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Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible

32 points by jayantbhawal 2y ago

gnabgib 2y ago
Discussion (47 points, 1 day ago, 31 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41698762 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41698762
ninininino 2y ago
Rephrase "moderators will now have to submit a request if they want to switch their subreddit from public to private" and "making sitewide protest basically impossible" to: "moderators will now no longer be able to exercise the decision to unilaterally shut down a subreddit which non-moderators may not agree to or desire" and "but moderators are free to stop moderating or to abdicate their role if they wish to protest, or even pin a sticky post at the top of their subreddit containing whatever message of protest they wish." What this really comes down to is: who "owns" a subreddit and decides its fate? It's moderators? Its users? Reddit itself? Or some combination of the three? Moderators think they deserve sole discretion and ownership, but many users who may not care about moderator's protests may disagree, as may Reddit itself. When a subreddit is switched to private by moderators, that also makes protest by the users of that subreddit against said decision basically impossible.
- exe34 2y ago
  users can always leave or make their own sub?
  - amadeuspagel 2y ago
    moderators can always leave and make their own website to shut down.
    - exe34 2y ago
      why would they do that when they have control of their subs? try to think before you post?
      - ninininino 2y ago
        > have control of their subs but they don't, as the article in the OP clearly demonstrates....so why don't you think?
        exe34 2y ago
        they did, why do you think Reddit is trying to clamp down? are you just not able to connect the dots in your head? must I really explain everything?
        ninininino 2y ago
        you wrote "they have control" and told me to think. now you correct yourself, "they did" have control. confused why I'm the one who needs to think before I post when you're the one backtracking.
ChrisArchitect 2y ago
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41698762 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41698762

32 points by jayantbhawal 2y ago

Discussion (47 points, 1 day ago, 31 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41698762 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41698762

ninininino 2y ago

Rephrase "moderators will now have to submit a request if they want to switch their subreddit from public to private" and "making sitewide protest basically impossible" to: "moderators will now no longer be able to exercise the decision to unilaterally shut down a subreddit which non-moderators may not agree to or desire" and "but moderators are free to stop moderating or to abdicate their role if they wish to protest, or even pin a sticky post at the top of their subreddit containing whatever message of protest they wish." What this really comes down to is: who "owns" a subreddit and decides its fate? It's moderators? Its users? Reddit itself? Or some combination of the three? Moderators think they deserve sole discretion and ownership, but many users who may not care about moderator's protests may disagree, as may Reddit itself. When a subreddit is switched to private by moderators, that also makes protest by the users of that subreddit against said decision basically impossible.

exe34 2y ago
users can always leave or make their own sub?
- amadeuspagel 2y ago
  moderators can always leave and make their own website to shut down.
  - exe34 2y ago
    why would they do that when they have control of their subs? try to think before you post?
    - ninininino 2y ago
      > have control of their subs but they don't, as the article in the OP clearly demonstrates....so why don't you think?
      - exe34 2y ago
        they did, why do you think Reddit is trying to clamp down? are you just not able to connect the dots in your head? must I really explain everything?
        ninininino 2y ago
        you wrote "they have control" and told me to think. now you correct yourself, "they did" have control. confused why I'm the one who needs to think before I post when you're the one backtracking.

ChrisArchitect 2y ago

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41698762 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41698762