These people are moderators. They do not “run” the company. They moderate a subreddit.
Yes, they maintain communities that make Reddit actually viable and “worth” something in the first place.
Yes, those people put in a lot of time and effort that, in a just world, they would be compensated for.
No, we do not live in a just world.
No, Reddit is not legally obligated to compensate them.
Put all that together…and, well, given the nature of the initial “we’re going to sell the shit of your data” move they pulled, what makes you think that they would have a change of heart?
If they “only” moderate a subreddit, and not running the company, they would hardly be able to “hijack the company”, no?
All that would happen is that users move onto their own subreddits, as they used to do before. Reddit could just promote those branch communities. The moderators aren’t exactly forcing the admins to do one thing or another.
I think what they thought would happen was that reddit would relize they have inadvertantly united users, subreddit mods, and 3rd party developrs (many of which are ironically from subreddits that ordinarily despise each other) into a common cause against reddit…and that reddit would reconsider their actions and find a way not to murder 3rd party apps.
Something controversial happens -> a lot of people get pissed off (understandably so) -> media milks the shit out of the event -> narratives - true, false, embellished, whatever get created -> mischaracterization for anyone who’s approach to handling the situation isn’t in line with majority rule, blah blah blah -> the bad guys (usually) walk away fine.
That’s a very common cycle.
I wasn’t happy with what happened, but it’s been 2 months at this point, and what I’ve gathered is that nothing is going to change.
And yet because I say that these protests are fruitless people get mad and go absolutely nuts on the downvote button.
Sorry, I was under the impression we could have an open discussion without making assumptions in bad faith about people who disagree with the rationale.
What did they really think was going to happen?
They’re going to kick and ban people who are trying to hijack the company. That should be a given, because it makes sense.
Maybe they should have paid these people who run the company.
These people are moderators. They do not “run” the company. They moderate a subreddit.
Yes, they maintain communities that make Reddit actually viable and “worth” something in the first place.
Yes, those people put in a lot of time and effort that, in a just world, they would be compensated for.
No, we do not live in a just world.
No, Reddit is not legally obligated to compensate them.
Put all that together…and, well, given the nature of the initial “we’re going to sell the shit of your data” move they pulled, what makes you think that they would have a change of heart?
If they “only” moderate a subreddit, and not running the company, they would hardly be able to “hijack the company”, no?
All that would happen is that users move onto their own subreddits, as they used to do before. Reddit could just promote those branch communities. The moderators aren’t exactly forcing the admins to do one thing or another.
I think what they thought would happen was that reddit would relize they have inadvertantly united users, subreddit mods, and 3rd party developrs (many of which are ironically from subreddits that ordinarily despise each other) into a common cause against reddit…and that reddit would reconsider their actions and find a way not to murder 3rd party apps.
They don’t care about any of that though. They knew this was going to happen before they made the announcement.
Do you really think they were that out of touch?
I mean, they have a done a new place at the worse time, so yeah lmao.
God save us from the delusion that whatever happens was secretly the prediction of assholes in power.
Sometimes… people… fuck up.
Sometimes people fuck up real big.
These people got caught lying on tape. Maybe they’re not as smart as you’d like.
You think I want them to be smart? Lol.
Something controversial happens -> a lot of people get pissed off (understandably so) -> media milks the shit out of the event -> narratives - true, false, embellished, whatever get created -> mischaracterization for anyone who’s approach to handling the situation isn’t in line with majority rule, blah blah blah -> the bad guys (usually) walk away fine.
That’s a very common cycle.
I wasn’t happy with what happened, but it’s been 2 months at this point, and what I’ve gathered is that nothing is going to change.
And yet because I say that these protests are fruitless people get mad and go absolutely nuts on the downvote button.
Sorry, I was under the impression we could have an open discussion without making assumptions in bad faith about people who disagree with the rationale.
My bad 🤚
‘Injustice is fine, actually. I am very smart.’
K bye.
No, it isn’t fine.
And no, I don’t think I’m “very smart”.
People think “Reddit” is their friend for some reason.