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r/Apple mods cave to spez’s threats and open the sub back up (reddit.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reddit can't actually replace all of the mods. They're bluffing. I'm not saying its impossible given infinite time, but on the timelines they need it is impossible. Imagine trying to replace even 200 top subs worth of mods. If you just take anyone who volunteers you're going to have months or years of having to intervene and replace the ones that go on power trips. Trying to vet them extensively would also be a pain and take far too long. And then there's trying to familiarize the new teams with the customized mod tools of a team which was just all fired...

They can't do it without making the shitshow even worse. Bad for their IPO. The mods backing down right now are idiots.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Excellent point, I wish the moderators understood their value. They almost exclusively get shit on but do provide a real value that's mostly invisible.

I'm kinda perplexed what motivates these mods. If they don't have any ownership in their subreddits and are just expendable there's very little value in being mod. I suppose some just enjoy the daily tasks of cleaning, I guess that can be fulfilling as well.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I wouldn’t even call this cowardly because who fears losing an unpaid job? This is just pathetic.

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

It’s inevitable that the subs are going to start opening again, one way or another. Best thing to do is just leave Reddit and not worry about whether the protest is still going at this point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I really don’t understand how that threat makes someone want to play ball and open it back up. Wasn’t the point to hurt Reddit? Wouldn’t a mod team departure cause a bit of a ruckus? Seems extra silly to protest and then back down when your mod rights are at risk…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, if I were the mods in question I'd do one of two things:

  1. Riot. See if we can get goatse on the front page in the 30min before the sub gets locked. I'd get purged and replaced, the sub will be reopened without me but whatever - cause the biggest mess possible on the way out.

  2. Quiet rebellion. Stop removing spam and disable some key automod settings. "Sorry guys, turbulent times, you know?" Allow low effort memes. Delete the occasional important post for BS "rulebreaking". Over the next couple months you can probably destroy the sub.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

AnarchyChess decided to get a picture of a deranged horsey to the top of r/all before closing indefinitely. It was hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mods don't wanna lose the "power" they have. Makes them feel important. In other words, they're cowards.

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

I wouldn't generalize this much...

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

Ya, if anything the "protests" were just another power trip for them

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

Could you imagine being addicted to modding? What a sad life

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's nothing sad about wanting to create a good community around a topic you're interested in.

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

It is if it gets in the way of mental health. Moderating is a thankless grind, especially in Reddit's case.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I honestly don't understand. Reddit hasn't ever treated their mods well and will never pay them. I only see upside to going down with the ship lol

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

I've never been a mod but I guess people do it because they like it, or they like how it makes them see themselves. They might join a protest for the same reasons. Being demoted and becoming a nobody, on the other hand, doesn't sound like much fun.

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

A lot of them are paid by companies they can promote on Reddit. It’s a huge payola astroturfing game there.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’d rather an actively hostile and potentially subversive mod than whoever would replace them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They should turn it into a forum exclusively about apples, marijuana enthusiasts style.

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

Think Different.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's an Apple subreddit, what did you expect? Principles? Dignity? lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Looks like what we have here is a shades on one bad apple

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

Happy Fathers Day!

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

This is the content I'm here for

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

Oh shut up. Not Apple user in the slightest but this type of talk is just rude. Enjoy your lonely island.