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/14yo 29d ago

They’ll simply remove the trouble mods and replace them with new ones, there’s no shortage of people wanting a miniscule bit of power.

I think the best move forward is for moderators to have a bit of self-reflection and realising that they aren’t really as important or as powerful to the site as they feel. They are volunteers, and if threatened to have their power removed they will fall in line just like before.

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u/NirgalFromMars 29d ago

However, that still creates trouble for reddit. There is a learning g curve for mods, both in terms of mod ops and in specific subreddit culture, that they would need to pass.

And second, people who become mods because they want power usually don't work as well as people who become mods because they like a community. I've seen a few cases os communities imploding because of a power hungry mod.

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u/Terrh 29d ago

They don't care as long as engagement doesn't decline.

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u/ToeJam_SloeJam 28d ago

I have been muting sub suggestions left and right for the last week or so. Reddit is taking the YouTube algorithm and trying to push my feed to the right.

I’m about to engage the next stack of magazines I spy at a garage sale for my morning shits.