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Re: Removed as moderator of /r/Celebrities after over 14 years

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Post by TeMPOraL »

ChatGTP wrote: post #71
drumhead wrote: post #6

So they just expelled one of the people that helped make Reddit what it is today? No loyalty at all is there.

The CEO of Reddit watched an interview with Elon Musk and decided that it was time to cut back on staff to save money? \s

And, like most people dissing Musk on the Internet, he saw Musk cutting back on Twitter staff to save money and somehow understood from it that he needs to drive away unpaid volunteers that generate money, instead of, ya know, cutting back on actual employees, of which Reddit apparently has way more than it should.

Re: Removed as moderator of /r/Celebrities after over 14 years

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Post by haswell »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #85
criddell wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you really want an alternative? Everybody is different, but for me, the return on my time spent there was way too low. Rarely when I closed the window did I feel good about how I spent the previous 20-30 minutes. And I say that as someone with a very low bar for when time is well spent. Like John Lennon, I believe that time you enjoy wasting isn’t wasted. Reddit wasn’t clearing that bar for me. It felt like a slot…

I do. Reddit - specifically old.reddit.com - is the pinnacle of discussion board UIs (which is less of a commendation of Reddit, and more a damnation of every other platform, especially those that came after). And quality-wise, it's what you make of it - it's not a single site, it's a universe of mostly independent discussion boards, connected by SSO and a shared interaction model. Whether you spend time on Reddit's…

As a longtime (~15 year) user, I’m on the other side of the fence.

Reddit has been on a downward slide for quite some time, and the quality of discussions there has been getting consistently worse.

Many of the subs that used to bring me joy have been overtaken by the toxic sludge that you’ll find on other social media. There are still some pockets of goodness left, but it increasingly requires deliberate work to unsubscribe, apply keyword filters, etc. It has become increasingly difficult to justify my time spent there.

None of this has to do with the UI or apps, and I had already decided to trial some time away from Reddit because I could feel it pulling me in daily, and increasingly I’d find that my time there was not well spent, and often made me feel angry after I’d encounter the same bullshit again and again.

So this latest mess is not even the primary reason I’m leaving. It’s just a very very strong push over an edge I was already teetering over.

I know many people who are in the same boat, and I’d argue that this is Reddit’s future. The latest actions are like a poison pill. They won’t kill the site overnight, but more and more people will feel poorly about using the site and implicitly supporting Spez’s bullshit.

Reddit will survive like Twitter is surviving. It exists, but people don’t want to be there anymore, and the kinds of people who made it a compelling place to spend time are the kinds of users who are leaving in droves.

I envision my future Reddit use looking more like my current google use. Something that will happen in an incognito window while searching for something specific. I don’t see myself continuing to spend time contributing.

Re: Removed as moderator of /r/Celebrities after over 14 years

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Post by TeMPOraL »

ploum wrote: post #61
Quarrel wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is part of a campaign based on the fact that Reddit doesn't run ads against NSFW content, so high user count subs can mark everything NSFW (whether it is or not) and hurt Reddit in their cashflow. For some of the subreddits this isn't as far fetched as for others; /r/videos is more of a work to rule to protest given they're now taking swearing very seriously. You have to think of the 14 year old kids that use redd…

As 14 yo are very rarely at work, NSFW means that the content is for them, right? Or they understood it mean something larger and, as every 14 yo on earth, they will happily comply and never open content which is marked "please do not open if you are not an adult".

Don't worry, 14 yo won't even get a chance to be exposed to this content - that's what age verification pages are good for, and Internet users are well-known for only ever submitting their actual date of birth on those pages.

Re: Removed as moderator of /r/Celebrities after over 14 years

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Post by viraptor »

gonehome wrote: post #68
leoedin wrote: post #5

It's interesting seeing this situation play out across different subreddits. There seems to be 2 kinds of subreddits - the "category" kind (simple, descriptive name) and the "community" kind (have a defined purpose, could exist under a whole range of names) The moderators of all of them see themselves as somehow owning the community, but I think that's less clear to the users. To most users, r/Celebrities is a catego…

Getting rid of mods like the one linked in this post is a net positive for Reddit imo. His plan was to disable the subreddit for 6 weeks while working on a bot? What? Reddit can just take over. Mods like this are awful - way too much power has gone to their head just because they happened to be the first to create some subreddit.

> Reddit can just take over.

Can it? How many people with moderation experience can they find right now who can take over the larger subreddits? How many will be ok with doing it for free in this situation?

We'll see how well will the reopened communities work given the loss of the good mod tools.

Re: Removed as moderator of /r/Celebrities after over 14 years

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Post by SkyPuncher »

Seattle3503 wrote: post #62
veave wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most of the smaller communities only exist because someone was first to take the subreddit name, period. That doesn't say anything about the quality of their mods. And as I said most mods are power tripping and/or want to control the conversation. I am glad that they are getting removed for the good of the community.

I'm curious, what is your experience modding subreddits?

I modded a small programming sub for a while (at least several years). Maybe a post per day type of sub.

It was basically no effort. Occasionally, someone would post spam, users would report it, and I’d go “yep, that sure is spam. Remove”. It was just another “mindless action” to take during Reddit time.

I’m sure larger subs are exponential harder to mod.

Re: Removed as moderator of /r/Celebrities after over 14 years

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Post by Tangurena2 »

tgv wrote: post #27
drumhead wrote: post #6

So they just expelled one of the people that helped make Reddit what it is today? No loyalty at all is there.

Money trumps loyalty (family, friendship). "We thank you for your service." It's unpleasant, but completely in line with what's happened to the internet over the last 20+ years. It has to look good for the IPO. The ones with the shares don't care what happens after that.

There's a common saying: "Nothing Personal It's Strictly Busines".

Re: Removed as moderator of /r/Celebrities after over 14 years

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Post by ChatGTP »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #91
ChatGTP wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The CEO of Reddit watched an interview with Elon Musk and decided that it was time to cut back on staff to save money? \s

And, like most people dissing Musk on the Internet, he saw Musk cutting back on Twitter staff to save money and somehow understood from it that he needs to drive away unpaid volunteers that generate money , instead of, ya know, cutting back on actual employees , of which Reddit apparently has way more than it should.

Yes, nothing like getting rid of high value employees that work for free.

Re: Removed as moderator of /r/Celebrities after over 14 years

#100

Post by Joeboy »

SkyPuncher wrote: post #97
Seattle3503 wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm curious, what is your experience modding subreddits?

I modded a small programming sub for a while (at least several years). Maybe a post per day type of sub. It was basically no effort. Occasionally, someone would post spam, users would report it, and I’d go “yep, that sure is spam. Remove”. It was just another “mindless action” to take during Reddit time. I’m sure larger subs are exponential harder to mod.

> small program lying sub

I'm struggling to parse this, maybe partly because of the other small sub that's in the news atm.

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