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It’s one thing say “we will tough it out until the storm passes” and another “we will impose our will over the ownership of subreddits”. Every time you think R
by PartiallyTyped 3y ago
It’s one thing say “we will tough it out until the storm passes” and another “we will impose our will over the ownership of subreddits”.
Every time you think Reddit management can’t do worse, they manage to exceed that expectation.
So long reddit, it’s been real.
- floundy 3y agoI'd rate moderators more as "digital squatters" than "owners" of particular subreddits. I'm sure every community with over 5,000 subscribers on Reddit has at least a dozen users who would be willing to step up into the moderator position to re-open the community.
- PartiallyTyped 3y agoI think it’s more that reddit can’t respect a community’s wishes.
- floundy 3y agoI'm not sure that I'd define the subset of users who voted in some poll about closing a subreddit indefinitely as representative of the community's wishes. Many users lurk, or don't visit the site every day, and their opinions would not be reflected in such a poll. But I suspect the more casual users would lean towards not caring about the blackout. There's also the whole issue of astroturfing and misinformation around the topic, such as users being rallied to the cause with incorrect claims about API access and moderator tools, which Huffman has already clarified.