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How do we know that the current mods aren't paid shills also? This blackout would make a lot more sense if that were the case. They have to protect their bottom
by goykasi 3y ago
How do we know that the current mods aren't paid shills also? This blackout would make a lot more sense if that were the case. They have to protect their bottom line, and the changes that reddit is enacting threatens their ability to operate.
- lamontcg 3y agoHalf of them are, that's what I'm saying. (And I really doubt that the professional mods won't find solutions to stay in business -- and they'll probably be happy with a certain amount of "regulatory capture" making it more difficult to be a mod if you're not able to pay a hundred bucks a month or so for tooling to make it easier -- they can just pass those costs of doing business on)
- goykasi 3y agoThats my bad. I misread that first part. Interestingly, reddit just released some numbers about bots using the API.[1] > fewer than 100 bots total (including both moderation and non-moderation bots) currently exceed our updated free API Rate ..... out of the thousands of moderation bots that exist, less than 20 exceed the updated rate limits Thats really interesting and shows that automated/bot moderation tools are almost completely unaffected by the API changes. I have a little bit less sympathy for the "free volunteers" of reddit. [1] https://mods.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/16693988535309 https://mods.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/16693988535309