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The Reddit sub blackouts really caught me off guard. Made me reflect on how crazy it is that a substantial portion of public knowledge and discourse over the pa

by Rapzid 3y ago

The Reddit sub blackouts really caught me off guard. Made me reflect on how crazy it is that a substantial portion of public knowledge and discourse over the past decade has occurred there. And this information is locked up under the control of Reddit. And we gave it to them(the information and the control). Edit: It would be nice if there were a Wikipedia model equivalent to Reddit. A non-profit driven site for public discourse and discussion.

evandale 3y ago
The site took a sharp turn downhill after that happened. It seems like the moderators who enjoyed moderating bigger subreddits left the site and all that's left is power trippers who stuck around for the dust to settle so they could seize control and push their agenda. Municipal/Provincial subreddits are nearly impossible to participate in because of how locked down the replacement mods have made them. The Toronto subreddit is run like a dystopian alternative reality where normal users can't post most news. Stories of crimes being committed is completely banned unless you're an approved poster or it's the cops committing crimes. The mods actively delete posts and then the same story gets re-uploaded by mods or their friends hours later and is allowed to stay up.
- jhugo 3y ago
  This must depend on specific communities? I use it heavily (as a reader; I rarely post) and have noticed no change at all.
- Raydovsky 3y ago
  Yeah.. Reddit shouldn't be relying on community moderators for larger subreddits. They need paid people.
riskable 3y ago
There's many Lemmy instances that are non-profit: https://join-lemmy.org/instances https://join-lemmy.org/instances I don't know which ones are officially 501c3 in the US but nearly all of them aren't in it for any sort of profit motive. For reference, I use https://programming.dev/ https://programming.dev/ (no affiliation other than I use it regularly and it seems alright).

by Rapzid 3y ago

evandale 3y ago

The site took a sharp turn downhill after that happened. It seems like the moderators who enjoyed moderating bigger subreddits left the site and all that's left is power trippers who stuck around for the dust to settle so they could seize control and push their agenda. Municipal/Provincial subreddits are nearly impossible to participate in because of how locked down the replacement mods have made them. The Toronto subreddit is run like a dystopian alternative reality where normal users can't post most news. Stories of crimes being committed is completely banned unless you're an approved poster or it's the cops committing crimes. The mods actively delete posts and then the same story gets re-uploaded by mods or their friends hours later and is allowed to stay up.

jhugo 3y ago
This must depend on specific communities? I use it heavily (as a reader; I rarely post) and have noticed no change at all.
Raydovsky 3y ago
Yeah.. Reddit shouldn't be relying on community moderators for larger subreddits. They need paid people.

riskable 3y ago

There's many Lemmy instances that are non-profit: https://join-lemmy.org/instances https://join-lemmy.org/instances I don't know which ones are officially 501c3 in the US but nearly all of them aren't in it for any sort of profit motive. For reference, I use https://programming.dev/ https://programming.dev/ (no affiliation other than I use it regularly and it seems alright).