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Edit Here is the link for those asking: https://twitter.com/Dexerto/status/1669488722381774849
“The blackout didn’t affect us at all.”
“If you don’t unblackout we’re going to start removing moderators and taking over subreddits.”
I think, maybe, the blackout hurt them. If it goes on for longer then ad buyers will shift their money to other platforms.
Didn’t they literally say they wouldn’t force re-open sub reddit’s? Suprise suprise another lie.
tbh Im not surprised they would. r/piracy is both niche and wouldnt be worth to remove mods for. Subs like r/aww or r/funny however are main parts of Reddit, and this also applies to massive game subs like r/Minecraft
Horrible move but it looks like a lot of subs are going to roll over and take it - I guess this was always the plan and that reddit figures its better to move quickly to prevent protests taking hold.
Hoping more will break away and move here instead but not expecting a mass exodus.
I closed my twitter last year because Elon is a scumbag, I’ll happily do the same on reddit.
For those who still have a reddit account, I took the liberty to remind u/spez that he, too, wasn’t democratically elected, so I created a referendum post on whether he should remain in his position as a CEO. Maybe give this an upvote if you want to.
Ok but invite who? Any new moderators can see how you treat the current ones. Who the fuck is lining up to get treated like shit to moderate a major website for FREE?
Fuck Reddit
If they did this normally instead of the garbage sub request system then honestly their site might be a little fucking better, but doing it just now is blatant and gross
When are we starting to call it deddit?
Perfect. Let’s start now.
Are we sure? Did the shoes come off?
And I’m sure these new moderators would do just as good of a job as the old passionate ones! /s
We should convince them to ask for a wage.
Man, I just checked the thread on /r/technology to see what people were saying. Everyone is shit talking mods - it’s a complete sea change since last time I was on. Weird.
I would say it’s surprising but r/technology has been apathetic to the blackout, and that’s being generous. At the same time, it shouldn’t be surprising considering its top mod is a reddit admin.
I’m surprised that more subs have been apathetic or disagreeable to a continued blackout. Everybody’s doing polls that turn into keep-us-open-because-community. As @MrJizzard said up above (how can I tag users on here?) maybe blind support for Reddit’s moves is just what happens when users are cut off from scrolling through their content.
maybe blind support for Reddit’s moves is just what happens when users are cut off from scrolling through their content.
It is. Going to the discord of a popular sub I realized that the protest is something that only a vocal minority is willing to take to its end, whatever that is. Most people either don’t care or are too preoccupied that they can’t kill time on reddit anymore. There’s people who are advocating for removing mods just because the sub was closed, completely ignoring the fact that if it weren’t for the mods the community wouldn’t exist in its current state, the same mods who are the most impacted by the killing of 3rd party apps. I find it insane that people can be so self-absorbed and short-sighted, but that’s just how most people are.
I was a bit stunned reading the comments on that post. They weren’t just expressing displeasure with the blackout, it was more like “spez is 100% correct to kill 3rd party apps and mods are bad people”. My first thought was trolls/astroturfing, but maybe the rules of the game just change that quickly when an addict isn’t getting their fix.
prob cause everyone who agrees with the black out has left
Let’s not forget reddit has a history of using bots to create the impression that the site is more active than it is. I don’t think it’s at all unlikely that that’s going on here.
Embarassing, here’s to hoping that lemmy takes off
It seems to be.
Make sure to join Kbin communities through Lemmy too!
Well, user counts are relly stagnating. We’re at 140k and I don’t think it’ll go much above 200k
Can someone post a link to this Twitter thread please?
https://nitter.net/Dexerto/status/1669488722381774849
Privacy oriented twitter frontend 😁
