reddit removing mods from subreddits
reddit removing mods from subreddits
As some subreddits continue blackouts to protest Reddit's plans to charge high prices for its API, Reddit has informed the moderators of those...
To anyone still on Reddit and/or moderates a sub, I would recommend deleting all of your content. Reddit is going to continue making money off of whatever you post, even if it's helpful. If you're worried about preservation, submit your content through an archiver. Don't let them continue to make money off of you when you are not valued. Down with corporate overlords.
There are reports of them already restoring deleted content, too. They have zero respect for their users' autonomy.
Edit: Someone started a thread about it here
@fear @dope @generalEdo Are they even allowed to do that with the GDPR protecting EU citizens? :think:
Lol, it's like Spez is trying to act like Elon Musk at this point...
Not that I don't believe you, but can you source that?
I deleted every post and comment before deleting my account entirely earlier today. You're right. The only way to stop Reddit from profiting off us is to not only leave, but burn our content down on the way out the door.
I just got done doing just that. I refuse to let Reddit profit off of my content when they treat their community like this
They are digging themselves in deeper than I expected. At this point, I don’t think I ever want to go back. This is just straight up a middle finger to their communities and contributors.
I mean, there was never going to be an ending here where they came out and said, "You know, we've heard you, and more importantly, our VC investors who've given us 1.3 Billion dollars have heard you, and they've told us that your community matters more than their exit."
I'm not suggesting that this kind of timing with Reddit might disrupt one of the largest democratic platforms by converting it into a publicly traded company, but Reddit is definitely giving the same kind of vibes the United States gave when they installed puppet democracies in Latin America.
Reddit is digging their own grave.
I see what you did there. 😂
Lol, I can't believe what I'm reading. Reddit admitting to the mod community that they have a duty to keep spaces "accessible to users." They've had 20 years to keep their spaces accessible to people who require screen readers and so on. It's been crickets until this week.
Oh they're really sticking by this stupid decision aren't they. Well, they can't complain about being laid to rest if they're the ones who dug the grave, I guess
Let the mass deletions begin!
Everything they do just exacerbates the situation
The site will lose whatever tiny amount of cred it has left if they do this
Indeed. I was expecting a two-week "calm before the storm" at this point, as the protest blackout ended but the API was not yet removed. But the protest continued and Reddit keeps stirring the pot. Interesting times.
I know that in the end Reddit will be able to brute-force themselves a "win", but if the Fediverse gets a nice solid critical mass of users as a result then I think Reddit's destined for a long decline.
They're almost literally going to cut off their nose to spite their face. The absolute lack of understanding of the consequences of their actions is... entertaining at least.
The shit show at the fuck factory continues …
Eloquently stated. I expected nothing less from @ShartyWaffles 😂
Fk them.
I'm wiping my comment history on that site and deleting my account. I'll never say the name of their website again just to deny the SEO.
I've held off given how much enjoyment/useful content I've historically found there. Was waiting to see if they at least gave an inch.
That site is dead to me.
The Colbert approach. A classic.
You could just refuse to say their name.... Orrrrr you could just get some fun SEO terms going so that when people Google it they get results like Reddit sucks dick or Reddit is shit or Reddit hates you.
Reddit is killing their own site this way.
Anyone looking to delete their posts, comments, and accounts. See below: https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite
Remember that it won't delete comments from private subreddits. ("Wanna see me do it again?" when one opens back up, at least until the 30th hits)
Also the edit function doesn't seem to actually work (all my deleted comments are just [deleted]... and keep the original edited on date), that may be a technical issue I imagine best bet for that would be to edit-only before deleting your account itself.
I am currently in the process of running it, and it is correctly editing my posts, so that may have been a temporary problem.
Damn, wish I saw that before deleting mine.
Same. I manually deleted mine.
Thanks for this!
Maybe the Apollo dev will surprise us and make an app for Lemmy. That might help sway users to try Lemmy.
I seem to recall seeing something about him not wanting to do that and throwing in the towel on it, but I may be mistaken, and he can always change his mind if so, anyway. But, god that would be great for the trajectory of non-corporate social media if he did.
I literally emailed Christian about this when I moved over to kbin
Yes, that's going to really help migrate a lot of people over if that happens!
I am going to be unpopular for saying this, but from reddits point of view it makes complete sense. Content they "have" is not viewable, so users that make it unviewable need to be removed.
A vast majority of users on reddit just consumes, they don't post. Maybe comments but not actual posts. So by making those users be able to view everything again, they will keep them on the site.
We can just hope that content quality goes down which would drive users away, but thats more a longterm thing.
It make sense, but reddit also gave mods tools to go private. They gave mods the power to mod their sub as they pleased until they didn't like it. A "no, not like that" scenario
Reddit is about free speech when it suits them.
True but it is also "their" site. So they can do as they please if necessary. I am not sure how anyone is surprised at that. But in turn this now shows what will happen in the future if you try anything out of line, so I hope people who had considered being a mod are not going to anymore.
Just to be clear, I don't condone this behaviour, it is pretty shitty. But what else are they supposed to do if they want to keep the site running. Giving in to users demands seems not an option anymore, and to be fair, it is far too late to give in. Who of us really would return happily if they now said they are not going to charge for API access, how could anyone believe them now?
As redditors said "actions have consequences"
Reddit mods are banned from a proprietary platform like the people they hated. It is quite ironic.
And I hope nobody is surprised.
I giggled when I read the following statement in Spez's memo:
, and in the short term we have a few upcoming critical mod tool launches we need to nail
Seems like they're well prepared /s
Already deleted my Reddit account. Trying to get use to Lemmy. So far so good. 🫡
bring on the scabs.
I am not sure how this change is going to help them. What happens when the communities don't vote out their moderators? What happens when the voted moderators also decide to go private? What happens when the randomly assigned reddit council approved moderator, isn't good at the job?
If the moderators decide to go private again, then Reddit will kick them out and replace them with someone who will toe the official Reddit line. ("Everything Reddit is doing is great and you'll be banned for saying differently!")
If the new moderators are horrible at their job, then Reddit won't care. They're betting on their site being large enough that a few subs going bad won't hurt them. They're also banking on there being no Reddit alternatives for users to flee to. (They don't see Lemmy as a threat just yet.)
I think we’re guilty of thinking that the number of people who think the way we do is larger than it is.
I don’t think that this is going to mean much to Reddit over the short to medium term. They literally have hundreds of millions of users. Reddit’s death will probably be slow, maybe in the same way as Facebook.
Honestly, I think the best hope for the fediverse is something like Hackernews or Stack Exchange…a robust community using a viable or future-proof platform.
Good! Reddit mods have too much power. They act like little gods.