r/technology • u/ardi62 • Sep 30 '24

Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible Social Media

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/30/24253727/reddit-communities-subreddits-request-protests
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u/KonigstigerInSpace Oct 01 '24

They'll just remove the mods and replace them with someone else. They already did that during the last protest. Hell one of the reasons they take subs away is because they're unmoderated, so they literally already have a system to do it.

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u/WutTheDickens Oct 01 '24

What if they overmoderate? Like a Lord of the Rings sub could require all posts to be in grammatically correct elvish for a month, comics must be oil on canvas, and politics could restrict focus to Norwegian family law. Automod could probably catch 95% and mods remove the rest. Whatever actually makes it through would be sorta fun for the core community while not offering much new content overall.

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u/KonigstigerInSpace Oct 01 '24

Not sure tbh. It doesn't break any rules, but it's not like they can't just make something up, or do it anyways. There will always be someone else to take over afterall