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Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible (www.theverge.com)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by UngodlyAudrey@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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It's not like they couldn't put a stop to blackouts before, as seen with the third-party app fiasco, but Reddit has now made that tactic entirely impossible. Mods will now need to get permission from Reddit admins before they can make a sub private. Makes me wonder if they're about to do something controversial again soon.

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[–] Suppoze@beehaw.org 20 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What remains as methods of protest after this? I wonder what would happen to a subreddit if it's moderators would simply stop moderating all together...

But I guess admins could always make someone a moderator, there's always someone willing to have a power trip.

[–] davehtaylor@beehaw.org 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What remains as methods of protest after this?

Deleting your account and leaving the site. Reddit clearly doesn't care about the users, and hasn't for a very, very long time. Remaining there justifies their actions.

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 28 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I remember a couple of people on Reddit smugly saying I'd be back soon after I talked about leaving during the third party app shitshow.

I've never went back, so eat a bag of dicks random Reddit users!

[–] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 4 points 4 days ago

Same. There's been a few times I've needed info from reddit subs, but I've never interacted since. I miss some of the activity in the more niche subreddits, but I'm more productive with my time now so I guess that's good lol

[–] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If I'm recalling correctly, a couple of the larger subs had mods stop completely, and reddit just replaced them with power mods

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago

That wasn't just larger subs. They changed the rules for requesting a takeover of a sub, and there are hundreds of subs it affected. There are even cases of it being really dangerous, there's a shroom hunting sub that is poorly moderated and has had life-threatening advice left up.