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Reddit CEO says the mods leading a punishing blackout are too powerful and he will change the site's rules to weaken them (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In my case, the biggest sub I help moderate has one mod who made the whole thing. From the ground-up, a great community of people, very few fights and a ton of people subscribed. It really is like a 'model' example of how the communities should work.

They jusy can't understand how we'd be willing to throw it all away over a company's stupid move. I guess in this instance, it is well over a decade of making a great place. And I can see why he feels awful.

But to me that is the only power we have...having people who will burn it down to make a stand.

I won't be there after this month ends and my 3rd party apps go.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There were (are?) a few truly decent threads on Reddit. r/zappa in my opinion was far and away the most well run community on that entire site that i has experience with, though there were certainly others that i know of. I never recall a single toxic moment in many years of being there. I didn't even check to see if they blacked out over this.. I just did it on my own and I don't think I'll go back, to be honest... But it's one place that I truly miss. I've only accessed the site from a third party app (RedReader) for the past 7 years or so, but I've been on Reddit from about 2009.. My current account live since 2011. Even though RedReader got the exemption for its accessibility features, I still couldn't stand for the principle behind this whole thing. There were some really good subreddits there, really good communities, and they'll be missed, but it's far more important to withdraw myself from that whole mess and take a firm stand by refusing to use the site. I saw some communities moderated by genuinely good people with genuinely good intentions, I hope that they have all left to make a stand against the data mining corporation that Reddit has become. You seem to be one of the decent ones. Thanks for having made the experience pleasant, but greater thanks for standing with your community and pulling the plug when the need arose. I hope you find a place to migrate to.