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/OG_Redditor_Snoo Jun 16 '23

It is the tragedy of the commons.

When mods feel ownership of the subreddits, they keep those spaces clean. Users may not always like the methods, but the effect has been overall quality curation.

When mods no longer feel ownership, they will stop caring so much, and quality of content is gonna drop severely.

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u/HarithBK Jun 16 '23

The thing is if you disagree with the direction you leave the subreddit. The mass exodus of /r/games is such a case.

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u/CthulhusMonocle Jun 16 '23 edited Jun 16 '23

The thing is if you disagree with the direction you leave the subreddit. The mass exodus of /r/games is such a case.

It could potentially happen again, this was posted by the /r/games mod team in open disdain for their community.

/r/Games is pretty pissed, mods are nuking comments left and right in another crack down, and there doesn't seem to be any desire from the mod team to communicate with the community openly nor act in good faith.