I think this will cause as many problems as it solves (from Reddit’s POV), going private has always been a panic button for mods when shit hits the fan. Now those controversies will have much longer to build and have news stories written about it first. Short sighted.
Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible
Submitted 8 months ago by KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/30/24253727/reddit-communities-subreddits-request-protests
Comments
saigot@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
ThePantser@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I fear Reddit might be going the way of Twitter and Facebook, too many users which makes them too big to fail or their failure is sooo slow that by the time they do fail they will have cemented their footholds in our politics they will puppet our politicians more than now.
Ramenhunter84@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Ugh reddit mod community makes me so angry… Glad I left that shithole
kusari@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
I’m also glad too. I just sign up and I’m currently looking for the alternative reddit communities here on lemmy.
Mobiledecay@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They can’t have anyone but themselves breaking the site. 😂 People should figure out a good way to protest Reddit. Ddos attacks can’t be fixed. 😁
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
30 terabyte of Rick Astley per second should do nicely.
shani66@ani.social 8 months ago
You’d think this would drive away what mods are left, i imagine they are mostly there for the illusion of power they get at this point and this will be a step towards removing that.
But then, the entire corporatization should be enough to drive people away on it’s own but it doesn’t seem to be.
CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Most mods are corporate stooges anyways
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 8 months ago
You also have some newer mods who are controlling the narrative for profit.
Stern@lemmy.world 8 months ago
like 10 seconds in automod to get right around that shit lmao.
eee@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I’m sure there will be ways around it. Mods can automod-delete every comment, change the rules of the sub to only allow posts of nonsense, or nit moderate at all.
The main problem is that protests don’t succeed at reddit because people like moderating for free for some reason. Strangely Reddit has more leverage over mods than mods have over reddit.
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Fuck spez
helloworld55@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I’m so glad I have a Reddit alternative now like Lemmy. Every news article I see about some corporate move Reddit makes, it seems further and further removed from the community-driven website I had hoped it would be.
MehBlah@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Oh No, anyway.
Rhoeri@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Bots and locked down curated content vs. hive-minded rhetoric that circumvents anything resembling nuance at all.
Gotta admit, there aren’t many good choices here.
tostos@lemmy.world 8 months ago
dont worry r/worldnews allwasy ready for the mission.
P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 8 months ago
Are you sure you wrote this correctly?
peereboominc@lemm.ee 8 months ago
What is reddit? Never heard of it.
demizerone@lemmy.world 8 months ago
OBEY
uis@lemm.ee 8 months ago
As a russian I knew it will happen.
Now I wonder what Ukraine Reddit will start war with? EU? FTC? Fediverse? Something to keep it in permanent state of emergency. Bots? Adblockers?
7e9hajyvdub0@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
This is not a smart choice, they do know that the alternative to peaceful protests like this is violent protest right? They want to challenge that or do they think it won’t be done because it’s “illegal”, that didn’t stop these guys now did it?
STOMPYI@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Removed by mod
redditrassholes9344@discuss.online 8 months ago
that’s auto-moderation for you, really gives high hopes for the people claiming automated is the future. Cyber attacks for all services who do this. If a store used automated systems to kick me out I’d throw a brick through their window.