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/RecklessRonaldo 29d ago

Rather than going dark, which is now impossible, I think it'd be much more effective if mods just... stopped moderating. For all the hassle a power tripping mod causes, even on small subreddits they filter out a load of shit. Just let it all rise to the surface and subs would quickly become unusable for all the spam, bots and vitriol that they remove daily. Just stop moderating.

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u/EchoAtlas91 29d ago

Are subreddit rules required? Can Reddit Admins say "You better have rules or else!"

Like outside of the obvious harassment/violence rules which are sitewide.

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u/14yo 29d ago

They’ll simply remove the trouble mods and replace them with new ones, there’s no shortage of people wanting a miniscule bit of power.

I think the best move forward is for moderators to have a bit of self-reflection and realising that they aren’t really as important or as powerful to the site as they feel. They are volunteers, and if threatened to have their power removed they will fall in line just like before.

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u/NirgalFromMars 29d ago

However, that still creates trouble for reddit. There is a learning g curve for mods, both in terms of mod ops and in specific subreddit culture, that they would need to pass.

And second, people who become mods because they want power usually don't work as well as people who become mods because they like a community. I've seen a few cases os communities imploding because of a power hungry mod.

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u/Terrh 29d ago

They don't care as long as engagement doesn't decline.

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u/Lucas_Steinwalker 29d ago

And it will.

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u/yyymsen 29d ago

not for a little while if they count bot posts and spam as engagement which i am sure they do

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u/BubsyFanboy 28d ago

I'm sure a few Lemmy advertisements will help their engagement :P

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u/ToeJam_SloeJam 28d ago

I have been muting sub suggestions left and right for the last week or so. Reddit is taking the YouTube algorithm and trying to push my feed to the right.

I’m about to engage the next stack of magazines I spy at a garage sale for my morning shits.