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Inevitable that this was going to happen. I have no issue with it. Most mods have an issue because they want to mod from their phones. There are mods like me w

Inevitable that this was going to happen. I have no issue with it. Most mods have an issue because they want to mod from their phones. There are mods like me who use desktop exclusively and don't care about third party apps in the slightest. More importantly, most users seem to want the subs reopened, and it isn't fair or just to punish the users because the mods can't mod the way they want to anymore. The mods that actually polled their communities and acted on those results are the only ones I have respect for out of those protesting.

Ukv 3y ago
> More importantly, most users seem to want the subs reopened Hard to prove one way or the other at the moment since the subs that vote to go private are now inaccessible, but almost all polls I've seen have been in favor of the blackout. r/all consistently has highly-upvoted protest messages from the restricted subreddits. > it isn't fair or just to punish the users because the mods can't mod the way they want to anymore That a protest against X results in inconvenience for the customers/users of X is pretty mild. If that crosses the line into unacceptable, you'd be against the vast majority of protest/boycott/strike action.
TMWNN 3y ago
>Most mods have an issue because they want to mod from their phones. There are mods like me who use desktop exclusively and don't care about third party apps in the slightest. Same here. Not a mod, but have always used Reddit from the desktop (with the new UI turned off), so zero interest in third-party apps. It's one thing to do messaging or email while out and about, but why would I want to intentionally use a text-intensive system like Reddit through a small screen without a keyboard to type on? I wonder if the API change will end the practice of mods sharing automated block lists (Context for others: If you post in a wrongthink subreddit, many other subreddits will preemptively ban you regardless of your actual activity in them, if any). If so, and if there are fewer handfuls of powermods that control dozens of subreddits, I'm all for the change.
- PrimeMcFly 3y ago
  I know spez said he is going to let mods be voted out, that's already a huge improvement. One sub I'm in with about 300k people has the mods punish anyone who expresses an opinion they disagree with, and it's a majority opinion. They also let rampant bigotry go unchecked. I don't think they would last long.

Ukv 3y ago

> More importantly, most users seem to want the subs reopened Hard to prove one way or the other at the moment since the subs that vote to go private are now inaccessible, but almost all polls I've seen have been in favor of the blackout. r/all consistently has highly-upvoted protest messages from the restricted subreddits. > it isn't fair or just to punish the users because the mods can't mod the way they want to anymore That a protest against X results in inconvenience for the customers/users of X is pretty mild. If that crosses the line into unacceptable, you'd be against the vast majority of protest/boycott/strike action.

TMWNN 3y ago

>Most mods have an issue because they want to mod from their phones. There are mods like me who use desktop exclusively and don't care about third party apps in the slightest. Same here. Not a mod, but have always used Reddit from the desktop (with the new UI turned off), so zero interest in third-party apps. It's one thing to do messaging or email while out and about, but why would I want to intentionally use a text-intensive system like Reddit through a small screen without a keyboard to type on? I wonder if the API change will end the practice of mods sharing automated block lists (Context for others: If you post in a wrongthink subreddit, many other subreddits will preemptively ban you regardless of your actual activity in them, if any). If so, and if there are fewer handfuls of powermods that control dozens of subreddits, I'm all for the change.

PrimeMcFly 3y ago
I know spez said he is going to let mods be voted out, that's already a huge improvement. One sub I'm in with about 300k people has the mods punish anyone who expresses an opinion they disagree with, and it's a majority opinion. They also let rampant bigotry go unchecked. I don't think they would last long.