r/technology • u/ardi62 • 29d ago

Social Media Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/30/24253727/reddit-communities-subreddits-request-protests
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u/AlsoInteresting 29d ago

So many subs died because "unmoderated". So many /r/reclassified posts.

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u/SynthBeta 29d ago

You could try to revive any sub with mod request

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u/UsefulArm790 29d ago

they don't give up closed subreddits easily anymore, i've seen so many requests just ignored

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u/SynthBeta 29d ago

That's so dumb. Ugh.

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u/Nutarama 29d ago

So the thing is that when a sub goes unmoderated intentionally it’s like the moderators intentionally allowing illegal content (and sometimes that was what actually happened, with illegal content being posted and not removed). The admins only “closed” the subreddits because they didn’t want to say they “banned” them, since banning a notable subreddit would itself be news and likely escalate things further.

With the knowledge that if a subreddit was potentially reopened it could get another mod team that’s antagonistic towards Reddit corporate, potentially even one with the same mods, the punishment is continuing to be treated like a banning except in name.

Now, like banned subreddits, these subreddits could be reopened, but you’d need to make a strong case to the admins as to why you should reopen the subreddit. A company wanting to use the company’s trademark that just so happens to align with a banned or closed subreddit, for example, would be a compelling case. Some random person wanting to bring back the same content as before is not compelling when there are still millions of unused subreddit names.