[HN Gopher] Reddit Admins are forcing protesting subreddits to o...
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Reddit Admins are forcing protesting subreddits to open to the
public again
Author : undersuit
Score : 26 points
Date : 2023-06-17 21:59 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| undersuit wrote:
| Many subreddits have been forced open in the last few hours.
|
| I wonder if r/pics' John Oliver policy will be reversed in the
| coming days:
| https://old.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/14bai7s/henceforth_rp...
|
| Moderators voice their concerns:
| https://old.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/14bwfai/moderator...
| amatecha wrote:
| Not going to click through a link to Reddit, so I don't know
| what's mentioned in there, but here are a couple examples and
| related discussions...
|
| r/steam: https://lemmy.world/post/239075
|
| r/piracy: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/35555
|
| r/antiwork: https://infosec.exchange/@vertana/110557520854046992
|
| r/pics: https://lemmy.world/post/206930
| goochin wrote:
| Good, there's no reason why a handful of moderators should ruin
| things for all the users in each subreddit. It's nothing more
| than vandalism.
| Tyrubias wrote:
| No, it's the exploitation by Reddit of free labor.
| psychphysic wrote:
| In 2020 it would have made sense as it was the mods sub.
|
| In 2023 it doesn't make sense as the mods are free labour to
| Reddit Inc.
| paulpauper wrote:
| Reddit communities are the property of reddit, so this is not too
| much of a surprise. Admins > mods / users.
| rvz wrote:
| This all shows who really has power and it always has been the
| owners of Reddit.com, unsurprisingly.
|
| Since these subreddits were never 'owned' in the first place,
| such things like this was always possible and these 'protests'
| (on someone else's website) are just futile and the owners do.
| not. care and will seize control by force.
|
| This 'protest' has already failed right from the beginning. A
| test of power that resulted in a crushing defeat for the so-
| called 'protestors' with little effort from the owners.
|
| Did they really think they had any chance against the actual
| _real_ owners of Reddit?
| bleepblop wrote:
| Best way to protest is to walk away.
| psychphysic wrote:
| And live a good life!
| crmrc114 wrote:
| I am so tired of people depending on others hosting their
| content. If your going to pay a website for something consider
| self hosting. I hate the modren lack of genetic diversity in
| the web. I used to spend hours on topic specific sites and
| forums. Well before wikipedia, reddit, twitter and facebook.
|
| Something something old man yells at clouds. I hate how the
| internet has become a handful of large sites to the average
| american. Shamelessly going to plug that projects like mastodon
| and Lemmy have been super fun and I really hope it's a
| direction we start seeing people move.
|
| Simple federated sites without some cryptobro vapourware.
| bezier-curve wrote:
| Well, the protests managed to get spez to shove his foot in his
| mouth over and over. It may not have made a change for Reddit
| users, but it certainly gave many people a clear red flag
| signal to avoid Reddit.
| autoexec wrote:
| The owners of reddit control the platform, but the users of
| reddit control the content. Reddit has nothing if people refuse
| to provide them with free content. That's the real power, but
| unless people are prepared to use that power, they're allowing
| reddit to control them. If everyone in the subreddits which
| were forcibly reopened simply agreed to not post or comment on
| anything in them the effect of the protest would be about as
| damaging as when they were locked.
|
| I'm so sick of reddit's bullshit and it's clear that the
| platform is going to get worse from here on out. I honestly
| hope that people do move on and find and popularize new
| platforms. Even if reddit calms down and starts working with
| their users, the competition would be healthy and otherwise,
| I'm fine with reddit suffering the same fate as digg and
| myspace.
| hax0ron3 wrote:
| In the brief war between the Spez regime and the mod putschists,
| the regime has achieved complete and crushing victory. The
| shattered remnants of the putschist forces are retreating across
| the battlefield. Many are turning over their weapons and agreeing
| to the regime's amnesty terms. Meanwhile the average Reddit user
| is either mocking one or one both sides or is just obliviously
| wondering why he heard some noise in the distance on Reddit the
| last few days.
| gigglesupstairs wrote:
| I like whatever this is haha
| pram wrote:
| Let us raise the banner of Reddit ever higher, under the
| tutelage of comrade Spez!
| draw_down wrote:
| [dead]
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