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Apparently the admins aren't too happy with the new form of protest that Reddit moderators found, since NSFW subs don't run ads. Brought to Reddit users by the zombie admin account u/ModCodeOfConduct!

The admins also removed the entire mod team of r/MildlyInteresting (original link) and replaced it with either employees or sycophants, while giving all mods a 7d suspension ban.

Reddit: "subs belong to the community!"

Also Reddit: "screw the community, this is MY PRECIOUS!"

I'm willing to bet that r/ModCoord will be eventually banned. And the ban message will say something cryptic, vague, and meaningless.

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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasted some time browsing it. Old mods are getting nuked across a hoist of subs, for example every mod on /r/celebrity was added one hour ago and old mods got banned.

If Reddit thought APIs were expensive, time to see how much it costs to use your employees as content moderators until IPO

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

time to see how much it costs to use your employees as content moderators until IPO

I remember seeing some maths on that - roughly 3.4 million dollars. The damage will be actually worse because a few of them won't say "I'm leaving", they'll just step out of their subs and do nothing until they pile up with crap.

[–] CheshireSnake@iusearchlinux.fyi 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It would be shame if the users whose majority voted to make the sub nsfw continue posting nsfw stuff on the recently-swf subs.

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Then the admins will immediately permaban then.

Source: the guy who posted Spez saying "I'm a greedy little pigboy" in r/adviceanimals after being forced open by the admins. Oopsie.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When I started hearing about mods being replaced, I knew it was over. That platform simply has no future any more.

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Frankly I knew that it was over when I created this comm. Now we're just watching it 🔥burn and eating 🍿popcorn.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

LOL, tru dat. I even set up a list for specific hashtags on Madtodon to keep an eye on that dumpster fire.

[–] Garatron@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let’s be realistic. Reddit will probably be fine for a whole while. Tons of users are still using the platform normally and are annoyed about the protests.

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

They’ll be more annoyed by the drop in quality.

[–] Cynicaljester@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes this is all a bit depressing that reddit seems to be reaching its natural conclusion; believe me I've been browsing since 2010 and have watched it change over the years. But , at least this time is not the absolute degenerates that migrated like the r/fatpeoplehate fiasco. Voat turned into a white nationalist cess pool really quickly. And on a positive note lemmy/kbin seem like they have some real potential.

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I'm genuinely joyful that Reddit is dying. That place was a liability for the internet and society, on multiple ways.

I've watched Ruqqus forming. It started OK but then Voat closed down, and guess what: a place built around a naive/dichotomic conception of free speech, with absolutely no behavioural rules, was bound to be eventually infested by people who don't care about free speech.

The Lemmyverse is shaping differently because the ones being pissed by the changes are different. This time it isn't the ones poking fun at obese people, or the white nationalists, or the "gamers rise up REEEE" and "I'm sooo nice why does nobody like me? ;_;" basement dwellers. No, this time everyone with more than half a brain is getting the fuck out of the boat because we know that it is sinking.

Just my two cents.

[–] MisterMoo@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

I really like the Kbin/Lemmy version of the fediverse and I’m not tempted to go back to Reddit.

[–] foxuin@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Zero integrity.

[–] nyander 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Reddit seems down entirely. Guessing they are being hit by denial of service.

[–] RiikkaTheIcePrincess@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So, they're paying someone to moderate the moderators? Just a thought. Maybe good for a chuckle.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Facebook spends 2bln a year on content moderation. Spez (the guy who started his career by selling out the work of his suicided friend) has been interviewed saying he talked to Musk about how to lower operation costs. Can't imaging 2bln/yr is cheaper than what he had before.

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Odds are that it's some old employee (or even spez) doing the dirty work under a different account to avoid being "harassed" (i.e. called out on his lies).