A ton of moderators have been making changes to their subreddits’ rules (e.g., only allowing certain posts, going NSFW, loosening rules a ton) to protest without getting kicked out. Do you think this strategy of turning a subreddit into shitposts is effective or not?
I’m curious to see what the people in this community think, so please share your thoughts.
My opinion is that these forms of protest, while fun, don’t actually help. Most bring more attention and activity to the sub if anything, giving Reddit more ad revenue (which is really all they care about). And the few that are actually harmful (e.g., allowing NSFW content) are being shut down by Reddit.
It’s been made clear that Reddit doesn’t care about what its users want and is willing to reorder, remove, and shadowban moderators to protect profits, so I’d like to see more people moving away from the platform. Even if the alternatives still need development and are missing important features, mods should start making plans to establish communities outside of Reddit.
I mostly just don’t understand how Spaz still has a job. How the fuck can a problem this bad lead to him still having a job??
“company get money → u/spez good” is probably the thought process among the circus ri—I mean board of directors.
His bosses either told him to do this or approved it when he asked. Something like this does not happen without board approval.
he’s doing what the board of directors want. ultimately he’s gonna become the lightning rod and then they’ll replace him like they did ellen pao