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The note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen

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Re: The note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen

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Post by Maxion »

themaninthedark wrote: post #18
lewisflude wrote: post #3

Key paragraphs > If there are mods here who are willing to work towards reopening this community, we are willing to work with you to process a Top Mod Removal request or reorder the mod team to achieve this goal if mods higher up the list are hindering reopening. We would handle this request and any retaliation attempts here in this modmail chain immediately. > Our goal is to work with the existing mod team to find a…

It sounds to me like there are Top Mods who want to continue the boycott, with others who don't and that Reddit is looking at giving the other mods a path forward. One of the things I have noticed is that the boycott is not from the users but from the mods of the community. Even if the community had a vote, if you want to boycott fine but they are forcing others to go along with with them. So either they are not the…

Huh? All subreddits that have ran votes, the community has been in majority favor of closing.

Re: The note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen

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Post by fluidcruft »

missedthecue wrote: post #13
pixelpoet wrote: post #5

I really hope a decent Reddit replacement shows up soon; my impression is that HN is mostly webdevs, so surely some of y'all are on it?

deploying a reddit clone online takes 10 minutes getting 500 million monthly users like Reddit is the hard part

500 million monthly users isn't a community. I certainly don't have any subreddits that are this large nor do I give a shit about how many users are on a particular website. My reddit communities are niche and skill-based. We'll go wherever we go. Oh no! The giant horde of September stays behind on Reddit! Quelle horreur.

Re: The note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen

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Post by mjamesaustin »

pixelpoet wrote: post #5

I really hope a decent Reddit replacement shows up soon; my impression is that HN is mostly webdevs, so surely some of y'all are on it?

I was confused at first by the federated nature of Lemmy, but making an account was easy and I'm thoroughly enjoying it now.

The important thing to note – even though you join a particular Lemmy "instance", it doesn't particularly matter which one, because you can subscribe to communities (subreddits) from any instance.

The instance I joined – vlemmy.net

An aggregator of communities to join – https://lemmyverse.net/communities

Re: The note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen

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Post by colpabar »

unshavedyak wrote: post #8
EA-3167 wrote: post #2

That's a hell of a way to treat the volunteers who make the existence of that site possible.

Because they know most will put up with it, just like users. At least, in my view. I've moved from Reddit (user, not a mod), but i think we're fringe. Reddit is going to be humming along like normal soon enough as long as they don't severely upset the average user.

Just like twitter.

Re: The note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen

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Post by pixelpoet »

missedthecue wrote: post #13
pixelpoet wrote: post #5

I really hope a decent Reddit replacement shows up soon; my impression is that HN is mostly webdevs, so surely some of y'all are on it?

deploying a reddit clone online takes 10 minutes getting 500 million monthly users like Reddit is the hard part

Makes sense, but at least Reddit are doing everything in their power to help drive users to alternative platforms right now!

Re: The note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen

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Post by jayd16 »

themaninthedark wrote: post #18
lewisflude wrote: post #3

Key paragraphs > If there are mods here who are willing to work towards reopening this community, we are willing to work with you to process a Top Mod Removal request or reorder the mod team to achieve this goal if mods higher up the list are hindering reopening. We would handle this request and any retaliation attempts here in this modmail chain immediately. > Our goal is to work with the existing mod team to find a…

It sounds to me like there are Top Mods who want to continue the boycott, with others who don't and that Reddit is looking at giving the other mods a path forward. One of the things I have noticed is that the boycott is not from the users but from the mods of the community. Even if the community had a vote, if you want to boycott fine but they are forcing others to go along with with them. So either they are not the…

You'd end up with unmoderated subs if the mods just went on strike.

Re: The note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen

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Post by slg »

p4bl0 wrote: post #7
lewisflude wrote: post #3

Key paragraphs > If there are mods here who are willing to work towards reopening this community, we are willing to work with you to process a Top Mod Removal request or reorder the mod team to achieve this goal if mods higher up the list are hindering reopening. We would handle this request and any retaliation attempts here in this modmail chain immediately. > Our goal is to work with the existing mod team to find a…

Classic attempt to break a strike. Would mods be employee, this would be illegal (at least in France). This shows how Reddit the company think how the people who work for them for free on Reddit the platform and make its value.

My mind immediately went to strike-breaking too. This isn't quite the same as they are targeting a volunteer group that has shown no interest to form a union, but this is so obviously a play out of the union busting handbook. Divide the group, make it seem like only a few select leaders want whatever they are negotiating over, and offering to elevate cooperative people into positions of power if they are willing to participate in a coup.

Re: The note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen

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Post by EA-3167 »

rvense wrote: post #14
EA-3167 wrote: post #2

That's a hell of a way to treat the volunteers who make the existence of that site possible.

On the one hand, I think this a stupid decision for Reddit, that it's disrespectful and very bad for the internet. On the other hand, if it's what they're going to do, then that's how it is. You can't really expect them to just leave a namespace like, say, /r/politics in the hands of someone who openly says they aren't going to use it. So of course they're going to remove mods who stick to a blackout, what else could…

At least with Discord there's an obvious and robust alternative that's always been around... IRC.

Re: The note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen

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Post by yieldcrv »

the algorithm simply elevated other open communities to the front page

users that disabled the algorithm and only use niche subreddits never see the protest at all

I definitely think Reddit company’s view of the outcome is accurate, and that them choosing to not unilaterally open subreddits is favorable for them because it doesn’t matter too much, aside from useful information in old posts being locked away (for now)

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