Suspended
Exactly. The people pretending that being a mod is just sitting at your keyboard lording over your subjects are clueless. For big communities it takes a lot of work to keep things civil but active, filter out spam, bots, trolls, etc, enforce rules, keep things on topic, respond to community feedback, etc.
Just like in any role, some of the people are going to be bad and abuse their power, but it's also a thankless job that many people perform very competently for free, enabling others to enjoy and benefit from a functioning community.
If there's one thing reddit mods and supermods won't stand for it's being told that they don't hold ultimate cosmic power. Reddit has gotten far by giving subreddits the illusion that they own themselves but the veil has been dropped now.
CapitalIdea
macrumors 6502a
zach-coleman
macrumors 65816
What are you supposed to use to replace Reddit? Surely not Mastodon...?FediDB, Fediverse Network Statistics
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user numbers going strong!
Yes, it's true. The ultimate power is held by spammers and bots.
They've been waiting very patiently for the moment to finally claim it. Entropy will always overcome order.
vipergts2207
Suspended
Because without mods each sub becomes a mini 4chan.
My previous post was flagged (because I'm a newbie posting links?), but anyway kbin.social is to reddit as mastodon is to twitter.
They already have a bunch of "magazines" (aka subreddits) like ELI5, dataisbeautiful, IAMA, AITA, TodayILearned, oddlysatisfying, and of course apple... just waiting for content.
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zach-coleman
macrumors 65816
I went to the link and the site is dead. Either a good or a bad sign, no in between. 🤣
It always been like this in the US, just presented in a "friendly" package.
It's been growing exponentially, and a few minutes ago it was not responding to me either. But now it's back.
Reddit was down for three hours this week ...
If they do this users need to walk away from Reddit forever. Overwrite their posts and comments with empty text and then delete their account. Make Reddit a graveyard of broken content and let it go the way of Digg.
Ghost31
macrumors 68040
Uh…no. I don’t care about third party apps and reddit is fine for what i need it for. If people care that much, great. Stop using it. Just like the Netflix boycott, i doubt it’ll amount to anything. Most people grandstanding that theyre not using reddit anymore? Most likely will be using reddit tomorrow anyway. This is some BLM black box on instagram crap
zach-coleman
macrumors 65816
It came back. I made an account. Sick of everything being a pump and dump. (Even kitchen appliances companies are pump and dumps now...) Hopefully this resists any goofy corporate schemes, but I am skeptical even though it would apparently be difficult.
xARx2
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lemmy and kbin exist! anyways, i was replying to someone who stated that federated stuff wouldn’t take off — but it literally has. it’s being proven right now that decentralized, federated communities are strong enough to a) attract users, and b) be sustainable — all without corporate marketing/funding. federated stuff is super dope, and i hope you can check it out if you haven’t yet!
