• mesamune@lemmy.worldOP
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    4 days ago

    That was my first thought. Mods found out how much power they actually had when reddit forced all subreddits open when the API debacle occurred. Wondering if some of the defaults or smaller communities will even get a shot at saying no.

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      4 days ago

      Mods found out how much power they actually had when they capitulated as soon as reddit threatened to replace them reddit forced all subreddits open when the API debacle occurred.

      FTFY

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        4 days ago

        they gave in so fast to keep their power lol, like bro give up your fulltime job that pays nothing

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          a handlful of the mods actually own hundreds of subs, like less than 100 owns like 500 subs. they arnt definitely not going to give up that power, they have so many thousands or hundreds of thousands of minions.

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            Yep, thats when reddit became lame to me initially, they own all the top subs and control the directive, its so against the concept of a community driven forum, they frive the conversation wherever they choose and get better (more abusive) tools every year

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              wanna bet the political subs, even the conservative ones are owned by the same mods and they are just stoking anger and divisiness for the sake of RU. because i found eerily similarities between how the “left” political subs behave and the mods from the right ones, almost the same thing. how can they not see they allowed right wing propaganda articles into politics sub.

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        3 days ago

        even the banning X link was such a weak protest, how about banning all twitter related posts, because the site gets most of thier engagement from x-based posts.

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          3 days ago

          That, I disagree with. Doing something is better than doing nothing, banning X links still hurts.