It’s not like they couldn’t put a stop to blackouts before, as seen with the third-party app fiasco, but Reddit has now made that tactic entirely impossible. Mods will now need to get permission from Reddit admins before they can make a sub private. Makes me wonder if they’re about to do something controversial again soon.
What remains as methods of protest after this? I wonder what would happen to a subreddit if it’s moderators would simply stop moderating all together…
But I guess admins could always make someone a moderator, there’s always someone willing to have a power trip.
Deleting your account and leaving the site. Reddit clearly doesn’t care about the users, and hasn’t for a very, very long time. Remaining there justifies their actions.
I remember a couple of people on Reddit smugly saying I’d be back soon after I talked about leaving during the third party app shitshow.
I’ve never went back, so eat a bag of dicks random Reddit users!
Same. There’s been a few times I’ve needed info from reddit subs, but I’ve never interacted since. I miss some of the activity in the more niche subreddits, but I’m more productive with my time now so I guess that’s good lol
If I’m recalling correctly, a couple of the larger subs had mods stop completely, and reddit just replaced them with power mods