Reddit CEO says the mods leading a punishing blackout are too powerful and he will change the site's rules to weaken them
Reddit CEO says the mods leading a punishing blackout are too powerful and he will change the site's rules to weaken them
Steve Huffman said he has planned to change the site's rules so that users had the power to vote out moderators, following a 48-hour protest blackout.
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he is not wrong about moderators being like "landed gentry" in a lot of cases; but on the other hand the blackout already did the damage. Time will tell if he is dead-man-walking, but I already deleted all my content (posts and replies) and unsubscribed from all. Some people may feel angst that the blackout did not "win", but it was a very useful occasion to focus on the reddit phenomenon and recognize our commoditization. I had been glad to contribute content, but if reddit is going to <do what they did> then I am done. That is all the win I need. I will contribute it here (lemmy servers) instead.
I think the landed gentry point sits poorly with me because many of the most committed mods (I mean the ones who actively put work into their communities, I'm not referring to the powermods collecting subs like General Grievous collecting lightsabres) put hours of work into curating and building a community. Reddit is built on so much volunteer labour and for Huffman to use phrases like "landed gentry" is outrageous
We all recognized there was a mod power issue in a ton of subs. Lots of local subs getting unjustly censored, mods swaying discussions, or companies astroturfing. The landed gentry thing is pretty spot on. That said, it's better than admins taking over if the mods don't toe the corporate line.
Reddit has been observed restoring deleted comments (yesterday?) so maybe check if your stuff is still dead?