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Reddit, instead of playing games like "oh you must have been inactive", they should just replace all mods with Reddit employees. Every single sub. I mean, why

Reddit, instead of playing games like "oh you must have been inactive", they should just replace all mods with Reddit employees. Every single sub. I mean, why wait? If the plan is to do IPO, then as a publicly traded company they will need accountability and so forth. What process do they propose to have in place where BillyBob moderator of whatever sub allows something alarming? Can I sue Reddit because they endorsed BillyBob's hypothetical action by allowing them to be in a position of representation without signing a code of conduct? This whole soap opera is a waste of time. Mods are done for as soon as IPO approaches. Stock traders aren't going to tolerate randoms running subs.

redmerchant2 3y ago
No this method prevents liability. It’s like Facebook private groups. If there’s anything wrong you deflect the blame and remove the group/moderator. This lets you get the best of both worlds. Outsource the responsibility and the blame. Mods are meant to be replaceable scapegoats. Also stock traders don’t care. Some investment bank will trot it out on a road show to mutual funds promising the IPO pop and everyone goes their merry way.
quickthrowman 3y ago
They aren’t switching to paid moderators because their business model is unable to support paid moderators. They also have an army of willing volunteer moderators that they can throw under the bus if something goes wrong.
remram 3y ago
If Reddit could afford to do their own moderation, they would.
- Sunspark 3y ago
  They can. Just advance against the IPO money and apply it retroactively. I figure they will charge $100-200 a share to the public.
  - remram 3y ago
    If they destroy the sustainable part of their business right as they go into IPO, that won't look good at all. Also they would need to currate tens of thousands of communities, many about niche subjects, in a variety of languages. Reddit simply does not function without the community moderating itself. Even Twitter relies on the community to add warnings under tweets at scale.
ShakataGaNai 3y ago
Why not? Section 230 is why.

redmerchant2 3y ago

No this method prevents liability. It’s like Facebook private groups. If there’s anything wrong you deflect the blame and remove the group/moderator. This lets you get the best of both worlds. Outsource the responsibility and the blame. Mods are meant to be replaceable scapegoats. Also stock traders don’t care. Some investment bank will trot it out on a road show to mutual funds promising the IPO pop and everyone goes their merry way.

quickthrowman 3y ago

They aren’t switching to paid moderators because their business model is unable to support paid moderators. They also have an army of willing volunteer moderators that they can throw under the bus if something goes wrong.

remram 3y ago

If Reddit could afford to do their own moderation, they would.

Sunspark 3y ago
They can. Just advance against the IPO money and apply it retroactively. I figure they will charge $100-200 a share to the public.
- remram 3y ago
  If they destroy the sustainable part of their business right as they go into IPO, that won't look good at all. Also they would need to currate tens of thousands of communities, many about niche subjects, in a variety of languages. Reddit simply does not function without the community moderating itself. Even Twitter relies on the community to add warnings under tweets at scale.

ShakataGaNai 3y ago

Why not? Section 230 is why.