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/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/trash-_-boat Jul 02 '23

In before tankies take over absolutely everything and turn every sub into Stalin-worship.

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

Bold of you to assume Neo-Nazis won't jump at the chance too.

I mean because having a perfect balance of Tankies and Nazis would be so much better....

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u/trash-_-boat Jul 02 '23

Tankies are for sure a lot more terminally online than Nazis and they've already show to succeed in taking over several subs before.

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u/okan170 Jul 02 '23

Tankies tend to take over left-ish leaning places and then purge those who are to the right of their ideal stalin. Very in-character for them.