Reddit Tells Protesting Mods It Will Remove Them If They Don’t Stop, As Reddit’s Subreddit For The Blind Can No Longer Be Moderated By Blind Users | Techdirt
Apparently r/interestingasfuck just became a porn subreddit, and has managed to get boobs to the top of r/all. Over half of the posts I found on the front page of r/interestingasfuck is now porn. It's becoming r/interestingassfuck instead.
If enough subreddits do this, Apple will eventually see no other outcome than removing it from the App Store due to their policy.
Reddit Says It Won't Force #Subreddits Back Open but the #ModCodeofConduct account has informed moderators that it will replace inactive moderators with active ones, who could open the subreddits back up.
So, one solution could be #RedDark#Reddit mods needs to do is open their subreddits for a little while, 12 or so hours each week, let the community bash reddit, moderate it, and then go dark again.
I like the hashtag #fedup to describe the more recent trend of people fleeing traditional, centralized, corporate, user-hostile, money grubbing, (…I could go on) services. It works on a few levels, 1. Being fed up with those services and 2. The fediverse being on the up and up!
Reddit’s Chief Says He Wants It to ‘Grow Up.’ Will Its Community Let It? [Gift article] | Comments are open at NYT. It needs some from this community. (www.nytimes.com)
As the social media site matures, its users and moderators have made their displeasure about corporate changes known, putting the company into a bind.