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Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts (www.macrumors.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by bird@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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As some subreddits continue blackouts to protest Reddit's plans to charge high prices for its API, Reddit has informed the moderators of those subreddits that it has plans to replace resistant moderation teams to keep spaces "open and accessible to users."

Edit, there seems to be conflicting reporting on this issue:

While the company does “respect the community’s right to protest” and pledges that it won’t force communities to reopen, Reddit also suggests there’s no need for that.

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/15/23762501/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-interview-protests-blackout

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[–] kinyutaka@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, I know this one! A bunch of Nazis are going to get together, vote out the mods of transgender/gay/Jewish subreddits, and turn them into uber-right-wing hate parades.

[–] AnonTwo@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While I do think that probably would happen

The most likely thing i'm expecting is people will vote out the r/adviceanimals /wholesomememes mod because of how much it was advertised that he took over the subreddit from the original mods.

Then they will put him back and disable the vote feature.

Optionally it just immediately becomes found out that certain mods can't be voted out to begin with

[–] BobKerman3999@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

The can also put some weights on the vote or add a couple of thousands vote to whoever they want... Who's going to audit it?