They should tread lightly. Reddit in no way has the ability to function (edit: at least on short notice) without volunteer mods. To some degree they can find scabs, but I honestly don’t know how many and how good.
It’s destined to become like Twitter, overrun by far-right assholes and lacking quality content. The mods who kept the worst of them off the subs will be gone, and the people who produced the best content will leave as the dregs take over.
Yeah, are they going to try to mod all the subs by themselves now? That’s not going to work out really well. Either there will be no moderation and everything will be trash, or they’ll have to hire people as moderators, which will cut into the profits they’re trying to show.
They’re trying to bully people to behave how they want, and I hope it fails badly. But I’m still waiting for people to stop using twitter…
or they’ll have to hire people as moderators, which will cut into the profits they’re trying to show.
How many, on what timeline? They could go to this model eventually if they wanted, but with little to no notice it’s tough. (I also foresee niche subreddits becoming frustrating to use when the generic full-time moderators don’t understand them, and who knows how NSFW subreddits would work)
I have hope it’s different from Twitter, because there’s a party with leverage that’s fundamentally different from mindless scrollers. Not to mention I’m liking the alternative I’ve tried very much.
They should tread lightly. Reddit in no way has the ability to function (edit: at least on short notice) without volunteer mods. To some degree they can find scabs, but I honestly don’t know how many and how good.
It’s destined to become like Twitter, overrun by far-right assholes and lacking quality content. The mods who kept the worst of them off the subs will be gone, and the people who produced the best content will leave as the dregs take over.
Yeah, are they going to try to mod all the subs by themselves now? That’s not going to work out really well. Either there will be no moderation and everything will be trash, or they’ll have to hire people as moderators, which will cut into the profits they’re trying to show. They’re trying to bully people to behave how they want, and I hope it fails badly. But I’m still waiting for people to stop using twitter…
How many, on what timeline? They could go to this model eventually if they wanted, but with little to no notice it’s tough. (I also foresee niche subreddits becoming frustrating to use when the generic full-time moderators don’t understand them, and who knows how NSFW subreddits would work)
I have hope it’s different from Twitter, because there’s a party with leverage that’s fundamentally different from mindless scrollers. Not to mention I’m liking the alternative I’ve tried very much.