yeah sure. but for the larger communities like r/funny that's gonna take some leg work. You don't just reopen a 40 million user subreddit without a substantial amount of mods. That's not even thinking about the abysmal state of modding tools and death of modding tools due to API pricing.

[–] Jako301@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Not to mention the massive amount of pissed off redditors that will just come back to fuel the fire and spread anarchy.

[–] FreezingInFuckingHell@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Didn't Reddit say they would be creating their own mod tools?

[–] Batbro@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Didn't they also start saying that like 3 or 4 years ago?

[–] FreezingInFuckingHell@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

True but I guess they have to do it this time if they don't want reddit to be full of spam.

[–] Dettweiler42@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

If the removal of third party apps does not kill Reddit, then the flood of spam, likely will. Those mod tools and bots have been the main things keeping the floodgates shut, and Reddit has "promised" mod tools for years with no sign of actual development, despite mods practically begging for them constantly.

It will not be an instantaneous decline, but more likely one drawn out over a few weeks.

[–] KreekyBonez@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

spam may still count toward engagement stats... so I don't see them being above it

[–] FreezingInFuckingHell@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 year ago

Yea true. Damn its all so disheartening, hyper-capitalism can really fuck things over from time to time.