Reddit is reaching out to moderators after tensions rose over recent policy changes and API pricing. A Reddit admin acknowledged the strained relationship and outlined new weekly feedback sessions and other outreach efforts to repair ties. However, moderators remain skeptical of Reddit’s efforts given mixed results from past initiatives. Many mods feel Reddit has been unwilling to make meaningful changes to address their concerns like more accessible API pricing or exemption for accessibility apps. After a tumultuous few months, moderators have very low expectations that Reddit’s latest efforts will result in real changes.

  • OtterA
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    1 year ago

    This entire comment almost perfectly describes my experience. I’ve dropped a lot of my other accounts and only really use one or two for school/local stuff

    Any good legal related communities popping up yet? I liked reading legalAdvice and was waiting for something like that here

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      Honestly, it’ll probably have to go the same route that reddit’s communities organically formed. As AskReddit got bigger, the IAMA and AskScience and AskHistorians and AskWomen and AskMen communities started popping up. As Fitness got bigger, the very specific niche fitness subreddits and sport-specific subreddits popped up, too.

      For now, I’m guessing political and advice communities will start attracting some specific topics where a few people who have legal expertise will participate, up until there’s enough critical mass to form a more narrowly focused community that specifically relates to legal topics and has a higher threshold for necessary background/knowledge/experience/education to be able to competently participate.