Reddit's API protest just got even more NSFW
Reddit's API protest just got even more NSFW
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Five gets you ten that Reddit will purge the moderators, get lackeys into the mod positions, do a content prune to get rid of NSFW-ish posts and comments, then try to bring it back as "business as usual".
Reddit has already demonstrated that they have no problem breaking their own rules.
r/interestingasfuck is still unmoderated and it doesn’t look like that’s gonna change any time soon. I doubt they have anyone to take over that many subs
Wait, doesn't reddit remove subs that are considered unmoderated?
Yes, but Reddit has been using the term to mean whatever they want to remove moderators from protesting subs.
They archived interestingasfuck, so there are no new submissions. But based on the later posts, it looked like they might have left it an unmoderated free for all for a bit.
I doubt they have anyone to take over that many subs
They don't. Even if people step in, new mods aren't as motivated as the mods that were dismissed.
That’s what those “mods are nazis” types don’t understand. Sure some mods are power tripping assholes, but most of them aren’t and are passionate about their communities.
Many who volunteer for the job also don’t stay long because of the work it entails, in addition to being called a nazi when some dumbfuck clearly breaks the rules and then harasses you for it.
My mod friends from my country’s subreddit stepped down because they didn’t want the abuse anymore after banning many racist and homophobic assholes. They all targeted their (the mod’s) username and made threads stalking all their activity and mass downvoting everything they did.
This is indeed an important aspect as well.
There's a group of people that somehow feels hurt on a personal level because their account got banned and as a result now oppose any protest from moderators on Reddit.
It's the same people that think they can moderate themselves, but yes, they'll find it it's hard work with people disagreeing with them whatever they do as a moderator.
Imagine that, it takes an army to keep the peace. And they had an unpaid one working around the clock for them. Reddit didn't shoot themselves in the foot, they blew the whole leg off
Thing is, finding great moderators (free dedicated and skilled labor) is not easy. Many people will take on the opportunity but many of them will give up in 7 days. It’s a chore, and a thankless one.