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Permission now required to take subreddits private (old.reddit.com)
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[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 98 points 2 weeks ago

It's just Reddit centralising control to the admins, and cracking down on dissent. It's funny how much it mirrors real life instances of countries sliding into authoritarianism. But obviously this is just a website and doesn't have such severe consequences.

Huffman and the Reddit admins are scummy bastards, and all decent people should leave that platform immediately, the same as Twitter.

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago

I get why mods care about the unique spaces they've made, like askhistorians or something. But why tf would anyone at this point give free labor to mod funny or any of the other generic monster subs? Make the pigboy police the nazis on his platform to keep advertisers happy

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

the defaults seem to be all bots anyway

[-] marine_mustang@sh.itjust.works 70 points 2 weeks ago

I guess it really got under Steve Hoffman’s skin.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 69 points 2 weeks ago

I think they are preparing for something god awful.

[-] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 59 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Getting rid of old.reddit I guarantee it. It's only a matter of time

[-] gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

i always saw a ton of people saying they'd leave reddit if they took away old.reddit but i feel like that wont happen

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

I was saying that. Ended up leaving ahead of schedule.

[-] UniversalMonk@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It never happens. I remember how so many people said they were gonna leave Reddit with the API nonsense. Annnnddd they're still there. lol

[-] gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

all the ''''protest''''' did was say 'if we dont use it for 3 days surely spez will freak out', they couldnt even boycott the site for a week lmfao. is reddit a severe addiction?

[-] UniversalMonk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Exactly! lol

[-] breakingcups@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Given it was the only easy way to protest something as community moderators you bet!

[-] Steve@startrek.website 13 points 2 weeks ago

All mods replaced with AI

[-] rustyfish@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Almost certainly this. It’s on par with what Reddit has been doing the last few years.

[-] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Nah, something awful is long gone

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Something wicked this way comez

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

His actual lizard skin, or the human costume he wears?

[-] bluewing@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

Either way it's got to itch.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago

Wait. I just saw another post about thousands of bot accounts joining new subs. Is this to ensure "le Reddit army" can still appear active?

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Ah, a fellow le gentlesir in the wild!

tips hat

Lol, if you don't get it, you're not a Redditor. ;)

[-] Makhno@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

wHeN dOeS tHe NaRwAl BaCoN? 🤪🤪

[-] Blaze@feddit.org 19 points 2 weeks ago

Interesting to see if anyone will mention Lemmy

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 weeks ago

I wonder if they censor mentions of Lemmy or if all the people that left for Lemmy are gone and no one noticed. Like, why are people still there and putting up with more of Spez's bullshit? Do they not know they can just leave?

[-] Blaze@feddit.org 17 points 2 weeks ago

"everyone is there already" is a the reason I see the most

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

To ask... Is to to answer...

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 weeks ago

Honestly I'm just waiting for for the other shoe to drop. This is the exploding pager before the ground offensive.

[-] ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago

I am not on Reddit, but, would making a subreddit private lead to difficulty in training the AI and collecting data?

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 weeks ago

sorta, by reducing or eliminating new activity on that sub.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago

No. They have an api.

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago

Old.Reddit.com is next to be killed..

[-] Blaze@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

They should do it

[-] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

So even less people want to go to that site?

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yep! I love it. Remember not everyone used their phone for reddit but a fuckton still go to old reddit.

[-] UniversalMonk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I thought it already was, until I saw your post.

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 9 points 2 weeks ago

Let the plebs keep licking them boots...

Or they come over to fedi and start on something new...

[-] dsilverz@thelemmy.club 7 points 2 weeks ago

Can community owners still delete entire communities, or this action also needs approval from Reddit staff?

[-] anas@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

They were never able to delete communities.

[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Kinda like that time the king of England took away Massachusetts' legislatures. But I have a feeling the king here will fair better this go around.

[-] redditrassholes9344@discuss.online 3 points 2 weeks ago

Hopefully he won't, Reddit may seem more powerful in this scenario, but they aren't invulnerable to threats or attacks. Hopefully enough angry people decide to do what's necessary when the time comes.

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