postmarketOS (@postmarketOS@fosstodon.org)
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Attached: 1 image So #Reddit has sent us this nice "either you open up your subreddit or else" letter too. We will keep the subreddit private, let's see what their "next steps" look like. > Our goal here is to ensure that existing mod teams establish a path forward to make sure your subreddit is available for the community that has made its home here. We have established a path forward, it is using the #Fediverse instead of Reddit. #RedditMigration #Lemmy #kbin

postmarketOS has posted to their Mastodon: “So Reddit has sent us this nice “either you open up your subreddit or else” letter too. We will keep the subreddit private, let’s see what their “next steps” look like.”…

  • kurk@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    It seems the model where they encouraged volunteer moderators to be in charge of their own corner of reddit is coming back to haunt them. I assume this is why lemmy is so vibrant right now. Most internet users are sheep but the people fleeing reddit are the sub-section who actually do stuff on social media, not just consume. I wonder if reddit has realised this and is offering salaries to key people it has identified who were previously unpaid mods to stem the exodus.

    • Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I wonder if reddit has realised this and is offering salaries to key people it has identified who were previously unpaid mods to stem the exodus.

      I doubt that. They seem to be stern on that downward spiral path.

      • nameless_prole@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        Steve Huffman just wants to sell the company and get that sweet sweet golden parachute. He probably knows his time as CEO is not long.

    • ඞmir@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Imagine if they now lose more money from having to pay mods compared to the gains from forcing people onto their own datamining app…

      Wouldn’t that be a nice world to live in?