“We completely acknowledge that the post was removed in error and that this removal should not have occurred in the first place,” they wrote. “We have talked with all the moderators on the team to ensure that this does not happen again. We are committed to fixing our mistakes, and we reapproved the post as soon as we were made aware of the issue.”
Really don’t think this is that news worthy, in the end. It was some new guy that didn’t do his research on the post, and just assumed it was a blurry picture of an airplane from the ground. Once the more experienced mods were notified, they restored the post and apologized. It’s a pretty sensationalized headline, though that’s to be expected I suppose
It does, however, demonstrate just how much ill will Reddit has engendered towards itself that it was so easy to trigger the publication of such a story on (what I think is) not an entirely unknown or untrusted site. The frustration levels with Reddit are running high, and it doesn’t take much to spark more animosity towards the site.
Frustration/anger is an easy emotion to provoke. It is much easier for anyone creating content to get clicks by making people mad. The title was intentionally sensationalized to get clicks, which is just the world we live in. Youtube videos perform better when it is provoking, podcasts get more listeners, news channels/sites get more watch time/site views. The headline could have just as easily said “Reddit’s r/Aviation Moderators Temporarily Delete NASA Astronaut’s Image for Quality Reasons, Then Restore It” but nobody would click on that because it’s not a story.
Obviously there is a lot of animosity towards Reddit, but the animosity of tech companies is so widespread you could name any large tech company and make a sensationalized or clickbait headline.
Really don’t think this is that news worthy, in the end. It was some new guy that didn’t do his research on the post, and just assumed it was a blurry picture of an airplane from the ground. Once the more experienced mods were notified, they restored the post and apologized. It’s a pretty sensationalized headline, though that’s to be expected I suppose
It does, however, demonstrate just how much ill will Reddit has engendered towards itself that it was so easy to trigger the publication of such a story on (what I think is) not an entirely unknown or untrusted site. The frustration levels with Reddit are running high, and it doesn’t take much to spark more animosity towards the site.
Might be that reddit is nearing the trust thermocline , but i’d wager noone in middle management and up is aware of it.
Frustration/anger is an easy emotion to provoke. It is much easier for anyone creating content to get clicks by making people mad. The title was intentionally sensationalized to get clicks, which is just the world we live in. Youtube videos perform better when it is provoking, podcasts get more listeners, news channels/sites get more watch time/site views. The headline could have just as easily said “Reddit’s r/Aviation Moderators Temporarily Delete NASA Astronaut’s Image for Quality Reasons, Then Restore It” but nobody would click on that because it’s not a story.
Obviously there is a lot of animosity towards Reddit, but the animosity of tech companies is so widespread you could name any large tech company and make a sensationalized or clickbait headline.