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The /r/science mods are all coming back on Monday, a decision they made a few days ago, before any threats were made. They are worried that if they got replace

The /r/science mods are all coming back on Monday, a decision they made a few days ago, before any threats were made. They are worried that if they got replaced, it would be with people who would destroy the community they worked so hard to build. I suspect a lot of communities, especially the smaller ones, feel the same way.

jamaicahest 3y ago
And thus, Reddit holds all the power. If the mods are so attached to their community, that Reddit can dictate whatever terms they want, then the mods have no leverage.
Havoc 3y ago
On the one hand I can understand it...but also that is such a feeble stance. Mods that feel that strongly about protecting their community would do so much better in a federated context.
- fnovd 3y ago
  Federation works for Twitter, it doesn't work for Reddit. If my Mastodon instance federates with yours, I can see your posts, you can see mine, we're fully merged. If my lemmy instance federates with yours, we can browse each other's communities, but those communities themselves don't merge. The userbase merges but the communities do not, and the community is the base unit that gives Reddit value. Federated Reddits will never take off for this reason. You either have a bunch of fractured communities that are all worse because there is no network effect, or you have one instance (or one community) absorb all the traffic and become its own centralized fiefdom.
calf 3y ago
That's actually bottom of the barrel reasoning in my book, to cave to the admins because Reddit admins would punish you. It's psychologically unhealthy, any therapist would tell you that.
haunter 3y ago
/r/science was already thrash too so biased it hurts, might as well be /r/politics2. Honestly nothing value would be lost with that sub. Current front page: >A new study has found that both Christian nationalism and biblical literalism are associated with a greater tendency to believe in conspiracy theories >Being female, liberal, intellectually humble, and having weak party identification are all positively associated with writing more persuasive political arguments >When house prices increase, homeowners are likely to strengthen their belief in meritocracy

jamaicahest 3y ago

And thus, Reddit holds all the power. If the mods are so attached to their community, that Reddit can dictate whatever terms they want, then the mods have no leverage.

Havoc 3y ago

On the one hand I can understand it...but also that is such a feeble stance. Mods that feel that strongly about protecting their community would do so much better in a federated context.

fnovd 3y ago
Federation works for Twitter, it doesn't work for Reddit. If my Mastodon instance federates with yours, I can see your posts, you can see mine, we're fully merged. If my lemmy instance federates with yours, we can browse each other's communities, but those communities themselves don't merge. The userbase merges but the communities do not, and the community is the base unit that gives Reddit value. Federated Reddits will never take off for this reason. You either have a bunch of fractured communities that are all worse because there is no network effect, or you have one instance (or one community) absorb all the traffic and become its own centralized fiefdom.

calf 3y ago

That's actually bottom of the barrel reasoning in my book, to cave to the admins because Reddit admins would punish you. It's psychologically unhealthy, any therapist would tell you that.

haunter 3y ago

/r/science was already thrash too so biased it hurts, might as well be /r/politics2. Honestly nothing value would be lost with that sub. Current front page: >A new study has found that both Christian nationalism and biblical literalism are associated with a greater tendency to believe in conspiracy theories >Being female, liberal, intellectually humble, and having weak party identification are all positively associated with writing more persuasive political arguments >When house prices increase, homeowners are likely to strengthen their belief in meritocracy