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Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts (www.macrumors.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by bird to c/technology

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As some subreddits continue blackouts to protest Reddit's plans to charge high prices for its API, Reddit has informed the moderators of those subreddits that it has plans to replace resistant moderation teams to keep spaces "open and accessible to users."

Edit, there seems to be conflicting reporting on this issue:

While the company does “respect the community’s right to protest” and pledges that it won’t force communities to reopen, Reddit also suggests there’s no need for that.

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/15/23762501/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-interview-protests-blackout

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[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 98 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Good luck with that! I'm excited to see the fireworks as their brand-new mod teams use their brand-new mod tools right as they go public. Should be quite a show.

[–] peyotecosmico@programming.dev 76 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

And on top of that when the new mods find out it's just like a regular job but without pay tons will bail out.

btw: thank you mods, honestly, after doing it for a small time I think you are saints.

[–] Mirodir@lemmy.fmhy.ml 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think what will happen is that a lot of the subs are eventually going to end up in the hands of the few mods who love sucking up to the admins and the mods who are in it for the dopamine they gain power-tripping instead of the mods who are in it to make the subreddit the best version of itself.

This will only further the "5 Mods Control 92 Of The Top 500 Subs" issue and lead to overall less happy, less engaged users.

[–] MikeHfuhruhurr 20 points 1 year ago

undefined> This will only further the “5 Mods Control 92 Of The Top 500 Subs” issue and lead to overall less happy, less engaged users.

With that many subs, they couldn't be good mods even if they wanted to. It is truly only a power trip and badge collecting at that point.

It's like bragging that they're the CEO of 3 companies...ok so you're doing a terrible job managing 3 companies instead of trying to do good at 1.

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