• totallynotsocsa@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Don’t worry, the mods will be paid now. Just by the NRA, Walmart and Russia.

      Reddit is about to be run entirely by shills who will hop into mod spots.

      • smokinjoecalculus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        I don’t think it’ll be that simple

        There are sooooo many fuckin subs, and while I know there are small handfuls that oversee dozens and dozens, the niche ones that really help user retention will suffer.

        Like, it’s not the huge million+ subs that I’m missing, it’s the smaller localized fandoms and obscure memory subs that I’m really missing.

      • SomeGuyNamedPaul@beehaw.orgEnglish
        0·
        2 years ago

        But quality will slip. You can’t just substitute care, concern, and domain knowledge that built a community for some rando. The pillars of the communities are moving on and going elsewhere.

    • Saturnarc@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      2 years ago

      People all over reddit have been bitching about supermods and the concentration of power forever. This is what reddit wants, this is the way they become filled with qultists. Easily manipulated, stupid, profitable, and valuable to the next billionaire who wants their own media outlet.

    • steakfries@lemmy.oneEnglish
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      2 years ago

      lmfao no kidding. part of me is waiting to see the shitshow that happens to some subs without proper moderation. just the amount of bullshit thats gonna be submitted is gonna be intense. and the trolls, oh lord the trolls are gonna have a hayday with once properly moderated subs.

          • The Cuuuuube@beehaw.orgEnglish
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            2 years ago

            He for a time had the highest karma score of any user. He stepped away from the platform. Many redditors felt it wasn’t a coincidence that the platforms most successful user was also close personal friends with one of the founders (Alexis) and accused the platform and the user of collusion.

            The reality of his situation likely lies somewhere between his and Reddit’s position that his content rose to the top purely organically and other users’ position that his content rose to the top purely through manipulation. He got his start legitimately making funny memes for Photoshop battles but then at a certain point started manipulating the platform (with Reddit’s tacit approval) for his own personal gain

            • minimar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              2 years ago

              I think an important part of the story is how he was very obviously getting deals from companies to use reddit to advertise their products. Remember when he just posted the netflix logo animation?

              • The Cuuuuube@beehaw.orgEnglish
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                2 years ago

                I was trying to find some history of that. I recalled him getting monetary compensation for posting (which is what I was trying to allude to with “personal gain”) but I couldn’t find any specifics. I even kinda think his personal friendship with Alexis had to do with Alexis getting some of the money from advertisers directly in the whole scuzzy affair

          • Briongloid@aussie.zoneEnglish
            0·
            2 years ago

            He was Reddit’s biggest power user, moderator of a significant amount of major subs, constantly on the front page and had the most reach of the website.

            He got caught using alts to boost himself and his account was deleted.

            • axtualdave@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              2 years ago

              You’re thinking of unidan. Gallowboob just sort of stepped away after getting a job doing whassawhahum mumblemumble.

            • GDTRFB@lemmy.mlEnglish
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              2 years ago

              Are you partially mixing him up with Unidan and that whole “jackdaw” thing years ago? Or for all I know they both met the same demise lol.

          • kairosEnglish
            0·
            2 years ago

            Don’t remember if he’s a mod at all, but he’s notorious for the sheer amount of submissions across a lot of popular subs, I think.

        • davysnavy@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
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          2 years ago

          I haven’t thought of that name since before COVID at least holy shit. Probably longer. What a throwback. Reddit used to be so different

      • smokinjoecalculus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        -11·
        2 years ago

        For example, /r/nba went dark for a Finals game - the final Finals game where a champion was crowned.

        I’d love to see one or two lower-tier mods take over that sub. It’d become a complete pile of shit.

  • simple@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    They can’t just re-open subreddits and expect it to go over smoothly. These subs will collapse without moderators.

    • GaryPonderosa@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Sure they can. They’ll outsource moderation to Bangladesh, pay mods like $0.20 a day, and double the number of ads shown.

      • Mint@lemmy.oneEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Considering they didn’t pay any of the moderators as is, I don’t think they would pay for them now.

        • GaryPonderosa@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 years ago

          You don’t think they would pay a pittance for mods they can control and who will quell dissent like the blackout before it ever gets off the ground?

      • ArtemZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        2 years ago

        Tbh $0.20 a day won’t get you very far even in Bangladesh nowadays. Moderation costs will be quite high in the end for them.

      • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Lol … All you have to do is give moderators permissions to a teenager with an axe to grind and they’ll work for free for years

        I hate Reddit because of all this stupidity … I’ve jumped ship not looking back and I’m staying on Lemmy

  • grin@reddthat.comEnglish
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    2 years ago

    That’s why we desperately need downvoting, making fake stories sink to the bottom.

    my 2 'cents

  • PsychoticBananaSplit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    This is why they need to link an alternative like Lemmy and encourage to share it around.

    Reddit doesn’t disallow mods from posting “Join us on Discord” and this will create a slow and steady move to a new platform.

  • Kresten@feddit.dkEnglish
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    2 years ago

    That’s insane. I honestly thought it was solely romours, like Spez editing messages on behalf of others (whoch I still don’t believe in)

  • AdaleiM@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    Oof, not a good look. We’ll have to watch more of the larger subs to see if this happens to them too.