• nightscout@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Sheesh. One thing that always bugged me about Reddit was the arbitrary power that mods had. I had a situation where I was banned from /r/glasses because I posted about Warby Parker (the mail-in glasses service) being a good option for lower-cost glasses in the U.S. Turned out the mod was the owner of an optical shop and he didn’t like it when people recommended Warby Parker and other mail-order services for glasses because it was sucking away money from high-end, overpriced optical shops. So he just started banning people who mentioned any of these mail-order services.

    One thing I like about Lemmy is that the modlog is public. I think that level of transparency is really important and helpful for avoiding situations like people have experienced on Reddit.

    But I agree, Reddit has indeed slowly turned to shit. I love that the general concept behind it is being replicated here and that so many people are starting to recognize the importance of a company being free from a CEO.