I wonder how long it takes for them to boot the current mods and put new ones in?
I give it a day, at least for the 20M+ member subs
As someone that mods on multiple 1m+ subreddits, this is not viable across hundreds of subreddits with tens of active mods per subreddit.
And it’s not viable with the userbases either, many of them would go full scorched earth rebellion against the site. Reddit is trying to calm things rather than turn it into a massive thing.
If large quantities of users decide to wreck the site with spam posts there is very little that admins can do. Committed users hell bent on trashing reddit can do so in greater numbers than can be responded to. This occurred when /r/FatPeopleHate got banned (a sub that thoroughly deserved it but hey ho) when a lot of the site went into a rebellion against Ellen Pao. They remember this, and do not want to repeat it.
For those who want to watch it happen: https://reddark.untone.uk/
of course /r/circlejerk is dark lmaooooooo i fucking love that sub so much 🤣
I totally realize most people are going to disagree with me here but I feel compelled to say that closing the sub for a joke wasn’t a very kind thing to do. We have seen TONS of posts from vulnerable populations talking about how the sub is a source of support and humor in a dark time. Irony and dirtbagism aside, taking away that support without warning was not okay.
You can say I’m being silly, or humorless or reactionary. Whatever. I love the sub and I love this community. But sometimes I come home after dealing with ableism and our nightmare reality all day, and this sub is one of many things that make me feel better. It wasn’t a good feeling to find the sub closed for the sake of irony. Maybe that’s laughable or pathetic. But for me, it’s true.
The protest itself won’t have any impact. Two days won’t be enough to alter a single thing. Those that are going to remain dark indefinitely I wouldn’t be surprised if they are taken back by Reddit and assigned another mod. Corporate will win in the end, even if it does turn out to cost them.
The attempts at indefinite blackouts could have more impact than we expect, even if admins intervene and reopen them with new mods. They’re doing this very publicly and with overwhelming support from their communities, so the “takeovers” would just make it look even worse for Reddit.
That will not change Reddit’s mind about their plans, but it could convince more users to move on to greener pastures (Lemmy or otherwise)
Hopefully more subs will follow r/videos lead. They have planned to go offline indefinitely/permanently. Although it’s quite likly reddit admins will nuke the mod team and reopen it with new mods.
I want to hope that if Reddit does end up doing that, it’ll be seen and treated like scabs during a strike.
It was either apple or iPhone that just announced they are going private permanently
