hey everyone. if you want to post links or discuss the Reddit blackout today, please localize it to this thread in order to keep things tidy! Thanks!
hey everyone. if you want to post links or discuss the Reddit blackout today, please localize it to this thread in order to keep things tidy! Thanks!
Somehow I doubt anything is gonna come of the blackout.
If things get concerning the admins will step in and replace mods with plants. No real winning at all
The thing with this is that it will take a HUGE amount of money to do this, unless you’re suggesting they’ll replace them with new unpaid moderators that are pro-being abused for free labor.
If that’s the case, the quality of those subreddits will tank fast because there’s no way they’ll replace the existing mods with ones as motivated or as experienced as the ones already there.
As much as people love to mock Subreddit Moderators, there’s a definite learned skill to doing it well and keeping a community thriving. That’s not going to be something easily replaced.
No to mention subs like r/AskHistorians has mods that are actually historians. You can’t just replace them and have the sub maintain it’s quality.
If they replace protesting mods then the communities can just overload the new mods until they restrict the sub (again). The real problem is people giving up (which just so aligns with what reddit wants). Personally, that’s the reason why I’m leaving because apparently a lot of people genuinely thought that a 2-day blackout would cut it. Yeah, right.