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

You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments View context
11 points

@petrescatraian @bird and now they seem to want to Elonise it.

permalink
report
parent
reply
6 points

@petrescatraian @bird someone said lately “management the gull way”, suddenly show up, screem around and shit on everything, which seems to be the Elon way of management as well… so reddit get’s in line too?

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

@utzer oh gosh! 🤦

Really good analogy tho.

@bird

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

Btw, I am really amazed that there was a way for the users to express their disagreement with spez’s decision. I honestly did not expect that. If that happened on Facebook or Twitter, the reaction would’ve surely been less spectacular.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

@utzer Exactly, wow. It’s worrying how fast they want it to bust. In my country, I think it is the most popular social media platform not owned by Meta. And the Subreddits seemed okay. Now this happens.

@bird

permalink
report
parent
reply

Technology

!technology@beehaw.org

Create post

A nice place to discuss rumors, happenings, innovations, and challenges in the technology sphere. We also welcome discussions on the intersections of technology and society. If it’s technological news or discussion of technology, it probably belongs here.

Remember the overriding ethos on Beehaw: Be(e) Nice. Each user you encounter here is a person, and should be treated with kindness (even if they’re wrong, or use a Linux distro you don’t like). Personal attacks will not be tolerated.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:


This community’s icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

Community stats

  • 3K

    Monthly active users

  • 3.3K

    Posts

  • 81K

    Comments