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Reddit communities with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely
(www.theverge.com)
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2023
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Couldn't the Admin team just force-open subs, at least the big ones?
Am I missing something? I mean they could just hire new mods.
I hope they don't, but spez isn't exactly known for being righteous
Thats what they are doing
https://twitter.com/aaronp613/status/1669464567074680835
Comments around that tweet are a dumpster fire
Sure, they could go find new people who do this job for free (and thanks to the API changes virtually tool-less) or hire people to do it for them. Whether those people will be equally successful in nurturing their communities, who knows.
But it's definitely an option and probably only a matter of time before it happens.
They could, but this would probably anger people further. So they’re hoping it blows over without them needing to take aggressive actions.
I think they're going to face a shortage of moderators trying to do that, but apparently it has happened at least once already:
https://wegotthiscovered.com/social-media/reddit-reportedly-removing-moderators-and-forcing-subreddits-to-reopen-to-break-protest/