Spez said in an interview I saw a few minutes ago that they would not be forcing subs open. Do you mean to tell me Spez – Steve Huffman, CEO of Reddit – is a liar? Who woulda thunk it?
They’re not though, they’re just forcibly replacing mods who don’t want to open with ones who do want to open…
Totally different 🙃
You see it’s not like that, reddit will authorize new mods and those mods will open the subs back up, see reddit really has not responsibility for what their hand selected mods do.
This strikes me more as “this is literally what the rules say” rather than being targeted at anything specific. It would be insane to start actually ousting mods across the entire site for a couple days of a pre-planned, short-lived blackout. The community already seems to be angrily demanding the mods reopen, and most have reopened anyway, so there is nothing Reddit admins actually have to do.
really? i was part of the biggest wrestling forum on the planet and that’s gone, possibly for good. that’s a big deal for a niche interest but everyone i’ve seen or interacted with is fine migrating to discord and the kbin. the only issue is what to do about the archive.
It’s not getting as much discussion time around these parts but Discord seems like its gonna be the true reddit successor. Honestly, this makes me sad because Discord feels like jumping into a stream of consciousness.
Discord seems like its gonna be the true reddit successor.
Not disagreeing that the masses will likely flock to it due to brand recognition and such …
But man does that make me sad too… Really hate how locked down Discord is in comparison (like you can’t even browse content without a login and using from the browser is painful compared to using a client). Add in their past (and possibly present) privacy issues and the fact that like Reddit, they are also a centralized site run by another greedy company and I feel like this is yet another recipe for disaster (albeit one that might take awhile to fully materialize)
I’ve found it to be really frustrating to have a “true” conversation on discord. “2 people typing…” before you even have a chance to write somethubfb
Discord?!? Really?!? The Microsoft owned chat app that was at one time primarily used by gamers and their guild/squad/herd? I don’t understand how that would be a viable solution to anything.
That’s really not a replacement for a link aggregator site with discussion.
I doubt it. People don’t like Reddit because it’s all controlled by one company. Switching to Discord could just end up being the same mistake. Discord also need to start making money at some point.
You can’t have long-form posts on Discord, you can’t search for posts via search engines like Google, you can’t browse it without an account. It’s not a replacement at all.
Meh. Anyone who continues to use reddit and browse those communities, many of which voted to go dark in the first place, deserves whatever reddit serves them.
Reddit showing its hand. The blackout obviously is having an impact. Once all the dedicated mods are gone the site will go to shit.
As much as the thought may be comforting, it might take a long time for the site to really go to shit, if it will ever. Most likely, not a lot would change
I think a lot will change but I agree with you for the site staying relevant for many more years. It will just not be as good as it once was (and I say that with a 14 years old reddit account). It has been slowly going down for a long time, now there is a quick mini downfall but business will continue as usual until thy’ve squished all the money they could get out of it. And then it dies.
Lukewarm and probably accurate take. We’re looking at the beginning of a long, drawn out end.
This is a balanced take. Reddit probably is ok with new front page subs taking over. I guess newer users who don’t care about 3rd party apps will take over as core users.
I look forward to the chaos of reddit replacing the moderation teams of 5000 subs with shills.
if there is no consensus, but at least one mod […]
ooh, so is that an invitation for backstabbing within mod teams now?
Even if there is no backstabbing, they’ll depose all of the admins. Especially those who have lost their interest in moderating… And no pesky popular opinion will stop them from keeping their platform active and fun for everybody…
Well kbin, you’re stuck with me I suppose, using shreddit to delete my history and account…
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It’s a little disheartening to delete all that… but there are backups of reddit everywhere, the knowledge won’t be lost. I guess one might create an instance that mirrors that content…
And honestly, it’s exciting to be part of something new. I’ll try to help with development if I can. I might start building little “fediverse boxes” for people to keep home… well let’s have some fun.
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It’s sad, but you just have to bite the bullet and do it. I miss the old communities but I hope we’ll find something new here on Kbin.
Honestly the best move now is to overwrite all your comments with replies from chatgpt, since AI’s hate feeding from other AI answers. It’s like poisoning the well.
Oh i like the way you think…
So the admins that were okay with u/awkwardtheturtle being a powermod are now just all of a sudden serious about quickly enforcing rules against protesting mods?
They seem entirely content with burning it down and seeing what they’re left with after. Not even pretending to play nice anymore.
This is probably true. The front page is not barren, there’s plenty of users being active. The subs I frequented are still dark so there’s nothing for me, but it’s clear that Reddit isn’t going to start begging for us back yet.
Reddit acting as it they made these communities themselves, not that those mods came up with the concepts and then nurtured those communities over years
scab mods… here they come! Good luck!
If the mods can be scabs, so too are the users who return to the site.
That’s not the attitude of someone who’s confident that his flock will come back.
We regularly enforce our subreddit and moderator-level rules. As you point out, this means that we have policies and processes in place that address inactive moderation (Rule 4). . . .
Ohhhh, is that why there’s a cabal of power mods, “curated” secondary versions of communities, and why I gave up and restarted one of them over here. It’s because we were regularly addressing squatters
100%.
This isn’t their first rodeo. They did this to gun sun mods who were posting memes about “boogaloo boys” and the mods were like “meh”
Even after they made changes they still installed mods.
Where are these curated secondary versions of communities? I’d like to see them myself.
Reddit digging their own grave. Oh well. I’m liking kbin. 😊👍
Still getting used to things here, but I have to say dark mode is damned nice.
So far my major issue is ‘why isn’t the reply thing right at the bottom of the post and is instead at the bottom of the replies?’
@skellener eee, two different things. kbin and the fedisomethingverse is a different thing. besides it doesn’t have r/sevenseaslinuxisos. Yet. or r/worldnews (anime titties).
Be the change you want to see
I feel like I’ve been waiting for the shoe to drop over at Reddit for years now. Honestly freeing to gtfo of there.
Deplorable. Obviously inevitable, but deplorable nonetheless. Definitely not going back to reddit now.
