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[-] AlecSadler@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago
[-] substill@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I hope they get a slew of new moderators who make every subreddit unbearable by deleting every good post and leaving only bullshit ones.

[-] eleitl@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That has already happened in the last years.

[-] RQG@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

But this time on purpose.

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[-] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Imagine pissing off your free labour. Spez is a fucking idiot.

[-] DrDickHandler@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

People will line up by the thousands to become a new moderator. Reddit will keep their free labour.

[-] raltoid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Of course they will, and at least 90% of those will stop moderating within a week bcause they have no idea what it entails and just like the sound of having power.

Another 9.99% will push personal agendas, post ads, malware, etc. or a dozen other things that will kill the sub.

In the end they'll probably get decent moderatos for less than a tenth of those they seek.

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[-] Nevasuc@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I find it especially concerning that subreddits dedicated to mental health like r/Anxietyhelp or r/therapy are just thrown into the mix to have some randoms be mods. They could easily come with bad intentions and even well intentioned individuals could inadvertently cause a lot of harm.The job of managing any community dedicated to helping those suffering from mental health issues is by no means an easy task just anyone can do. A lot of knowledge about mental health and certain subtle/not easily recognizable problems (i.e. covert incitement of suicide) is required. This is not something any responsible admin would just give away to just about anyone like this.

[-] Krinkles@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You have a Reddit doesn't give a fuck, nobody near the top of Reddit actually gives a fuck about us or you or your mental health, or who's giving you advice for it

[-] GreyDawn@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

nobody near the top ~~of Reddit~~ actually gives a fuck about us or you or your mental health, or who’s giving you advice for it

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[-] yoz@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

People should become mods and ban people left and right. Eventually users will get annoyed and leave the platform.😂😂

[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I wonder how many people you could ban before anyone noticed you were banning everyone?

[-] soulifix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Oh dear and it's some of their more vulnerable subreddits too like Anxietyhelp and Therapy.

Oh and need some for Chrome, lol.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 1 year ago

become moderator for /r/Chrome

Recommend people switch to Firefox

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

My favorite so far is /r/OpenAI, where the moderators locked and deleted the post call and the replies are mostly promises to enable NSFW pics only. 😂 Good mods!

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I am so tempted to volunteer.

And then immediately go malicious compliance, turning everything NSFW and creating funky rules for whatever subreddit they give me.

  • /r/Chrome would be exclusively about chromed-metal-centric DIY projects and car mods, everything else gets deleted and you get banned for repeat offenses.
  • /r/therapy would just have a single stickied link to a how-to-delete-your-reddit-data-and-profile guide.

Etc, etc.

[-] Master@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

If you get assigned as a mod for one that they force removed the mods. You could just give control back to the old mods.

[-] bunnyknuckles@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

They haven't gotten to mine yet (/r/sandals and /r/flipflops). I still have them set as private. The admins won't be happy with whoever takes over because they will 100% turn them into NSFW fetish subs.

[-] FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I fully abandoned /r/skin. It took me years to cut down the skincare spam and scams and quack medicine. Might as well invite the spammers back at this rate. I even turned off automod rules.

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[-] DeadwingSoda@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Not to rain on the ‘fuck reddit’ parade, because well, fuck reddit, but the volunteer mod requests in the image are all two to three months old. Wasn’t all the backlash from the API decision only in mid-June?

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[-] laughordiethsworld@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It's so weird, there's no way they're not intentionally trying to kill the site.

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

All they're doing is locking the site down so they can make money and bounce when it's sold. When its your last day and you're about to get a fat check if the building is standing you don't care who's in it.

[-] s_s@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They only care that the IPO goes well and that their VC investors recoup as much as they can.

They have no care for anything past that. And if they have to use bots to inflate activity metrics, they will.

[-] gunnm@monero.town 1 points 1 year ago

They are taking control of those subreddits where mods do not obey, part of more censorship.

[-] tho@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

they've closed r/r4r down 😔

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] ComeHereOrIHookYou@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

$0 per hour, 24 hours, 7 days a week 😏

[-] ColdWater@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I would have accepted the offer so I can allow porn on the sub and remove every rules

[-] astral_avocado@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Power mods about to be consolidating their power

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

There's definitely Cheetos and cum on someone's keyboard over there.

[-] anon_water@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

It’s only gross because they turn a profit on volunteers.

[-] KnumbKnuts@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Reddit should have the top mod be an admin, for at least the majors. Kind of crazy that the don't.

[-] derpgon@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Then they'd have to pay them a salary.

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