I just want to grab popcorn and hear if anyone knows what happened. I’m assuming the admins finally took control?

Happened between these 2 archives this morning:

Still protesting

Reverted to old sidebar

  • Alteon@lemmy.world
    40·
    1 year ago

    Reddit Admins seem to be pushing back. I honestly can’t see anyone wanting to become a Mod at this point after spez’s “landed gentry” statement. He literally implied that they are peasants with unpaid responsibilities. Why the fuck would anyone ever volunteer to want to do that again?

    • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world
      441·
      1 year ago

      Because new scabs don’t know what’s involved. They literally have NO idea that it’s a fuckton more work than arbitrarily swinging a banhammer and letting posts roll in.

      I had a look at r/ModSupport the other day and was laughing my ass off because it was mostly new scabs complaining about appearance changes and CSS help (“how can I change this sub’s skin,” lol) and older mods of established subs begging for help (literally begging, not kidding) because they are overrun with bots and all the shit they used to keep at bay with 3PA developed API-based tools.

      This is an example of a begging post I pulled at the time (see the last line of the post - also change teddit.hostux.net to old.reddit.com or another Reddit redirector if teddix is down) :

      https://teddit.hostux.net/r/ModSupport/comments/154bp7n/friends_we_are_far_beyond_drowning_in_bots_please/

      It’s a madhouse. I was very pleased to see it. :D

        • gullible@kbin.social
          7·
          1 year ago

          Sincerely, cut and run already, Reddit mods. I used Reddit for over a decade, modded and built up a formerly dead rafting sub for a few years, and jumped ship as easily as swapping my toothbrush. I can’t imagine making a website part of my identity, especially a hostile one.

    • chrischryse@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      1 year ago

      I just saw this but the answer is power and control. These mods feel they need it because they are like “gods”. Why do you think the subs said a 2 day blackout? Had they said indefinite they would risk losing the only power they’ve ever had in order to feel whole