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Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts (www.macrumors.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As some subreddits continue blackouts to protest Reddit's plans to charge high prices for its API, Reddit has informed the moderators of those subreddits that it has plans to replace resistant moderation teams to keep spaces "open and accessible to users."

Edit, there seems to be conflicting reporting on this issue:

While the company does “respect the community’s right to protest” and pledges that it won’t force communities to reopen, Reddit also suggests there’s no need for that.

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/15/23762501/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-interview-protests-blackout

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Good luck with that! I'm excited to see the fireworks as their brand-new mod teams use their brand-new mod tools right as they go public. Should be quite a show.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

And on top of that when the new mods find out it's just like a regular job but without pay tons will bail out.

btw: thank you mods, honestly, after doing it for a little while I think you are saints.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And on top of that when those "tools" don't materialize and they're more overworked than previous mods having to manually squash bots and alt right trolls, even more will bail.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's not that they're for this specifically... It's that they are send centered. They're the same 75% of the population that is willing to cross the picket line at Starbucks cuz they want their coffee. They don't think about the workers rights, they only care about coffee.

The same people just want memes and football and porn. They don't care about what's behind the scenes unless it directly impacts them. And let's be honest, the reddit changes (for now) impact like 10% of reddits user base. That's not enough for them to give up some dumb memes for

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