Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts
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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...

In a comment shared by r/Apple moderator @aaronp613, Reddit cited its Moderator Code of Conduct and said that it has a duty to keep communities “relied upon by thousands or even millions of users” operational. Mods who do not agree to reopen subreddits that have gone private will be removed.

If a moderator team unanimously decides to stop moderating, we will invite new, active moderators to keep these spaces open and accessible to users. If there is no consensus, but at least one mod wants to keep the community going, we will respect their decisions and remove those who no longer want to moderate from the mod team.

    • 00111010_01000100@sh.itjust.works
      16·
      2 years ago

      I wish, but I’ve seen a bunch of redditors in the last few days say they didn’t even know 3rd party apps existed. Even complaining about the blackouts how all it’s doing is hurting the users. Idk if those are bots, paid comments, or what, but I’m sure a lot of people actually think that and it’s sooo frustrating.

      • lka1988@lemmy.world
        13·
        2 years ago

        Plenty of newer reddit users legitimately think reddit itself is just an app and have no clue there’s even a desktop site. I’ve blown some minds when I mentioned the fact that I’d been using the best third party app RiF for over a decade and used old reddit on desktop.

      • joestaen@lemmy.world
        8·
        2 years ago

        they didn’t even know 3rd party apps existed.

        then they shall remain in the blackest ocean abyss with lidless eyes forever staring at the dark. ignorant and doomed despite their eternal vigilance

    • ErraticDragon@kbin.social
      12·
      2 years ago

      It might push more power users away. It won’t push away the teeming masses.

      Quality will suffer, but they’ll keep their traffic.

      • The Quuuuuill@sh.itjust.works
        11·
        2 years ago

        Yeah but there will still be decay. The teeming masses are there to see what the power users are doing. A dip in content quality will lead to a migration like what came a couple years after the Digg migration when the Stumbleupon folks needed a new home

      • lich_hegemon@lemmy.world
        7·
        2 years ago

        I can live with that. Actually, I would be happy with that if that means those power users will be coming here.