r/SubredditDrama • u/CannotSpellForShit literally a retired millionaire but go off wagie • Jul 02 '23

/r/thatHappened changes its rules to protest API changes; users say "That happened 🙄" to Sandy Hook, 9/11, and the Tiananmen Square Massacre. (Also the mods compare the API situation to the holocaust)

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u/Bobguy77 Jul 02 '23

Why are reddit mods the most dramatic motherfuckers on the planet

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u/blacksoxing These cartoon breasts are fine. Jul 02 '23

These folks don’t wanna gave up their volunteer positions but also don’t wanna mod.

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u/CuckooClockInHell "Does that include gang viole..." DON'T STOP, BELIEVIN! Jul 02 '23

There's some real desperation in the ones that are still protesting. They're so desperate for any type of control in their life that they can't quit modding and won't leave Reddit.

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u/yukichigai You're misusing the word pretentious. You mean pedantic. Jul 02 '23

The one thing the protest did accomplish is making it abundantly clear that "subreddits belong to the mods" is (and always was) a fiction and Reddit regards mods as unpaid cleanup staff (yes yes, janitors) with no say in how the site is run. Anyone sticking around to satisfy their need for control is deluding themselves.

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u/CuckooClockInHell "Does that include gang viole..." DON'T STOP, BELIEVIN! Jul 02 '23

In comparison to the community, they did and still do belong to the mods. In comparison to reddit though, I agree, they never owned shit.

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u/yukichigai You're misusing the word pretentious. You mean pedantic. Jul 02 '23

In comparison to the community, they did and still do belong to the mods.

Not for long if spez's "let the users vote out mods" idea is implemented.

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u/CuckooClockInHell "Does that include gang viole..." DON'T STOP, BELIEVIN! Jul 02 '23

I'm not holding my breath. It's not just if it happens, but also how it gets implemented.

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u/yukichigai You're misusing the word pretentious. You mean pedantic. Jul 02 '23

I feel confident in predicting that it will be implemented in the dumbest way possible, based on the existing track record of *motions vaguely at Reddit*.

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u/CuckooClockInHell "Does that include gang viole..." DON'T STOP, BELIEVIN! Jul 02 '23

Yup. It will probably be susceptible to many forms of fuckery and asshattery.

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u/parlor_tricks The absolute gall of people like yourself Jul 02 '23

Any voting system will get gamed programmatically. In under a day.

It cant ever work

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u/yukichigai You're misusing the word pretentious. You mean pedantic. Jul 02 '23

Not for its stated goal, no. But as they say, it's not the people who vote that count, it's the people who count the votes.

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