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Here it comes - Reddit admins taking over subs (lemmy.intai.tech)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by manitcor@lemmy.intai.tech to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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lemmy.world IS NOT a general discussion area. find another community.

my bad....

-manitcor

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[-] roboticide@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

I don't really know it's worth a new post, because I don't think this information really changes what we will see happen, which is realistically three things:

Subs that didn't commit to an indefinite protest are already coming back online, like /r/technology. Admins will be happy with that and do nothing.
Subs that did commit to an indefinite protest but didn't do so unanimously will have lower mods reach out to Admins to get higher mods removed, and open the subs back up. This is what happened with Advice Animals.
Subs that did commit to an indefinite protest and did do so unanimously will have old mod teams removed and new mod teams put in. If they do this, they will probably do it later, and while there may be some uproar, anybody who really cares about this by then will probably have already left reddit.

The fact that it was not super common previously doesn't mean it won't become more common, especially as precedent was set year ago.

[-] average650@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well, I say that because each of those three situations is different. 1 does not add to the scumminess. 2 is borderline, but if mods are fighting over this, it does make sense for admins to step in. They are the only one with the power to settle that. But 3.... that's just absolute scum.

The added info moved the advice animals case from 3 to 2 for me, and changes the situation. Have we seen 3 happen yet? I do expect it will happen, but has it happened?