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> "It's time we grow up and behave like an adult company" Then stop talking about this. Mods don't own their subreddits. Ban all these mods "protesting" and re

> "It's time we grow up and behave like an adult company" Then stop talking about this. Mods don't own their subreddits. Ban all these mods "protesting" and replace them with a handful of paid employees and then operate like an adult company. The actual users won't care who the mods are. In fact, it would probably greatly improve things. I've been on reddit for over a decade. Probably check it twice a day. I really do not care about 3rd party apps. What would be nice would be the ability to post without getting flagged by a bot or banned over some ridiculous rules made up by someone hoarding what little power they have. This reminds me a bit of the Netflix drama with password sharing. Just implement a sensible policy and be done with it. Most people won't even notice. Don't give like a dozen interviews where you talk about it. Only a small, but vocal, minority care. Don't cater to them.

mjhagen 3y ago
That's nice for people (like you, apparently) who don't have a problem with the direction reddit chose with their website and app, but for those who enjoyed old.reddit and Apollo it's too bad. This whole situation reminds me of a policy that happens around my city where they turn industrial areas into residential ones by renting out the old factory buildings for cheap to artists and once the neighbourhood is made popular (by these artists) rent goes up enormously (pricing out the artists) and yuppies move in. Reddit is now kicking out the people that made it.
- ftxbro 3y ago
  > "for those who enjoyed old.reddit" wait they are getting rid of that too?
  - pessimizer 3y ago
    No, everybody just keeps throwing that in to maximize the appeal of the protest. It's entirely possible, though, because they've been hanging onto old.reddit forever just like the free API. I know I'll never visit the site again without old.reddit, but I also know I'm part of an extreme minority. I get the impression that mods don't know that they're part of an extreme minority, because they thought they owned the site.
    - richbell 3y ago
      They recently shut down i.reddit.com and have been trying to sunset old.reddit.com (or at least hide it behind dark patterns) for years. It isn't a large leap to say that old.reddit.com will be next in their crosshairs. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35281562 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35281562
  - badwolf 3y ago
    They made promises they are not getting rid of it. Then again, earlier this year they also promised the Apollo dev there would be no changes to the API this year, or even in the next few years...
- themagician 3y ago
  I use old.reddit.com quite often. Is that going away? Oh well. If tomorrow I try it and it doesn't work and just redirects it's not a big deal. I honestly wouldn't even think twice about it, just a, "Well, guess I have to use the normal site now." I swear companies announce this stuff just for the headlines. Just to feel relevant. You could do this stuff in the background and no one would know.
  - Scion9066 3y ago
    They've had at least one experiment where they blocked the web version as well and tried to direct people to the app: https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/135tly1/helpdid_reddit_just_destroy_mobile_browser_access/jim40zg/ https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/135tly1/helpdid_reddi... HN discussion at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36287411 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36287411
pessimizer 3y ago
He's not going to have to pay mods, even though he should. He's probably going to delete all the participating mods, and let current members of the privated subs vote for new ones. Nobody will give much of a shit, except that the old mods will start attacking the site with floods or vandalism and that will be annoying, and some subs will turn into the wild west for a month or two. That much mod turnover, and the vandalism and hate media campaigns from former mods could seriously endanger the site if some competitor arises all of a sudden, but no competitor is visible so that's unlikely.

mjhagen 3y ago

That's nice for people (like you, apparently) who don't have a problem with the direction reddit chose with their website and app, but for those who enjoyed old.reddit and Apollo it's too bad. This whole situation reminds me of a policy that happens around my city where they turn industrial areas into residential ones by renting out the old factory buildings for cheap to artists and once the neighbourhood is made popular (by these artists) rent goes up enormously (pricing out the artists) and yuppies move in. Reddit is now kicking out the people that made it.

ftxbro 3y ago
> "for those who enjoyed old.reddit" wait they are getting rid of that too?
- pessimizer 3y ago
  No, everybody just keeps throwing that in to maximize the appeal of the protest. It's entirely possible, though, because they've been hanging onto old.reddit forever just like the free API. I know I'll never visit the site again without old.reddit, but I also know I'm part of an extreme minority. I get the impression that mods don't know that they're part of an extreme minority, because they thought they owned the site.
  - richbell 3y ago
    They recently shut down i.reddit.com and have been trying to sunset old.reddit.com (or at least hide it behind dark patterns) for years. It isn't a large leap to say that old.reddit.com will be next in their crosshairs. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35281562 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35281562
- badwolf 3y ago
  They made promises they are not getting rid of it. Then again, earlier this year they also promised the Apollo dev there would be no changes to the API this year, or even in the next few years...
themagician 3y ago
I use old.reddit.com quite often. Is that going away? Oh well. If tomorrow I try it and it doesn't work and just redirects it's not a big deal. I honestly wouldn't even think twice about it, just a, "Well, guess I have to use the normal site now." I swear companies announce this stuff just for the headlines. Just to feel relevant. You could do this stuff in the background and no one would know.
- Scion9066 3y ago
  They've had at least one experiment where they blocked the web version as well and tried to direct people to the app: https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/135tly1/helpdid_reddit_just_destroy_mobile_browser_access/jim40zg/ https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/135tly1/helpdid_reddi... HN discussion at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36287411 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36287411

pessimizer 3y ago

He's not going to have to pay mods, even though he should. He's probably going to delete all the participating mods, and let current members of the privated subs vote for new ones. Nobody will give much of a shit, except that the old mods will start attacking the site with floods or vandalism and that will be annoying, and some subs will turn into the wild west for a month or two. That much mod turnover, and the vandalism and hate media campaigns from former mods could seriously endanger the site if some competitor arises all of a sudden, but no competitor is visible so that's unlikely.