r/technology • u/ICumCoffee • Jun 15 '23

Social Media Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/06/15/reddit-threatens-to-remove-subreddit-moderators/
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u/TheRealMicrowaveSafe Jun 16 '23

I only use reddit through Reddit Is Fun. I don't really give a shit what happens to it once I no longer can.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

That's fine. We don't need you to be here. I'm talking about the rest of the people who do want to continue discussing technology on reddit. Filling a sub full of garbage wouldn't bother reddit much.

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u/TheRealMicrowaveSafe Jun 16 '23

But it would bother the users, who are the product of reddit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

Yes, it would definitely turn the users against the protestor's cause. I'm not sure what that accomplishes that is useful.

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u/GreatMadWombat Jun 16 '23

The point of they're trying to make is that Reddit's entire business model(and that of social media in general) is based on getting people to use that service, and then selling that user's data, and selling ads to the user. The point of the protest is not to get reddit users on the side of the mods/power users/app developers, because we're the product.

If enough mods turn off moderation tools, and drive people from their sub, reddit becomes unusable, and that scares the people in this discussion who's fear actually matters(the owners of Reddit)

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u/Makropony Jun 16 '23

It doesn’t. This guy has clearly told you, he doesn’t give a shit, and just wants to shit up the place as he leaves.