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Reddit mods are calling for an “affordable return” for third-party apps (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Here's an archive link to the mentioned r/Funny's letter.

List of demands

However, we have the following requests:

  • Commit to exploring ways by which third-party applications can make an affordable return.
  • Commit to providing moderation tools and accessibility options (on Old Reddit, New Reddit, and mobile platforms) which match or exceed the functionality and utility of third-party applications.
  • Commit to prioritizing a significant reduction in spam, misinformation, bigotry, and illegal content on Reddit.
  • Guarantee that any future developments which may impact moderators, contributors, or stakeholders will be announced no less than one fiscal quarter before they are scheduled to go into effect.
  • Work together with longstanding moderators to establish a reasonable roadmap and deadline for accomplishing all of the above.
  • Affirm that efforts meant to keep Reddit accountable to its commitments and deadlines will hereafter not be met with insults, threats, removals, or hostility.
  • Publicly affirm all of the above by way of updating Reddit’s User Agreement and Reddit’s Moderator Code of Conduct to include reasonable expectations and requirements for administrators’ behavior.
  • Implement and fill a senior-level role (with decision-making and policy-shaping power) of "Moderator Advocate" at Reddit, with a required qualification for the position being robust experience as a volunteer Reddit moderator.

I personally don't think that Reddit will do jack shit, except maybe find some vague pretext to replace r/Funny's mods. However, given how reasonable those points sound, even the non-compliance itself will damage Reddit. It's a great Morton's fork - damned if you do, damned if you don't.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guarantee that any future developments...

Yeah I stopped reading there. If you still believe you could trust any promises or guarantuees made by reddits owners, you are oblivious.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Frankly I think that my dog is abler to solve Fermat's Last Theorem than Reddit Inc. is able to keep up with promises and guarantees, but I still like how much this damages the company's image - specially because the subs doing this are rather large.

Plus the limit date hints me an organised mod exodus off the platform in the 29th.

(I don't even own a dog.)