vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoMods react as Reddit kicks some of them out again: “This will break the site”arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square142linkfedilinkarrow-up1564arrow-down18
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minus-squaretabular@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up89arrow-down1·4 days agoGiven Reddit’s past unreasonableness, I wouldn’t be surprised if this otherwise reasonable explanation has an alternative motive.
minus-squaretabular@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 days agoThanks, I wanted to say that but I couldn’t figure out how to spell it.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoThat’s what I guessed. Alternative is a fine alternative word though.
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·4 days agoThe motive is these mods hold a decent amount of power on the platform that they wish to reduce. They don’t want a repeat of the API protests.
minus-squareinterdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoNow /u/spez will have all the power
minus-squarejballs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoYeah that is exactly it. They didn’t want mods to be able to disrupt the site again, so they’re looking to make that more difficult. God, I am so glad I left that place.
Given Reddit’s past unreasonableness, I wouldn’t be surprised if this otherwise reasonable explanation has an alternative motive.
*ulterior
Thanks, I wanted to say that but I couldn’t figure out how to spell it.
That’s what I guessed. Alternative is a fine alternative word though.
*exterior
The motive is these mods hold a decent amount of power on the platform that they wish to reduce. They don’t want a repeat of the API protests.
Now /u/spez will have all the power
Yeah that is exactly it. They didn’t want mods to be able to disrupt the site again, so they’re looking to make that more difficult.
God, I am so glad I left that place.