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

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by bird@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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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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[–] soeren@iusearchlinux.fyi 4 points 2 years ago

They are getting desperate.

[–] Jamocha@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

I would think (hope) that any of the good, decent moderators have already begun the migration over and the replacements are just going to be awful. Many moderators of the big subs have been doing it for some time. Thats a lot of brain drain. I wouldn't want to invest in a company that wants those in supervisory roles to be bodies rather than quality contributors.

[–] PhoenixRising@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

I think the mods should open up-and only use the official app to mod. If anything would scare future investors away, it would be giant mess reddit would become.

[–] MeowdyPardner@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

What the hell lmao, literally 2 posts down on my feed is the Verge article from today which states:

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; more than 80 percent of the top 5,000 communities by daily active users are now open

?????

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

[–] towerful@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

It's not forcing a sub to open.
It's removing mods that are squatting on a sub or vandalising a sub, as per described in the mod guidelines.
Whether the new mods that Reddit instates open the sub or not is up to the new mods.

They can say the first and do the second. The mods they instate will open the sub.

[–] highdrojin@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But what percentage of the top 100 communities? I don't actually know that answer, but top 5000 doesn't really tell me anything about the quality of the subs that are open right now.

[–] kinyutaka@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

80% of the top 5000 communities tells me that 1000 communities remain closed. That's a lot.

/r/StarTrek is one of them.

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