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Union busting 101 - claiming the organizers are lazy and trying to skirt work and fire them asap
the idea that a cabal of mods were going to take things in a good direction was always unsound
I feel like normie fed-based socials need to start going live like bluesky so people can finally get off these shitty platforms. We need a leader in the federation space.
Spez “this isn’t impacting our bottom line” surely is acting like it is. Let the fire begin. Turn off all mod tools, all spam filters. Let the website turn into a shithole.
I read an article yesterday that had a brief mention of an advertising manager advising his clients to hold their campaigns, etc and see how this develops. The hold seemed to be less permanent than with Twitter. But seeing how it's not resolving totally on its own with some communities even permanently abandoning the platform (/r/StarTrek and associated subs), it might start having a bigger impact.
Was rather foreseeable but seals the deal for me. I will will waste my time here.
They already removed some mods, it's not a threat it's Spaz being a jerk and awful person.
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."
Honestly entirely predictable. Should really be a wake up call to moderators and communities that haven't gone dark that Reddit, Inc is not trustworthy (just like how spez has been willing to edit posts).
Good luck to Reddit trying to moderate 5000 new communities and not devolve into Twitter 2.
As of now, more than 80% of our top 5,000 communities (by DAU) are open
I'm a bit paranoid that this could be a technical truth because the communities still closed have dropped in DAU.
Edit: Checked the blackout tracker, of the ones listed 205 are still closed or restricted, so it's probably an accurate claim, though it seems about half of the participating subreddits are still closed.
/r/ModCoord is polling subs, a lot of support still for indefinite blackout
"we will not force communities to reopen"
But
"we will invite new, active moderators to keep these spaces open and accessible to users"
What the hell lmao, literally 2 posts down on my feed is the Verge article from today which states:
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; more than 80 percent of the top 5,000 communities by daily active users are now open
?????
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/15/23762501/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-interview-protests-blackout
In the npr article spez states that only 3% of redditors use third party apps, implying they are insignificant, but later states how if they switch to the official app that the financial benefit would be significant. Huh?!
It cannot be understated how much Spez fudged up in that AMA.
Effectively saying that the 3rd party apps are profitable while the "real" product is not is literally mind boggling.
If it is really 3% that uses 3rd party apps that means than that 3% can generate enough revenue for 3rd party developers to be profitable than the 97% of the "official users" who are for some reason not profitable for Reddit.
It would be insanity actually and just hilarious.
Spez is lying out of his ass in that AMA. “Reddit isn’t profitable”. Bitch! You’re telling your VCs are fine propping you up for almost 20 years without returns? I smell bullshit.