I've said it before and I'll say it again, democracy simply doesn't work

  • Awoo [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    How the fuck would it even work?

    What happens when a modteam simply removes all meta-discussion about the subreddit? How the fuck do the users express or discuss with one another about being unhappy with the mods?

    They can't. All of that can be completely suppressed. You'd have to create a secondary "bullshit subreddit politics" space where moderators aren't allowed to moderate in order for users to talk about moderation with one another.

    And that space itself will be filled with debate about hatespeech, transphobia, all kinds of bullshit simply because it can't be moderated by the mods.

    All the "woke" mods on the site will get voted out by bands of roaming fascists doing takeovers of lgbt subreddits.

    It's a stupid fucking policy and there is absolutely no fucking way that they're stupid enough to entertain it as any kind of possibility. This is a bluff, 100% bluff. The more I think about it the more ridiculous it gets.

    • ImOnADiet
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      1 year ago

      You're not wrong, I just think spez is an absolute moron. Would you have believed me if I told you elon musk was going to run twitter into the ground like he did?

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        Musk is a much bigger moron though, one who doesn't understand how twitter works.

        Spez on the other hand has been there since the start of reddit. He understands what it is at the very foundation and he definitely knows all the theory of reddit shit that has forged the site over the years.

        He's an asshole but he's an asshole that genuinely understands his site.

        • ImOnADiet
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          1 year ago

          I suppose you know better than me. I guess I don't even really understand why they're hardballing so hard on this 3PA shit, I know everyone says it's all the IPO shit but surely this is also hurting any IPO plans as well? Like, it all seems so moronic to me

        • chair [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          Why did they do the ama though? How could anyone familiar with the site think that was a good idea

          • silent_water [she/her]
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            1 year ago

            hubris and narcissism. he's incompetent but more importantly he has a large ego that's easily wounded.

    • KarlJung [none/use name]
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      1 year ago

      it is a terrible idea but a much better alternative, according to a CEO than their unpaid volunteers unionizing.