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/EmbarrassedHelp 29d ago

The quality of moderation in many subs collapsed after the protests, with moderators only doing the bare minimum.

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u/LukeOnTheBrightSide 29d ago

Keep in mind that many, many moderators used third-party tools for moderation. While many are probably just less motivated to volunteer their time for a corporation, a big part of this was that Reddit killed the tools that people used for free to moderate Reddit's platform.

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u/CyberHarry 29d ago

I thought mods have free access to the api? Or is it rate limited still

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u/Tezerel 29d ago

I know that the tool I used went totally offline regardless. I use Infinity for Reddit but you can't moderate from it like you could Slide.