Written by DrNeurohax
"Some Thoughts on Ways Mods Can Stay in Malicious Compliance, in Order To Prolong the Protest and Their Removal by Admins.
r/funny should be proud. They sat in the crosshairs for longer than anyone thought they would. I hope they, and all the other subs pressured into going restricted or public, continue to show their support in some unique way. Some ideas:
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Include kbin/lemmy equivalent magazines in the banner and a sticky post. Sticky an autocomment on every post with fediverse info.
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Only use the standard mod tools and halve your time commitment. "We went back to using the tools they gave us and this is how it will be from now on. Welcome to the new Reddit you guys chose by not supporting the blackout!"
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Mark the sub NSFW. Realistically, there's rarely a reason anyone in an office should be on Reddit. This should also make the sub unavailable for mobile users when the API changes go into effect.
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Make every day April Fool's Day. Like when r/DataIsBeautiful posted nothing but pics of Star Trek's Data. If you have no ideas, just google the sub name and see what you find!
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- a type of long catheter that is inserted through a peripheral vein, often in the arm, into a larger vein in the body, used when intravenous treatment is required over a long period. Seems like an important topic for r/Pics to cover. (Dictionary.com)
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- Slang abbreviation for Partner In Crime, so maybe change focus to famous crime duos (Urban Dictionary)
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- Slang for a movie, so become the movie subreddit (Encyclopedia Britannica)
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- Just go nuts with https://www.abbreviations.com/pic
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Set unreasonable posting requirements without an announcement, but noting the change in the side bar. Gotta read the fine print."
Set posts to require moderator approval.
- Approve 1 post every hour or only approve really poor quality ones.
Fracture the community.
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Announce alternative subs for your topic, which you also control, and encourage unsubbing from the original sub. Do some of the above, while also setting the sub to require accounts be subscribed for a month to post. Those that leave will find nothing in the alt subs, which they can't post to, and be unable to post on the main sub for a month. Also, fracturing the large subs will reduce traffic overall, due to the chaos.
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Remove and replace scrub mods where possible. If you get booted down the line, another supporter can continue the pattern.
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Forward any post remotely related to a product advertised on Reddit to that company's media contact for approval. Advertisers should know what is being associated with their brands. (And if some really gnarly stuff gets submitted by some non-mod account, it might be more impactful."
We must fight back. Spread the word.
I'll be frank, most of these ideas are childish and will result in mod removal quicker than you can say "malicious compliance". Just keep the blackout, or maybe make posts require mod approval and set the automod reply message.
True that. But there are likely quieter versions of this which mods could enact, if they wanted to slowly undermine a sub. Not necessarily advocating for this approach, though malicious compliance can have its place — and certainly not the pieces of getting people to join the fediverse by spamming Reddit. Maybe it heightens awareness of the fediverse; but not sure it sets the right tone nor ultimately serves this whole venture.
Just being a shitty mod would do a lot on a wide scale. Use only the official tools. Have a timer on your phone for how much time you will put into moderation per day. Lax up on rules. Disable all 3rd party mod tools.
It's what's going to happen either way, once the end of the month rolls around.
Unions have a phrase for that. It's called "work to rule".