• edge [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    /r/videos and /r/music, both huge subreddits, have said they're doing it indefinitely.

    • beef_curds [she/her]
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      edit-2
      1 year ago

      Reddit controls the platform and will no doubt just reassign mods at some point.

      • edge [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Possibly, but they'd either have to find new volunteers to manage some of the largest subreddits completely unpaid, or start hiring moderators.

        • beef_curds [she/her]
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          1 year ago

          It won't be hard for them to find some mods (who didn't participate) who would jump at the opportunity at the perceived clout and authority they'd get from running a high profile sub.

          • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            Is there any possibility we could get someone to infiltrate a possible new group of moderators? I think it would be tough to do unless they had maintained a very polite profile and were very good at opsec, but we've already had discussions in this community about the possibilities to infiltrate existing reddit subs.

              • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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                1 year ago

                they don't even need to infiltrate, those :reddit-logo: main subs are already full of botted posts and the mods never do anything.

            • tango [none/use name]
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              1 year ago

              What would they do when they get in though? If they do anything unfriendly to advertisers they'll get removed from the position

      • TallFroGuy [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        honestly they don't even need to. Just find someone compliant who runs "/r/video" or "/r/interestingvideos" or "/r/vibeos" and promote them to default sub.