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[-] Clbull@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think a lot of moderators are just going to back down and return to business-as-usual from tomorrow. Reddit will suffer as a business but this isn't going to downright kill the site. Unlike say... Tumblr or OnlyFans, Reddit has a far more diverse clientele and many of them couldn't give a shit about third-party apps.

These half-arsed protests staged after the 14th June have told me that most of Reddit's mods are fucking cowards who are more afraid of losing their status as internet janitors than all the third-party apps.

Reddit's moderators could have easily brought the site to its knees if they just collectively stopped enforcing rules (including site-wide ones), removed Automoderator, unbanned everybody, then told the community to just go nuts.

The mods of /r/interestingasfuck had the right idea by encouraging users to post NSFW content, since this would have chased away advertisers in droves.

I mean the whole "sexy pics of John Oliver" protest that /r/pics had isn't going to chase away advertisers and was something that Spez could easily ignore, but having your content displayed alongside a flood of explicit pornographic images definitely will.

[-] Strangle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The mods would need to have some actual conviction instead of being selfish losers for this to happen.

All they care about is their own modding, tools, power, etc

As soon as it looked like they might lose their mod powers they caved.

[-] unerds@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

that's pretty embarrassing. they should've opened the flood gates and walked away. i modded a /r/technology for a minute and there was just so much backroom bickering about moderation philosophy applied to every borderline spam case. idk why anyone would want to engage in that constantly.

[-] Strangle@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

You’re obviously too good of a person to have continued to be a mod

It would be nice if mods where the type of people who didn’t want to be mods.

[-] unerds@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

i wouldn't go that far, but i think it is like policing and government where the people who would be best suited for the job are usually the type who wouldn't really want to do it.

[-] Strangle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I’ve modded various places over the years, my outlook has always been that keeping the conversation going is important.

Content of the conversation really doesn’t matter so much, as long as it’s not just wildly inappropriate. Users need to have thick skin to participate, there is no ‘agenda’ to something like a ‘general’ forum of discussion and there are no right or wrong opinions.

You can argue opinion as a user, but not action opinion as a moderator, or you’re becoming a curator. A lot of moderation on reddit is curative, imo

Creates toxic echo chambers

Sorry I’m rambling

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's because they fully understand the burden of properly doing said job. This is the very reason I've turned down many job offers and/or doing something for free. Cuz I know that that will be just another thing on my schedule, which I would ralter not cramp up all the way. Got a family, would like to spend some time with them as well. Helping people and doing stuff for free or for a small fee is fun and I enjoy it, but it doesn't put food on the table and it doesn't compensate for lost time with my loved ones.

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