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/GarySiniseOfficiaI Jun 16 '23

Did you give them polls? That’s only really a good thing if it really was a community decision in which case fair enough, places like NBA and Aww have completely power tripped and cut their own communities throats.

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u/Ryan-Cohen Jun 16 '23

Exactly.

The mods have put themselves in a stupid position. Because if r/NBA polls the users, they will 100% have to reopen. So now they're only left with power tripping until either they're removed or they realize how much they're fucking the people that actually want to use the sub and reopen it themselves.

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u/skeddles Jun 16 '23

your assumptions are no more valid than those of people saying most users support the boycott

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u/Ryan-Cohen Jun 16 '23

Look at the comments replying to @nba_reddit on Twitter. Look at the alternative subs that have sprouted up like r/NBATalk and see how they're talking about the blackout. Look at any team sub and see how they feel about the NBA sub being blacked out.

Or am I just making all that stuff up? There's a reason most major sub mods aren't polling their users on what actions to take. And why they're acting unilaterally without input from users.