the only thing the "blackout" allowed, is for random youtubers to make clickbait videos and earn cash
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Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts
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AAPL is so far-distant from this drama as anyone could be . . . this is less than a Condé-Nast-level concern
I hated when Twitter killed third party apps out of nowhere with no warning but seems like that might’ve been a better strategy than Reddits Handling of this.
Well said:
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Reddit's CEO is now comparing the people who've done the most to make the site popular to "landed gentry" -- demonstrating that he's both over-the-top arrogant and ignorant. He's also threatening to change the rules of the site to make it easier to remove moderators. Yes, that'll definitely...
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bye bye Reddit. If they dont say bye bye to Huffman.
The mods are protesting because THEY know about and use the 3rd party apps. It makes their job easier. Reddit is killing these apps, so it’s going to make moderating tougher. Everyone is saying that mods will be replaced, and that may be so, but they will have to use the Reddit app and/or website. So new mods may come on, but once they see that it’s not quite as easy as they thought, they bow out.
would you though? They’d insist on banning some subject matter. And classes of images and fiction.
The only long Term viable solution is no one big, single owner of a platform.
That's exactly what the mods of this subreddit have been doing lately. They can't come crying here when they get the same treatment.
thats not what’s happening.
Ooof. Huffman just gave a terrible interview with The Verge.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/15/23762868/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-interview
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/15/23762868/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-interview
Let this be a lesson to all that anything can come and go. And no company has your best interest in mind especially when it comes to making money.
The last couple years should’ve been plenty of proof big tech companies can do whatever they want regardless of fragile feelings !
The last couple years should’ve been plenty of proof big tech companies can do whatever they want regardless of fragile feelings !
Hopefully the reddit board fires him after all this bad press. Unless they want their IPO to sink faster than a lead balloon
In my experience, the mods treat users worse than Redditt ever did. They are little tyrants who act as if the subreddit is their personal fiefdom, instead of an open forum. Redditt hasn't done anything to hurt users. Only the mods have.
I wasn't commenting on the merits, more that the guy said "I'm gonna make bold moves!" and then that was his first one. 😆
Me thinks this is a you problem and not a reddit problem. If you have pissed off that many mods on reddit perhaps re think how you post.
Yep, more proof that it’s possible for some rich people to be completely stupid!
Maybe just delete the /r/ subreddit all together.
The majority of mods are doing it for free, and threaten them on top? I would just delete everything and f u/spez.
The majority of mods are doing it for free, and threaten them on top? I would just delete everything and f u/spez.
He knows he either wins this fight or loses his job, so he’s doubling down. I’m betting he loses his job
How much creativity and work does it take to create an Apple subreddit called 'r/apple'? The Mods did nothing beyond typing 'r/subject' on their keyboard. It's is Redditt that created the framework within which the subreddits exist. And, it is the users who created the content that makes the sub valuable.
Now that this name is taken, I have to come up with a creative name for a competing subreddit that I create for the same topic. If Redditt prevented these mods from using brand names as titles of subreddits, users would have an fair shot at creating other, easily discoverable, subreddits for their interests.
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Ummm, aren’t the mods preventing those in their communities that want to have their communities back doing a very similar thing? They removed their entire subs by going dark against the wishes of many in their own community.
Seems like the mods forcing their opinions onto others by closing the subs instead of just stopping using their accounts/deleting their accounts/however they want to personally boycott are just as bad, if not worse, than what they are “fighting” against.
+1 I couldn't agree more! They are a bunch of power-hungry little pr!cks, who are now getting shafted by a bigger bully. It's fun to watch.
Reddit is a private company. If these volunteers want to hold it hostage (most likely against TOS) by interfering with the way it runs, then the company has every right to give them the boot. If they don't agree with how it's run, then they can go make their own version of Reddit. Nothing is stopping them.