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That's my assumption. They'll just force open all the big ones, with or without demodding them all. No way they let something as big as funny and videos(among

That's my assumption. They'll just force open all the big ones, with or without demodding them all. No way they let something as big as funny and videos(among many others) just shut down for days...

genocidicbunny 3y ago
Unless they already have moderators that are up to speed on taking care of subs that big and active, there's going to be a deluge of spam content...I hope. It would be a shame if r/videos turned into a bunch of OF and crypto spam, especially on the day of IPO. Hardcore porn on r/all as the markets open would be hilarious.
- the_shivers 3y ago
  I had the exact same thought. A real shame indeed.
viraptor 3y ago
That would be a disaster for them. It would be "Mods are asleep, post X" taken to extreme. Any remotely contentious subreddit will be filled with crap and Lemmy will keep getting new users. I think it would be significant numbers switching, even if it takes only 2 days. And that's assuming mods will want to come back after the blackout...
- yanderekko 3y ago
  >That would be a disaster for them. It would be "Mods are asleep, post X" taken to extreme. They wouldn't be forced open with zero mods, obviously. They'll find volunteers. I would expect that if mass demoddings happen though you would see some sort of weird civil war on Reddit emerge though where outraged users would support spamming these subs in the way you describe specifically to ensure that their prophecy is fulfilled. You can even see people hoping for it in this thread already.
  - mock-possum 3y ago
    Who would volunteer for that though? Modding is hard. Good mods make a good sub.
  - viraptor 3y ago
    They already found volunteers before. Those volunteers with significant personal investment are effectively going on a strike. Finding replacement volunteers with no experience and short notice is unlikely to work well... and worse if they include people with an agenda against the current mods.
- bmacho 3y ago
  Can't they just close registration for a while, and ban the spammers?

That's my assumption. They'll just force open all the big ones, with or without demodding them all. No way they let something as big as funny and videos(among many others) just shut down for days...

genocidicbunny 3y ago

Unless they already have moderators that are up to speed on taking care of subs that big and active, there's going to be a deluge of spam content...I hope. It would be a shame if r/videos turned into a bunch of OF and crypto spam, especially on the day of IPO. Hardcore porn on r/all as the markets open would be hilarious.

the_shivers 3y ago
I had the exact same thought. A real shame indeed.

viraptor 3y ago

That would be a disaster for them. It would be "Mods are asleep, post X" taken to extreme. Any remotely contentious subreddit will be filled with crap and Lemmy will keep getting new users. I think it would be significant numbers switching, even if it takes only 2 days. And that's assuming mods will want to come back after the blackout...

yanderekko 3y ago
>That would be a disaster for them. It would be "Mods are asleep, post X" taken to extreme. They wouldn't be forced open with zero mods, obviously. They'll find volunteers. I would expect that if mass demoddings happen though you would see some sort of weird civil war on Reddit emerge though where outraged users would support spamming these subs in the way you describe specifically to ensure that their prophecy is fulfilled. You can even see people hoping for it in this thread already.
- mock-possum 3y ago
  Who would volunteer for that though? Modding is hard. Good mods make a good sub.
- viraptor 3y ago
  They already found volunteers before. Those volunteers with significant personal investment are effectively going on a strike. Finding replacement volunteers with no experience and short notice is unlikely to work well... and worse if they include people with an agenda against the current mods.
bmacho 3y ago
Can't they just close registration for a while, and ban the spammers?