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Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

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Post by 27182818284 »

seanalltogether wrote: post #29
mhomde wrote: post #17

What a circus reddit has become. There's probably/hopefully more to this story but still. It will be interesting to see if reddit forces the hands of the biggest subreddits to open again. Which raises an interesting question, who "owns" a subreddit, the mods? the subscribers? reddit? I also wonder if it's a good idea for a community like reddit to have "public facing" administrators Many of the biggest subreddits are…

I'm actually surprised that reddit allows default subreddits to go private or disable themselves in any way. Each community should absolutely be able to moderate themselves, but at the same time being a default subreddit carries extra responsibilities.

> a default subreddit carries extra responsibilities.

Tell that to the admins that just cut a beloved person without prior consultation or a continuity plan.

I'm blown away by what Reddit has been doing in the last few months. I thought it was just me being a get-off-my-lawn old user (since I've been on Reddit like 7-8 years or something) but then I had a young copyrighter (early twenties) talking to me about leaving Reddit for "other places" and that blew me away. I hadn't realized it was starting to trickle down for lack of better words.

Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

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Post by sleepybrett »

Smerity wrote: post #5

One of the most telling points is from /u/imakuram, moderator for /r/books: "This seems to be a seriously stupid decision. We have several AMAs upcoming in /r/books and have no idea how to contact the authors."[1] They really shot the communities in the foot by not giving them any notice or support. Given that the key feature in ensuring the quality of Reddit is the moderation "donated" by the community, this is a de…

Yeah cause what you want to do, as an employer, is go out to a community of people you have no control over and say, 'Hey we are about to fire one of your favorite admins, one of your friends maybe. But don't freak out it'll be ok. We can't talk about why we want to fire her, but trust us. Oh and can you not mention it to her before we fire her tomorrow.'

Yeah that will go over well.

Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

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Post by seehafer »

mhomde wrote: post #17

What a circus reddit has become. There's probably/hopefully more to this story but still. It will be interesting to see if reddit forces the hands of the biggest subreddits to open again. Which raises an interesting question, who "owns" a subreddit, the mods? the subscribers? reddit? I also wonder if it's a good idea for a community like reddit to have "public facing" administrators Many of the biggest subreddits are…

If /r/aww, /r/funny and /r/pics did the same, Reddit's traffic would fall off a cliff.

Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

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Post by Lx1oG-AWb6h_ZG0 »

emdi81 wrote: post #45
bobbles wrote: post #39

People don't give a shit about 'reddit' as a thing, what they care about is the content people submit and the subreddits that foster the communities. They seem to be going through their own Digg v4 moment here, completely disregarding users because they think they're big enough to survive without them.

Felt I should share this. There are a number of really good established alternatives with great mods and admins for those who wish to branch out and check out something new: www.snapzu.com - Excellent content and friendly community. Has a unique XP/Leveling system and ability to post content into multiple subs. www.empeopled.com - Gives you more influence based on the amount of up-votes you've received. Use influence…

Thanks, I just got an invite for snapzu and it does look really nice.

Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

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Post by mmanfrin »

btown wrote: post #41

The admin in question, Victoria (/u/chooter), is still posting, and gives every indication that it was not an expected nor voluntary departure: https://www.reddit.com/user/chooter /u/karmanaut, one of the most prolific moderators, gave some insight into why this is such a big deal: https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/3bw39q/why_ha... > We had a number of AMAs scheduled for today that Victoria was supposed…

Sorry to be pedantic about a little point, but:

> In fact, it seems that they actually cut off active IAmAs in progress. https://twitter.com/edfrenkel/status/616653911835807745

This seems to be due to the moderators setting /r/IAmA private, not Victoria being yanked away.

Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

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Post by golergka »

I have a question that will sounds like a rhetorical just for the sake of mindless bashing, but actually I want to ask it honestly, and I don't pretend that I know the answer.

Have Pao done anything good for Reddit since she's been appointed CEO?

Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

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Post by mintplant »

Nexxxeh wrote: post #55

Pao actually tried submitting a PM to a subreddit. Not a screenshot, the actual URL for the PM. If she has an area of expertise other than "diversity", she seems to be flubbing it.

Please don't lump this in with the anti-Pao brigade. Like her or not, the issue of admin-moderator relations goes back long before her tenure. I say this as a (currently inactive) moderator of a default subreddit.
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