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Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by UngodlyAudrey@beehaw.org 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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[-] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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.

[-] duramu@beehaw.org 17 points 1 month ago

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

[-] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 7 points 1 month ago

I see. Well then my bad for misunderstanding this. To me moderators are Reddit staff working for free. But I see that the word "staff" was used literally.

See you in the oblivion. xD

[-] LedgeDrop@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Welp, I guess this means something bad is gonna happen and Spez is trying to get in front of the inevitable protests.

I wonder what it could be....

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