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Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts - MacRumors (www.macrumors.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In a comment shared by r/Apple moderator @aaronp613, Reddit cited its Moderator Code of Conduct and said that it has a duty to keep communities "relied upon by thousands or even millions of users" operational. Mods who do not agree to reopen subreddits that have gone private will be removed.

If a moderator team unanimously decides to stop moderating, we will invite new, active moderators to keep these spaces open and accessible to users. If there is no consensus, but at least one mod wants to keep the community going, we will respect their decisions and remove those who no longer want to moderate from the mod team.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, but it will cost them money that they're not going to earn back.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It will prevent a catastrophic exodus like Digg experienced. Any amount spent it well worth it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think they seriously overestimate how many users are going to really remain. Users go where the content is. Users will use 2 applications if the content is in 2 places. Once you get to that point reddit has nothing to offer. This will end badly for them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do think you're being a tad optimistic -- many users of subs like /r/memes will probably keep chugging along and accept their reddit overlords indefinitely. But as long as enough power users leave such that the content feels noticably worse, I think reddit will still feel the hurt

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Sure, but meme enthusiasts will go where the memes are. They're not all on reddit anymore, and reddit isn't even a good source for spicy content at all. They'll go to reddit, right after they get done checking their pleroma feed or a discord channel. Eventually the engagement on their recycled gold will be so bad they won't even bother anymore.