It’s obvious that Reddit as a company has no respect for its users and less than that for the mods. It’s a thankless, difficult job that isn’t even a paid position. I think a lot of us have probably quit real jobs for less bs than Reddit has pulled.
So why stay? Why bother with protests and such when the company has made it clear they don’t value your work or your opinions? Why not just pull out en masse and let the place burn to the ground?
As long as there is someone that will ignore what the CEO os doing in exchange for being able to be mod, it will not matter how many real mods leave, there will always be someone next in line to be mod.
That said, it probably will make the quality of the subs degrade over time
Yes, but mods accepting this kind of behavior from Reddit are much more likely to be shitty themselves. Led them take the lead, and let reddit turn to shit as the mods actually doing moderation are gone and there are only power-tripping mods left.
As u/YaztromoX (mod of r/canning) pointed out yesterday, there are subreddits where actually dangerous misinfo gets posted, and the mod team, who are subject matter experts in the subreddit’s topic, have to remove that, or people could get seriously hurt.
There are going to be serious consequences in some communities for letting the scab mods take over.
Sounds like a reddit problem, not a volunteer problem
You’re right, the problem is that mods for these subs actually have a conscience and morals, unlike Spez.
The thoughtless buffoon in-charge of the website clearly hasn’t thought that far; he thinks everyone on the website is replaceable, modding every sub is as easy as removing some porn, and he’ll find equally qualified mods literally everywhere.
Spez likely doesn’t actually care about anyone who could end up dead because of something they found on Reddit, but he’d certainly give a shit about the legal implications.
Yup, that’s what the s cond part of my post was meant to say
Also like, most of the subs I frequented had pinned posts about looking for mods for months, sometimes years. To some it could be tempting, but its still hard unpaid work, and this time with less people to front it than when the mod searches were being held.