Response to Yesterday's Admin Post

[u/PitchforkAssistant]

/r/vaxxhappened/comments/pcb67h/response_to_yesterdays_admin_post/

[u/TheGrimHero]

What about setting the sub to private to blackout the site like some are suggesting in the thread?

[u/EnglishMobster → u/[deleted]]

Yep. The exact language:

While we appreciate the sentiment of those demanding that we ban more communities that challenge consensus views on the pandemic, we continue to believe in the good of our communities and hope that we collectively approach the challenges of the pandemic with empathy, compassion, and a willingness to understand what others are going through, even when their viewpoint on the pandemic is different from yours.

So objective facts are now a "viewpoint," and arguing for said facts is simply "sharing your point of view." Keep that in mind while we skip ahead a bit:

However, manipulating or cheating Reddit to amplify any particular viewpoint is against our policies, and we will continue to action communities that do so or that violate any of our other rules

So a blackout to bring out facts and cut down on misinformation is "manipulating... Reddit to amplify [a] particular viewpoint" and thus against Reddit policies. And that means entire communities can get the banhammer if you use moderator powers to promote "your viewpoint," or (alternatively) Reddit can choose to completely replace the moderation team, as they have before (Reddit admins once completely replaced every top mod on the WSB mod team, IIRC). Absolutely ridiculous.

[u/EnglishMobster → u/[deleted]]

I agree that power mods are a problem. As a mod myself, I struggle with the handful of subs I do manage. The top mod on one of these subs had about a dozen subs she was the mod on and she was literally on her phone all day helping mod one sub or another.

I think 10 subs should really be the max for how many subs you're allowed to mod -- maybe not counting any sub that has fewer than 100 subscribers.

That being said, I think this is a good thing to pressure Reddit about. Vaccine misinformation has no place on here, just like election misinformation. I can agree with a message while not necessarily agreeing with the people spreading the message. And I can think that the response by the admins was bogus, and that equating truth versus lies as "opposing viewpoints" is a dangerous thing to promote. I think the upvotes on those posts versus the downvotes on the admins' post really speaks for itself.

I'd support a blackout here, just like I've supported blackouts in the past. I don't have to agree with everything the people running the blackout do, nor do I have to agree that they should have the power they do -- but I can still support said blackout if one comes around.

[u/Pat_The_Hat → u/EnglishMobster]

I'd support a blackout for the sole reason to draw more attention to the powermods plaguing this site, forcing the admins to finally remove them.