Main mod of r/piracy demoded by reddit and forcing the sub to open up again (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by zinklog@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/freemediaheckyeah@lemmy.fmhy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/35555.

A fellow mod informed me that about it as I was laying in bed. Reddit sent a message to the mod team and after 1 hour demoded me. I didn't even had time to see it, never-mind respond to it.

Looks like we rattled reddit enough to start shooting. There goes all that fancy talk about our protest not affecting them much.

Just FYI for now. It's late here so I'll see how we proceed tomorrow.

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[-] Cinner@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I foresee another great article..

Reddit CEO forces a number of subreddits to open, starting with 'copyright infringement' subreddit /r/Piracy and 'anti-capitalist' subreddit r/antiwork

Just keep digging spez. Maybe you'll make it to China and you can start WeQQit. Not to be confused with Wreqqit, which is what you're doing here.

[-] Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Btw Piracy moved to:

@piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Run by the same mod. They have their megathread, faqs, and everything up already. Everything that they need for their community to start again in this new place.. I would imagine the users of a sub all about piracy are absolutely fine about leaving Reddit for something new.

ETA: Comment edited so you can see the whole magazine name.

[-] Kurumatron@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Amazing news to have r/piracy here! Hopefully they have more liberty here and can talk openly

[-] Im28xwa@lemdro.id 1 points 1 year ago

Big bruh moment

[-] Tatar_Nobility@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Why do they want a piracy community reopened?

[-] FaceDeer@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It's kind of hilarious. For years the mods of /r/piracy have been walking on eggshells about what kinds of links and discussion are permitted there because they were afraid Reddit would shut them down at any moment. And now Reddit is tossing the mods that worked so hard to toe their line and forcing them open.

[-] Careve@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's quite confusing, you'd think they might not be exactly rushing to open one of the more legally complicated subs.

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

Likely they don't. It was probably sent to all indefinite blackout subs.

[-] honkhonk@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It's amazing that the threat to unmod people actually worked, and a lot of subreddits are reopening, saying that "they have no other option". It shows that mods care more about their place in their subreddit than the community they supposedly did their protest for.