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Reddit Gives Final Warning to Subreddits Using NSFW Protest Tactic (www.pcmag.com)

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[–] weew@lemmy.ca 96 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

or else what? They'll bring in paid moderators to do an actual job?

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[–] piecat@lemmy.world 71 points 3 years ago (1 child)

There's idiots lining up out the door to get a taste of fake power.

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[–] rmunzio@lemmy.world 38 points 3 years ago (1 child)

The quality of the work is not going go be the same though...

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[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 24 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Do they care, though?

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[–] Shalade@lemmy.world 15 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I mean, they will when those same powertripping mods begin banning over petty things. That's how you get people to move from subreddits / Reddit.

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[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

That has always happened in Reddit. Nothing new.

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[–] luckystarr@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago

That would invalidate their position as "we're just a platform and not liable for the things our users post". They'd have to take responsibility then and I'm not sure they've got the resources for that.

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