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

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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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[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

What we need to do is work with Reddit mods on niche / civil subs to encourage their user base to move here before reddit starts using scabs / censoring content

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Not every mod wants to start over. Additionally, the tooling is not as evolved for moderating as it was on Reddit with add ons. So we'll just have to rely on the communities naturally forming here

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Mods can do that themselves.

I already predicted that this is the last time that the mods can actually push for real change. If they half ass it or rather comply with Reddit then that is fair.

But there will be no one in the future advocating for the mods. I suspect that part of the userbase would have left already by than and Reddit will have implemented measures for it.

this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2023

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