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Reddit CEO says the mods leading a punishing blackout are too powerful and he will change the site's rules to weaken them (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 1 year ago by AllonzeeLV@vlemmy.net to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] nhgeek@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This whole thing is a shame and I still am going through a morning period about it. Reddit will persist in some diminished state. I can only hope the quality communities and people move here, and that Lemmy rapidly improves (though it is very usable now). The trends so far are good. The value of social media lies in the user base.

Let this be a lesson to all who produce and manage content (that's us users and mods). Don't use platforms that are destined to monetize your data at your expense.

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago

For me, it has been slowly turning into a zombie site ever since they hid vote counts, which made it possible for bad actors to game the vote system without anybody being able to see it. When you can't see the hundreds of downvotes on a post signalling dissent or dislike, it becomes easier to unleash bots and minions to inflate your astroturfing.