There are definitely scabs willing to do it but the issue with that is the userbases are supportive of this action. If a scab team reopens a subreddit they will then face a user rebellion and I have not seen a single subreddit defeat a proper user rebellion outside of communist teams who just ruthlessly crack down and ban or shadowban all problem-causers.
Not entirely convinced that this is going to succeed though, I think reddit want these changes and will stubbornly accept whatever the repercussions are until it's pushed through. If that means some subs die or some teams blow up or the lasting consequences of permanent moderator relations being destroyed then so be it. It's all in service of the IPO.
The massive subs like worldnews or AskReddit didn't even shut down, I doubt :reddit-logo: cares about anything else. It's not a coincidence that a handful of moderators on there are in charge of hundreds of large subs.
Ahead of the Tuesday post, more than 300 subreddits had committed to staying dark indefinitely, SpicyThunder335 said. The list included some hugely popular subreddits, like r/aww (more than 34 million subscribers), r/music (more than 32 million subscribers), and r/videos (more than 26 million subscribers). Even r/nba committed to an indefinite timeframe at arguably the most important time of the NBA season.
:puzzled: Not like they're system operators... :frothingfash: :reddit-logo: staff can just unlock them...
And put what mods in charge? Reddit operates on a huge system of free mod labor.
There are definitely scabs willing to do it but the issue with that is the userbases are supportive of this action. If a scab team reopens a subreddit they will then face a user rebellion and I have not seen a single subreddit defeat a proper user rebellion outside of communist teams who just ruthlessly crack down and ban or shadowban all problem-causers.
Not entirely convinced that this is going to succeed though, I think reddit want these changes and will stubbornly accept whatever the repercussions are until it's pushed through. If that means some subs die or some teams blow up or the lasting consequences of permanent moderator relations being destroyed then so be it. It's all in service of the IPO.
The problem is the user base have to care about this, and from looking at the recent subs that goes on again, highly doubt it will work
I doubt Reddit will back down, but this will seriously damage the site and that's what I want.
The massive subs like worldnews or AskReddit didn't even shut down, I doubt :reddit-logo: cares about anything else. It's not a coincidence that a handful of moderators on there are in charge of hundreds of large subs.
Did you even read the OP?