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

Post by MagicMoonlight » Fri, Jun 16, 2023, 6:33 PM UTC

dsir wrote: post #19

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?

Lots of the alternatives seem to be missing the core idea of what Reddit really is (a community of communities). I think first and foremost it's the community aspect of Reddit that makes it appealing. I've been building a platform called Sociables which is intentionally not just a Reddit clone. We are trying to create an all-in-one place for people to create communities and not just posts. Here's an example of a comm…

Post by ghayes » Fri, Jun 16, 2023, 6:34 PM UTC

marcod wrote: post #293

jmull wrote: post #178

I'm almost starting to think they really will break Reddit. When all this started I had no doubt that the protests would come, make their point, end, and then Reddit would continue on its way. But this has been so poorly handled. I think a key to reddit's "success" (such as it is) is that they figured out how to scale moderation -- by getting volunteers to do the tough work for free. I'm sure reddit can toss all the…

I'm -> <- this close to deleting all the posts in my 15 year old reddit account. It's not just moderators they are losing.

Post by ethbr0 » Fri, Jun 16, 2023, 6:35 PM UTC

ahepp wrote: post #196

none_to_remain wrote: post #135

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There's been no "make the cut". There's been first-come-first-served, followed by obtaining the favor of the first-come.

This is what I don’t understand about the claims that any next generation of mods would be incapable of doing the job. I think it will be exactly like the current status quo. You see subreddit and mod drama happening all the time. So many people want to moderate a local subreddit for Seattle that we have at least three different ones. The mod teams for each all have strong (and different) political views. But the thr…

Post by Timon3 » Fri, Jun 16, 2023, 6:37 PM UTC

goatlover wrote: post #239

KeplerBoy wrote: post #62

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Of course there are within their rights from a legal pov. Doesn't change the fact that it's a terrible, outright hostile move.

It was hostile by mods to close a sub like r/nba the day after the finals, and hostile to close an important sub like r/science. A poll with a small fraction of the users that was only up for a few hours and potentially brigaded doesn't mean the majority of actual users wanted those subs to close.

Post by dylan604 » Fri, Jun 16, 2023, 6:39 PM UTC

whynaut wrote: post #286

SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #265

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It doesn’t work. The pauses are built into the script. It’s worse, it’s far worse. It highlights that the scripts are usually pretty bad. Classic example of a completely unfunny basic show https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jKS3MGriZcs

As uncomfortable as some of the timings are without the tracks, it still feels a lot more bearable. If the timings could be adjusted I feel shows might actually be better off.