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As some subreddits continue blackouts to protest Reddit's plans to charge high prices for its API, Reddit has informed the moderators of those subreddits that it has plans to replace resistant moderation teams to keep spaces "open and accessible to users."

Edit, there seems to be conflicting reporting on this issue:

While the company does “respect the community’s right to protest” and pledges that it won’t force communities to reopen, Reddit also suggests there’s no need for that.

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/15/23762501/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-interview-protests-blackout

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[–] ash@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Spez “this isn’t impacting our bottom line” surely is acting like it is. Let the fire begin. Turn off all mod tools, all spam filters. Let the website turn into a shithole.

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[–] eddie@lucitt.social 11 points 1 year ago

I feel like normie fed-based socials need to start going live like bluesky so people can finally get off these shitty platforms. We need a leader in the federation space.

[–] ahriboy@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Reddit is already dead. Old.reddit will be removed soon.

[–] sparky@lemmy.pt 7 points 1 year ago

Reddit is deaddit. Long live the glorious Lemmy-Kbin Continuum.

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[–] SharkEatingBreakfast@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

If you put people in charge who don't know / care about particular communities in charge, there could be huge trouble.

You know.... like the legal advice subr×ddit being moderated by cops. Which it is.

[–] Lawliss@midwest.social 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Stop giving thus self righteous, money hungry dickwad a voice, The Verge. Jesus christ. The more he talks, the dumber and more like Elon Musk he looks.

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[–] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago

Was rather foreseeable but seals the deal for me. I will will waste my time here.

[–] firecat@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

They already removed some mods, it's not a threat it's Spaz being a jerk and awful person.

[–] Kameleon@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I knew this is what they would do. :) OpenAI hired Kenyans at 2$/hr to train their AI chatbot. This is what Reddit will do. Hire Africans at 2$/hr to moderate the most popular sub and generate traffic, than try and recruit new volunteer mods, all the while going for the IPO.

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[–] SamC@lemmy.nz 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The cops are moving in with tear gas and rubber bullets...

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[–] brie@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As of now, more than 80% of our top 5,000 communities (by DAU) are open

I'm a bit paranoid that this could be a technical truth because the communities still closed have dropped in DAU.

Edit: Checked the blackout tracker, of the ones listed 205 are still closed or restricted, so it's probably an accurate claim, though it seems about half of the participating subreddits are still closed.

[–] Lells@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (8 children)

allow ordinary users to vote moderators out more easily if their decisions aren’t popular. He said the new system would be more democratic and allow a wider set of people to hold moderators accountable.

blinks loudly What could go wrong? 🤣

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[–] Midnitte@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reddit has informed the moderators of those subreddits that it has plans to replace resistant moderation teams to keep spaces "open and accessible to users."

Honestly entirely predictable. Should really be a wake up call to moderators and communities that haven't gone dark that Reddit, Inc is not trustworthy (just like how spez has been willing to edit posts).

Good luck to Reddit trying to moderate 5000 new communities and not devolve into Twitter 2.

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[–] Lells@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

/r/ModCoord is polling subs, a lot of support still for indefinite blackout

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[–] Saturdaycat@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hahaha you know before this many people didn't think of reddit as corporate corporate. They scewed themselves and ruined their goodwill

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