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Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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It's not like they couldn't put a stop to blackouts before, as seen with the third-party app fiasco, but Reddit has now made that tactic entirely impossible. Mods will now need to get permission from Reddit admins before they can make a sub private. Makes me wonder if they're about to do something controversial again soon.

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[–] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Reddit is giving its staff a lot more power over the communities on its platform. Starting today, Reddit moderators will not be able to change if their subreddit is public or private without first submitting a request to a Reddit admin.

More power by having less power. I stopped reading here. Yeah, The Verge never disappoints. Edit: My bad. The Verge was correct this time. Guess if I read the article then I would understand.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Community mods are not the same thing as reddit staff (admin)... I mean probably sometimes they can be the same person, but not normally.

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