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Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators from Subreddits Continuing the Blackouts

27 points by firstSpeaker 3y ago

jleyank 3y ago
Good idea! Piss off the people who do a lot of work on your behalf for free... Guess they're going to get new moderators or just use AI? Or run without moderation?
local_crmdgeon 3y ago
The existing power moderators are terrible. Bardfinn is a classic example. This is good. Move it to paid people offshore
- qzx_pierri 3y ago
  This is what will eventually happen. The moderators who do it for free almost always crave power and are extremely biased. Most subs are a cesspool of arbitrary bans and overt condescension. Mods will often lock threads if it fits within the sub guidelines, but supports a topic they don’t like. They’ll find a small argument somewhere in a comment chain and lock the thread, leaving behind a pinned comment such as “Locking the thread since you all refuse to behave”. It’s ridiculous. Especially since arguments spanning hundreds of comments are often allowed if the mods dislike the person/topic being dunked on.
  - local_crmdgeon 3y ago
    We're both being downvoted but you're absolutely right. These are core issues and spez finally seems to be addressing them. I wonder if the crowd going to Lemmy is the Merari set - if so that's a huge potential improvement for Reddit and a curse for Lemmy. "Y'all can't behave" is such a weird meme, it's so patronizing.
sfeaster 3y ago
I'm sure this will work out fine /s
boomboomsubban 3y ago
Dupe https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36347711 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36347711 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36350938 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36350938
yalogin 3y ago
Did he CEO address any of the concerns the mods are fighting for? They can kill all 3rd party apps if they want, but all the mods are asking is for the functionality these apps are providing and Reddit is unable to provide. Instead of focusing on that or propose a plan for that, they are going over and removing the biggest fans of the site? Mods love the site so much that they spend huge amounts of their time for free making Reddit viable/usable. Now Reddit decides to punish them? Boneheaded move like Elon.
jmclnx 3y ago
I have been to reddit, and it is a decent place to find answers, I even answered a few questions. But to me, it is a fancy USENET with pictures. It also may have the added ability to profile you based upon what you do on it. But, I use USENET more, to bad people would not bring it back or make adjustments to it. You can have moderation there too. But I think there is a lot bureaucracy involved with creating a mod group (outside of alt). Maybe with a bit of work, it could be made easier to use.

27 points by firstSpeaker 3y ago

Good idea! Piss off the people who do a lot of work on your behalf for free... Guess they're going to get new moderators or just use AI? Or run without moderation?

local_crmdgeon 3y ago

The existing power moderators are terrible. Bardfinn is a classic example. This is good. Move it to paid people offshore

qzx_pierri 3y ago
This is what will eventually happen. The moderators who do it for free almost always crave power and are extremely biased. Most subs are a cesspool of arbitrary bans and overt condescension. Mods will often lock threads if it fits within the sub guidelines, but supports a topic they don’t like. They’ll find a small argument somewhere in a comment chain and lock the thread, leaving behind a pinned comment such as “Locking the thread since you all refuse to behave”. It’s ridiculous. Especially since arguments spanning hundreds of comments are often allowed if the mods dislike the person/topic being dunked on.
- local_crmdgeon 3y ago
  We're both being downvoted but you're absolutely right. These are core issues and spez finally seems to be addressing them. I wonder if the crowd going to Lemmy is the Merari set - if so that's a huge potential improvement for Reddit and a curse for Lemmy. "Y'all can't behave" is such a weird meme, it's so patronizing.

sfeaster 3y ago

I'm sure this will work out fine /s

boomboomsubban 3y ago

Dupe https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36347711 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36347711 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36350938 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36350938

yalogin 3y ago

Did he CEO address any of the concerns the mods are fighting for? They can kill all 3rd party apps if they want, but all the mods are asking is for the functionality these apps are providing and Reddit is unable to provide. Instead of focusing on that or propose a plan for that, they are going over and removing the biggest fans of the site? Mods love the site so much that they spend huge amounts of their time for free making Reddit viable/usable. Now Reddit decides to punish them? Boneheaded move like Elon.

jmclnx 3y ago

I have been to reddit, and it is a decent place to find answers, I even answered a few questions. But to me, it is a fancy USENET with pictures. It also may have the added ability to profile you based upon what you do on it. But, I use USENET more, to bad people would not bring it back or make adjustments to it. You can have moderation there too. But I think there is a lot bureaucracy involved with creating a mod group (outside of alt). Maybe with a bit of work, it could be made easier to use.