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I thought this post by a former mod of another forum that went through this was interesting. https://patriots.win/p/12kFPq7oFY/recap-on-how-rnonewnormal-got-ba

by ipspam 5y ago

I thought this post by a former mod of another forum that went through this was interesting. https://patriots.win/p/12kFPq7oFY/recap-on-how-rnonewnormal-got-ba/ https://patriots.win/p/12kFPq7oFY/recap-on-how-rnonewnormal-...

seattle_spring 5y ago
How do you feel about some of the other posts and comments from that same community? For example: https://imgur.com/a/wIFDa8G https://imgur.com/a/wIFDa8G
- ipspam 5y ago
  I don't see a problem. They seem more like trolls and people with mental health issues like conspiratorial thinking on a spectrum that ends in schitzo. Don't get me wrong, I think it's reprehensible. I just don't take these people seriously. They exist, they have a right to exist, and they are going to spew their bullshit everywhere. What I'm really not willing to accept is a game of cat and mouse where normal everyday activists pose as these kinds of people and say the worst things they can in order to shut down discussion. I'm not for giving a small handful of people the power to shut down discussions they don't like by pretending to be alt right anti-Semites.
tablespoon 5y ago
> In early August, we first heard about the plans by “powermods” (moderators of very large and influential subreddits) to hold “blackouts” (where they take their subreddits private, disallowing posting) in an effort to force Reddit, Inc (a $10 billion company) to change its policies. I'm surprised that works, and that the Reddit admins let it work. If I were Reddit, I'd probably cave, but then make a code change so that "very large and influential subreddits" cannot implement those settings changes without admin approval. I wouldn't want to cede so much power to a few users. If done at the right time (e.g. when there's no big meta controversy), it might not even cause that much weeping and gnashing of teeth. I doubt most Reddit users care that much about mod powers.

by ipspam 5y ago

seattle_spring 5y ago

How do you feel about some of the other posts and comments from that same community? For example: https://imgur.com/a/wIFDa8G https://imgur.com/a/wIFDa8G

ipspam 5y ago
I don't see a problem. They seem more like trolls and people with mental health issues like conspiratorial thinking on a spectrum that ends in schitzo. Don't get me wrong, I think it's reprehensible. I just don't take these people seriously. They exist, they have a right to exist, and they are going to spew their bullshit everywhere. What I'm really not willing to accept is a game of cat and mouse where normal everyday activists pose as these kinds of people and say the worst things they can in order to shut down discussion. I'm not for giving a small handful of people the power to shut down discussions they don't like by pretending to be alt right anti-Semites.

tablespoon 5y ago

> In early August, we first heard about the plans by “powermods” (moderators of very large and influential subreddits) to hold “blackouts” (where they take their subreddits private, disallowing posting) in an effort to force Reddit, Inc (a $10 billion company) to change its policies. I'm surprised that works, and that the Reddit admins let it work. If I were Reddit, I'd probably cave, but then make a code change so that "very large and influential subreddits" cannot implement those settings changes without admin approval. I wouldn't want to cede so much power to a few users. If done at the right time (e.g. when there's no big meta controversy), it might not even cause that much weeping and gnashing of teeth. I doubt most Reddit users care that much about mod powers.