I'd like to see about implementing some sort of identity verification service for the sub. I'm an IT engineer/developer, so coding is absolutely my forte... Services like Stripe allow people in over 100 countries to match face to government-issued-ID to prove their identity (at a cost of about $1.50 per verification).
YIKES
It frustrated me when Reddit made the initial decision to screw over app developers. Having done dev work in the past, I know the time that goes in to them so someone asking for a little money in return is the least we can do. But no, Reddit just say "Screw you guys"!
As if that was not enough, they are now showing that they really don't care about the many moderators that have painstakingly put years of 'free' time in to building these communities, the same communities that are the foundation of Reddit!
I am sure we are going to see a lot more of these admin takeovers in the coming weeks and it is the very reason I am over here and why Lemmy is seeing the incredible growth curve. Long may that continue.
I just deleted my account. Welp that's 15 years gone. Feels good. Tastes like chicken.
14 years here. Ran it through https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite first, without deleting the account, in case they restore the comments: https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite/issues/43
PS: I know about the implications of potentially removing contributions to the internet. But, I'm not about to go through a decade+ plus of comments and posts in order to find the tiny amount of things that could actually be useful for others.
PS: I know about the implications of potentially removing contributions to the internet.
Reddit does not get to continue to profit off of any contributions I've made to the internet, one way or another. Anyone convincing you not to delete comments on reddit is a scab more concerned with maintaining the status quo so they don't get inconvenienced.
Pretty much the same thing happened to /r/assholedesign. They made someone that's been inactive for two years the lead mod and they reopened the sub. There's like no chance ppl aren't getting paid to backstab the other mods.
This is hilarious tbh. Please don’t get me wrong, I really feel for the mods who put so much time and energy into the sub (all subs for that matter). It sucks.
But god, watching reddit implode feels so fucking good. Spez is an abrasive asshole and, it turns out, also a moron, and it’s nice to see his web site fall from grace so publicly.
I can't wait to see their IPO fail dismally, at least I hope so.
Does the snack exchange now include gifs of popcorn?
It would be a shame if people posted about them on linkedin
Cool, now do AskHistorians
Would love a subreddit drama over here lol
Just let it burn down at this point. Shorting this stock is going to be easy easy money
Remember kids, "the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent".
WTF is this happy horseshit?
I'd like to see about implementing some sort of identity verification service for the sub.
Exactly my response too. Like this inexperienced mod takes the sub by playing nice with the admins and the first thing they want to implement is identity verification? Dafaq
Does he know he is a 'Reddit' mod?
Probs first time in his life he got some Power over something and instantly power trips.
That dude is pathetic.
It's like when they replace a character with a worse version in a show.
This is more of a game of thrones when the bad guys win scenario
In 3 days when third party apps die it's going to be so fucking funny lmao. Lemmy is gonna explode.
That is a problem... if it does, there needs to be an announcement made on time by the biggest instances to NOT register on them, but register on smaller instances.
People are going to all be sheep and go to the biggest one regardless, assuming it is just like Reddit.
And if that happens Lemmy will be in a bad spot, because the network can't handle a mass exodus from Reddit. Which in turn will lead to people coming back to Reddit announcing that the Fediverse is unstable and broken garbage.
I like the new mod's comment about how modding will be easy because of the bots. Lol
O.M.G.
SnackExchange is a pretty light-touch subreddit. "Problem people" are a rarity here; the anti-scammer bot does an incredibly good job of keeping would-be scammers out, and you'll find that cases of fraud/scam, while they do ever happen, are extremely rare. As such, I genuinely envision myself needing to do very little. I'm always nervous to use the "nah this community just runs itself!" phrasing, but.... it really does come pretty close.
I can't see any problems, therefore there must not be any problems!
Stupid bastard.
I don't think they truly realize why "problem people" are so rare
I genuinely envision myself needing to do very little
Seems like a great choice for head mod.
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