lemmy.world IS NOT a general discussion area. find another community.
my bad…
-manitcor
this is how reddit dies. not with a whimper, but with a greedy CEO.
get fucked spez!
the spez, who once moderated r/jailbail?
Read this in the original post. Is this really confirmed? How has there not been a twitter rage storm against him?
It’s from back when you could just add someone as a mod and they automatically became one. It doesn’t mean anything
Ah, okay. Makes sense.
Does that mean they’re unmoderated now? r/worldpolotics here we come!
I want to see them try!
Ah, a shame but reasonable. Worth a test :D
worked fine for me
not on Jerboa it doesn’t :(
They would want to test it on one subreddit first and see how it went. The quality will tank, but this is something they could get away with.
Yup. They only care about the ipo at this point. Money is far more important than ethics.
This was inevitable, unfortunately.
Actually I accidentally clicked a Reddit link on Google earlier today and (I don’t remember the subreddit) my first thought was: I’m pretty sure this subreddit took part in the blackout so why can I see its posts like nothing happened?
Hang on, when I go to the Reddark website now a bunch of subreddits have gone from private to public. Is it because it’s the 14th or because someone intervened with the protest?
Probably because they didn’t commit to longer than 48 hours and decided not to stay closed.
Yes I don’t want reddit mods and admins taking over this place. When I left reddit I am leaving their mods too.
Fuck u/spez
u/spez will be gone soon. Remember his name: Steve Huffman.
Also remember that he used to moderate r/jailbait.
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Wait…the comment seems to indicate that the primary mod did not want to go dark, and an inactive mod came in and made it go dark. I understand being upset…but this does not seem like anything a Reddit admin would do?
There’s more to it than that, see: https://beehaw.org/comment/257522
It’s really pathetic how some people wrap their entire identity in moderating a subreddit and act like they should be treated like a hero for doing it. “I do this for free and it’s a lot of work!!”
Then don’t do it. Pretty damn simple. I’ve moderated decent sized forums before, and yes, it can be a lot, but literally no one asked you to do it. If it’s that taxing on your time, just stop doing it and go partake in the activities of the community you’re moderating.
Yep. The idea that Reddit Admin did this to nullify the blackout was suspect from the start. Why would it only be on r/AdviceAnimals? Lol
People are mad at Reddit right now and we’re looking for any reason to confirm their bias and run away with their narrative.
From what I saw the lower mod probably contacted the admins to make this happen by claiming that the inactive head mod went against the wishes of the community.
It’s happened before to other subs like /r/wow but back then it was a positive move to circumvent a man child making the sub private over an expansion release that didn’t go so well because he couldn’t log in and play the game. A lesser mod was made head and the original head striped of his position and all was made right again.
In this case it appears that the community overwhelmingly supported the blackout and move to go private instead. The mod that took over was the only loud voice against the blackout.
The Reddit admins indicated in a modsupport thread that they would help any mods who didn’t want their sub to go dark to take over from other mods.
Are Reddit admins the sub owners or Reddit employees?
Reddit admins are Reddit employees.
Reddit moderators are (generally) not Reddit employees.
Regular users create the subreddits, but they all belong to Reddit.
I’m pretty sure the admins have installed mods before on subreddits where they didn’t like the mod team. I think I remember people talking about it at one point, but I can’t remember specifics, so I’m not entirely sure. (They do it for abandoned subs all the time, but that’s different.)
I know over a decade ago when the IAmA subreddit creator was going to shut that subreddit down one of the admins said they’d take the subreddit over and put new mods in if he didn’t change his mind. But at the time the admins weren’t throwing their weight around like they would eventually, so it wasn’t a consensus thing, just one admin talking.
Admins are employees, sub owners are unpaid volunteers.
Admins are employees. The people running the subs are mods. There aren’t even 1% of enough admins to moderate the subreddits, but there are enough to police the moderation stances of the large subs.
It was a matter of time before the admins started doing this. Fuck Spez, you piece of shit
Ayy, fuck /u/spez
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Five stars, would nuke again.
I knew they were going to do this, but it’s funny how fast it happened. The memo leak of the CEO to employees saying that “[this blackout] will pass” ups the comedy. Nothing like alienating your volunteer mods on your community-build website.
Yeah, I was ready to just leave anyway, but his memo was basically telling everyone who gives a shit about the quality of reddit to gtfo. Done.
This post seems somewhat disingenuous. One of the mods Cedarwolf posted his side of what happened 2 hours prior to this post appearing, and if we were to believe his side of the story the top mod who hasn’t been active for a year just decided to join the blackout against other mods wishes.
Yes, it’s two conflicting stories but he claims to have evidence that he’s been inactive. Basically, people should look into this more than assume truth in the headline.
I just returned for a couple of minutes and it’s a fucking shitshow. I don’t know if it has become worse or if it just feels like that because Lemmy is much more friendly, but Reddit seems to be much more toxic right now.
It is also so obvious that people are trying to use this as some kind of coup. Users interact with the thematic, get explained what the blackout is about, just to comment complete bs about it one comment later. They are acting dumb to gain momentum.
I really hope this will end up in a worldpolitics situation.
There seems to be a correlation between civility and willingness to put up with spez. If you’re willing to put up with all the bs he’s been spewing since this started, you’re less civil. All the respectful people came here, or are finding other replacements. People who don’t care stayed, and it shows.
Fear the people that love peace and quiet, for they will do anything to get it.
Makes a lot of sense. Its a fun y microcosm for this kind of conservative attitude that is permeating through society. “No, change is scary and we will not only be against it, but will also be actively hostile towards it.”
I noticed that too. Like a lot of people are upset that users would mess with a company. r/JoeRogan is much more toxic than usual like a flood gate opened
Joe Rogan has always been toxic, its the alt right with a wig
