Think this case in particular is pretty interesting. Former default subreddit and one of the largest on the site (Top 20 at least).
I think /r/videos is where we’ll see how things actually play out with the reddit admins. I’m guessing at some point the admins will step in and replace the mods.
I’m guessing at some point the admins will step in and replace the mods.
100%.
I’d be surprised if /r/videos stays dark past the cutoff date of the original blackout.
The pretense of Reddit being open, fair, and ran by the users is long dead. Reddit is now closer to something like Facebook than it is to the site I joined in 2010. The only different is that Facebook pays their moderation staff.
I’m enjoying the drama just a bit too much I think. There’s something quite satisfying when the ‘product’ bites back.
The apathy spez has for the users is on show every time he does anything.
Sure it’s entertaining to watch, and thanks to all the commotion I decided to give Lemmy a try, and glad I did! Now I’ve even got my own instance running. Sort of feels like setting up an old school BBS, back when MajorBBS was a thing.
The reality of the situation is that a large proton of Reddit users still aren’t even aware of what is going on. My wife mostly lurks, and had no idea of the current situation. We both primarily use the native mobile app, although I also have a paid version of Apollo.
Preaching to the choir here, but indefinite blackout is only thing worth doing
I don’t think Reddit cares if for 2 days their users drop
See this is the problem with reddit. On a site like Twitter, pissing off your power users doesn’t matter much. If anything you lighten the server load some if they leave. You have plenty of users to replace them.
On reddit, pissing off the power users means losing the unpaid volunteers keeping your site running. Sure, reddit can just reopen the sub, and probably will. But who’s going to moderate it? A sub that big needs a serious mod team. What happens if several other large subs follow them? How is reddit planning to staff all these subs? Will whoever they grab know what they’re doing? If enough mod teams resigned in one go reddit would have no way to keep the site working. Even if they find new volunteers it doesn’t mean they’ll know how to moderate a huge community.
I hope the current mods are serious and have a fail safe process to remove all sub reporting rules, AutoMod, and other restriction.
If reddit admins resort to forced take over, let the sub reset and be open to all videos extreme, nsfw, gore, and bot post. Let’s see how well the sub is without mods.
Would be sorted out in minutes.
Everything posted/done on reddit is stored. If a mod/mod team goes rogue reddit removes the mods and hits the big “go back an hour” button, installs some new mods and most people wouldn’t even know something happened
In fact, this has happened many times already, and most people don’t know about it. One I remember personally was r/PresidentialRaceMemes in 2020. They made some bullshit accusation about the mods making posts to increase activity (literally how Reddit itself started), removed them, and installed some tool from r/Neoliberal to ensure when the primary wrapped up they would all fall in line. They turned the place into a dull replica of r/PoliticalHumor.
Reddit makes an assessment about whether it can co-opt political communities which challenge official narratives. If they can, they will attempt a mod coup. If they can’t they’ll ban it.
