The thing is, when reddit does it there are millions of users ready to make noise about it and investigate what is happening, as we’re seeing right now. Even some large media outlets are getting in on the story.
If an adminstrator of some small instance starts abusing his power, like… what are you gonna do but take it or leave? Nobody else is going to care.
So I dunno, I’m conflicted. I feel despite everything it’s harder to abuse power that much on reddit because it is kinda obvious with so many eyes on you, but then again - I prefer that power being split around so you can just leave elsewhere if you don’t like it.
But if the mod of a small instance starts abusing their power and you leave to a different instance, you’ll still be able to interact with the communities you had.
While true, just leave your instance in that case. I left lemmy.ml cause the owner was reportedly removing and editing posts that don’t align with his political beliefs. He can do whatever the fuck he wants over there, I’m leaving. And Instances where nobody wants to hang around will die or fade into obscurity. It’s self moderating in a way based on the very nature of how Lemmy works.
In the case of reddit, I would even return, but not with the current CEO. He will need to be replaced entirely. There are concerning rumors that he may be a pedophile based on his moderation work on /r/Jailbait and some gross tweets he made in 2010. I am unwilling to contribute in any way to a platform that may be run by a pedophile. Clear your name with hard evidence, which you can’t, or get a new CEO.
I’ve also got several friends who have nuked and deleted their accounts over this as well.
The thing is, when reddit does it there are millions of users ready to make noise about it and investigate what is happening, as we’re seeing right now. Even some large media outlets are getting in on the story.
If an adminstrator of some small instance starts abusing his power, like… what are you gonna do but take it or leave? Nobody else is going to care.
So I dunno, I’m conflicted. I feel despite everything it’s harder to abuse power that much on reddit because it is kinda obvious with so many eyes on you, but then again - I prefer that power being split around so you can just leave elsewhere if you don’t like it.
But if the mod of a small instance starts abusing their power and you leave to a different instance, you’ll still be able to interact with the communities you had.
While true, just leave your instance in that case. I left lemmy.ml cause the owner was reportedly removing and editing posts that don’t align with his political beliefs. He can do whatever the fuck he wants over there, I’m leaving. And Instances where nobody wants to hang around will die or fade into obscurity. It’s self moderating in a way based on the very nature of how Lemmy works.
In the case of reddit, I would even return, but not with the current CEO. He will need to be replaced entirely. There are concerning rumors that he may be a pedophile based on his moderation work on /r/Jailbait and some gross tweets he made in 2010. I am unwilling to contribute in any way to a platform that may be run by a pedophile. Clear your name with hard evidence, which you can’t, or get a new CEO. I’ve also got several friends who have nuked and deleted their accounts over this as well.