cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/41790771

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/4549656

The community has "reopened" since this post yesterday but all content that exists on the sub up to one month ago has been removed. The sub is now totally inactive as you can't make new posts.

"Strange things are happening online these days. Strange bad, clearly. But also strange good. One unexpected development is that Reddit, long dogged by a reputation for mischief and mayhem, has achieved a kind of mass appeal. If you ask your friends where they’ve been hanging out online lately, you’re likely to hear some of them say Reddit, actually, perhaps with a tinge of surprise."

Thoughts?

I recently posted the following item on this website un der Xiaomi: https://lemdro.id/post/lemdro.id/12693729

Prior to posting here, I had tried to post the same item in the Xiaomi subreddit on Reddit.

My posting was removed instantaneously. I mean so fast that it could not have been done by a human.

I was presented with the follwing message:

*Sorry u/dromani, your post has been automatically removed.

Your account is brand new or has low karma, and our subreddit experiences a lot of spam from new accounts or help vampires which think we're an Official support outlet for Xiaomi (which we're not). As such, we remove submissions from these accounts to prevent it.

IF YOU STILL HAVEN'T READ THE ABOVE LINK ABOUT BEING A HELP VAMPIRE*

https://slash7.com/2006/12/22/vampires

IGNORE THE MESSAGE BELOW TO MODMAIL US, AS THEY GET IGNORED.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.*

I invite readers to read my post and explain to me how it could possibly be construed as me being a "help vampire", to use the term presumable coined by the mods?

And regarding the last two sentences of the rejection message:

"IGNORE THE MESSAGE BELOW TO MODMAIL US, AS THEY GET IGNORED.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.*

The second sentnece presumably comes from Reddit as a way to provide a path to appeal a mod decision. But the mod, in all caps, essentially tells me "don't bother contacting me, as I will ignore you anyways". This seems to me contrary to what Reddit policy intended with their statement about cpntacting mods if I have questions or concerns.

This all smaks to me as abuse of authority by a petty dicator mod making rules that are in violation of Reddit intended policy.

Hence my question - Who moderates the mods on reddit?

So basicly if i make new account i got banned again for ban evading

• Reddit is discontinuing its blockchain-based Community Points system, affecting tokens like MOON, BRICK, and DONUT used in specific subreddits for tipping and premium features.
• The announcement led to a drastic decline in the value of these tokens, with MOON losing more than 85% of its value shortly after the news.
• Reddit cited scalability issues and regulatory concerns as reasons for the discontinuation, shifting focus to its newer Contributor Program that rewards users with actual money.
• After November 8, Community Points will be removed from users' Vaults, and any remaining points will be "burned" by year-end; however, Reddit's NFT marketplace will remain operational.

cross-posted from: Beehaw.org

If you want a better one, you can pay for Reddit’s premium subscription. — The Verge

Libreddit dev has also posted a thread on GitHub to discuss the path forward for their project: https://lemdro.id/post/76227

Libreddit link to announcement: https://libreddit.domain.glass/r/reddit/comments/14ytp7s/reworking_awarding_changes_to_awards_coins_and/

This makes me want to downvote my own submission.

An era of the internet is ending, and we’re watching it happen practically in real time. Twitter has been on a steep and seemingly inexorable decline for, well, years, but especially since Elon Musk bought the company last fall and made a mess of the place. Reddit has spent the last couple of months self-immolating in similar ways, alienating its developers and users and hoping it can survive by sticking its head in the sand until the battle’s over. (I thought for a while that Reddit would eventually be the last good place left, but… nope.) TikTok remains ascendent — and looks ever more likely to be banned in some meaningful way. Instagram has turned into an entertainment platform; nobody’s on Facebook anymore....

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/481819

The link is unlocked, no paywall to read https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/technology/reddit-moderators-users-api-protest.html?unlocked_article_code=HJQSK4G1QmKBf0q5vOPs35RTYMq1snDjDuyAD96zI8U-cx0n8YH4qbBR3rx13IB8a7aQcZmaehbQF5-DDVIi1ArdYqJffHdR7aLU37V1F7eHauh9AWNjqi7-stMqwq-p_GKBQp6xRNi4yx0eabPJjvDqcPhgGKx9N2yOYXePliVZFDSrMTj1NpD8bbbpksAlyUZUjRjcYmbzYHGgXmQNmgExnAm9ktIsA_2uhzV_hPTzbK-zsV8g9AnSLtuBx6ekopzyVaFTrIt4EcCqEbtiHGVJjdsF1rMCAE8fPFnUzBkkWDnsbXJ-yMgrGeSMkeri2w4eG5z3Re63iQbf4RIe0F0b0Oo-4APEmIBWGQhXLTj9