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Reddit might be able to force mods to keep their subs open, but there's no way to stop volunteers from volunteering somewhere else. Anyone who has ever dreamt
by beloch 3y ago
Reddit might be able to force mods to keep their subs open, but there's no way to stop volunteers from volunteering somewhere else.
Anyone who has ever dreamt of making a reddit competitor, but didn't because reddit is an unstoppable behemoth, should take notice of what's going on. There's a huge opportunity here.
- rjvir 3y agoThe users of a subreddits drive all the value, not the handful of moderators. If a competitor magically got the support of all the moderators, that wouldn't get them very far.
- beloch 3y agoWho's driving the current protest? Who are the primary users of Apollo? Mods. Reddit mods are anonymous and completely unaccountable to users. They decide what users see and what they are allowed to say. Their influence should not be underestimated. If mods defect to another platform en masse, so will a huge proportion of regular users. Take a look at the first page of /r/all. Reddit's brand has already taken a huge hit over something that will have little short term impact on the majority of users. I don't use Apollo, but this kerfuffle is unavoidable for anyone who uses Reddit even casually became of the mods.