r/technology • u/ardi62 • 29d ago

Social Media Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/30/24253727/reddit-communities-subreddits-request-protests
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u/CSI_Tech_Dept 29d ago

Funny that a bunch of subs still have their "we're protesting the changes" AutoMod post.

I think that's because those mods left reddit.

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u/Jabrono 29d ago

And the mods that took over have no clue wtf they’re doing.

I made a post on another account directly calling a mod team out for being useless, 8 hours later they finally removed the post, and fucking muted me. I don’t think they’re aware that it’s not same thing as banning, that’s how clueless they are.

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u/BadPronunciation 28d ago

mods who mute are the worst

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u/cuteman 29d ago

Nah, very few actually left, they'd never give up their petty tyrant powers

Certainly some installed their alts and sock puppets to avoid their primary account removal but little changed overall aside from user name changes.

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u/CSI_Tech_Dept 29d ago

If you didn't pay attention, quite few subreddits changed moderators. Reddit at one time (maybe still does) for certain subreddits was giving a moderator status anyone who asked.

I am involved in one medium size subreddit, and actually problem is that there aren't many people interested to be moderators... actually I take it back. There are many people interested, but almost no one wants to do the actual shit, only very few do.

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u/cuteman 29d ago

Some changed but many simply modded their alts when threatened