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On the one hand, I think this a stupid decision for Reddit, that it's disrespectful and very bad for the internet. On the other hand, if it's what they're goin
by rvense 3y ago
On the one hand, I think this a stupid decision for Reddit, that it's disrespectful and very bad for the internet.
On the other hand, if it's what they're going to do, then that's how it is. You can't really expect them to just leave a namespace like, say, /r/politics in the hands of someone who openly says they aren't going to use it. So of course they're going to remove mods who stick to a blackout, what else could they do? At the end of the day it's their site and everyone's free to leave if they don't like how it's run. This was always the problem with making a home on Reddit, some of us have been saying so all along.
(PS: Please understand that Discord is going to have a moment like this. Maybe in two years, maybe in five, but it'll happen. It is inevitable.)
- EA-3167 3y agoAt least with Discord there's an obvious and robust alternative that's always been around... IRC.
- ugjka 3y agoErr, Matrix too?
- nkuttler 3y ago> in the hands of someone who openly says they aren't going to use it Closing it IS using it, in a very public and visible way. They just don't like HOW it is used by the people who built it.
- satvikpendem 3y agoFor them, making it private and not allowing users to use it are equivalent. I can't blame them either.
- slaymaker1907 3y agoIf you want to change the license for FOSS software like the Linux kernel, you need to get approval from _every_ contributor. To me, this means for a sub to shutdown as they have they would need permission from _every_ subscriber.
- nkuttler 3y agoI can take your GPL code and never show it to anyone any more, that doesn't violate the license. I also don't have to publish GPL code indefinitely simply because I showed it to you once. Terrible analogy.