Reddit’s replacement mods may be putting its communities at risk (www.theverge.com)
from meiko60@lemmy.sdf.org to technology@lemmy.ml on 06 Sep 2023 01:57
https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/3390468

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Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip on 06 Sep 2023 02:26 next collapse

Yeah we get it Verge.com you’re loving the reddit clicks

0110010001100010@lemmy.world on 06 Sep 2023 02:46 next collapse

It’s not even their research/article. They have summarized the great article Scharon put together here: arstechnica.com/…/are-reddits-replacement-mods-fi…

She’s been working on that for weeks now, talking to previous and current mods.

JWBananas@startrek.website on 06 Sep 2023 04:34 collapse

Interesting, because it mostly reads as a feature-length version of what is already posted on /r/ModCoord

PeachMan@lemmy.one on 06 Sep 2023 04:32 collapse

It’s getting old. I did the thing, I deleted my Reddit account and moved to Lemmy. So I kinda just want to remove Reddit from my mind for a while, I don’t see the need to let it live rent-free in my head.

SymphonicResonance@lemmy.world on 06 Sep 2023 02:36 next collapse

I have fond memories of Slashdot’s mod system . Members randomly got 5 mod points to up or down vote sometime . Votes were categorized .And that was it . Then metamods would vote on the quality of the votes. I wrote in the past tense but I guess /dot is still around .

xkforce@lemmy.world on 06 Sep 2023 03:29 collapse

Slashdot was also incredibly strictly curated. The concept of subreddits back when it was THE website for nerds was completely alien. Now it just doesn’t hold a candle to most social media in terms of the variety of content. When things are that much under the thumb of the website admins, almost any moderation system should be able to handle the commentary.

Jaysyn@kbin.social on 06 Sep 2023 02:35 next collapse

Not my problem.

Feirdro@lemmy.world on 06 Sep 2023 04:00 next collapse

How many searches turn up Reddit results first. I have to live next to people who could poison or electrocute themselves because they paid attention to a Reddit post.

It’s everyone’s problem. We just can’t do anything about it anymore.

Chozo@kbin.social on 06 Sep 2023 07:15 collapse

Not my circus, not my clowns.

wetnoodle@sopuli.xyz on 06 Sep 2023 02:47 next collapse

good I hope more people abandon that shitshow

aeternum@kbin.social on 06 Sep 2023 03:31 next collapse

perfect. great news to wake up to. Hopefully it fails big time.

detalferous@lemm.ee on 06 Sep 2023 04:55 next collapse

Reddit sucks.

Delete your comments, then delete your account.

old.reddit.com/r/redditseppuku

UlyssesT@hexbear.net on 06 Sep 2023 05:05 next collapse

may

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russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net on 06 Sep 2023 06:51 next collapse

I don’t generally go with the “Oh no, anyways…” comment, but that’s truly how I feel about the whole Reddit drama at this point.

They made their bed, and now they have to lie in it. I have zero confidence they’ll change, and even on the remote chance they wanted to, its pretty much too late for that.

agressivelyPassive@feddit.de on 06 Sep 2023 09:35 next collapse

It’s pretty sad, though.

Reddit was a pretty good platform. Almost endless content, not only mainstream stuff, but also tiny niches.

I mean, which platform combines Obama AMAs, prolapse porn, hydroponics support and memes about Slovenia?

hairynipple@lemm.ee on 06 Sep 2023 09:49 collapse

Soon, hopefully, Lemmy. I see it improve every day.

HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world on 06 Sep 2023 10:21 next collapse

C’mooooon, prolapse porn!

MaxHardwood@lemmy.ca on 06 Sep 2023 17:09 next collapse

Be the change you want to see in the world!

CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works on 06 Sep 2023 19:21 collapse

I am not a fan of that, but as long as it isn’t illegal, and people want it… Sure I guess.

agressivelyPassive@feddit.de on 06 Sep 2023 17:31 next collapse

I don’t.

There was a pretty big spike in activity after/during the blackout, but it settled down quite a lot. Especially if I look into my Everything feed, there’s just tons of low effort content and repetition.

There are at least three communities that are solely Hackernews reposts, completely automated, hardly any interaction, but somehow still “hot”.

Maybe it’s just a phase, but I’m slightly skeptical right now.

bradorsomething@ttrpg.network on 06 Sep 2023 19:03 collapse

Interesting voices that are active did break off of Reddit and make their way to Lemmy. Spez did the communities here a favor by reminding people that their engaging content, moderated by volunteers, was the product he was holding hostage.

joenforcer@midwest.social on 06 Sep 2023 20:24 collapse

I sort by hot and there’s no comment activity. I sort by active and it’s the same posts for the entire day. Maybe you see improvement, but I see mostly a bunch of people yelling into the wind and a few groups huddled in the few interesting topics like this one, which is ironically bitching about reddit.

HughJanus@lemmy.ml on 06 Sep 2023 21:47 collapse

They made their bed, and now they have to lie in it.

Only the bed they made is fairly cushy.

While the quality of content may have decreased, that’s not how they make money. Like many modern tech companies, they make money from collecting data and serving ads, which they’re presumably doing in droves since forcing their users into their first-party app.

HawlSera@lemm.ee on 06 Sep 2023 07:09 next collapse

I love watching them go down in flames

yoz@aussie.zone on 06 Sep 2023 07:12 next collapse

Whats reddit ?

Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip on 06 Sep 2023 07:27 next collapse

Dead to me

ours@lemmy.film on 06 Sep 2023 09:52 next collapse

A centralized Lemmy.

Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee on 06 Sep 2023 20:12 collapse

Like Lemmy, except with ads, and only one instance, so you can’t defederate if the owners are being asshats.

avidamoeba@lemmy.ca on 06 Sep 2023 16:31 next collapse

In other words Reddit self Dunning-Krugered. 🤦🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️

books@lemmy.world on 06 Sep 2023 19:54 next collapse

No offense but I never once went to a subreddit and thought that the mod might be qualified, except r/science.

So if I accidentally stumbled on canning, I wouldn’t have assumed that anything there was safe to do without reading the comments first to make sure the op wasn’t a c bomb.

UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world on 06 Sep 2023 20:22 collapse

There are now a bunch of advice subs now giving out incorrect misinformed opinions as factual advice… And there is now no one to hold them responsible or delete the misinformation . So people are getting advice that can harm them