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Watch Reddit go dark: A website that updates live 24/7 (reddark.untone.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by 0485919158191@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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[-] mtnwolf@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I feel this won't happen. If big subs continue to be dark too long, the reddit admins would simply remove the hostile volunteer mods and reopen the subs. The mods are used to being gods of their little domains. If they cross the line, they will be reminded that they own nothing. They can obey reddit or they can be replaced.

That is what I see in the future for any mods that try to hold subs hostage indefinitely.

[-] NotYourSocialWorker@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

A possible problem is that they would be forced to find new volunteers to run them. While I bet there's many who want to be "gods" I bet it's harder to find people who can do it well enough to run a 10+ million forum. Especially hamstringed by reddits lack of modtools.

So sure, Reddit can remove the mods and do it multiple times but it will continuously lead to a worse experience and sooner or later an unacceptable amount of spam, hate and CP will cause the advertisers to pull their ads.

[-] taj@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

This is absolutely true. There are often calls for 'anyone want to mod' on even smaller subs... and you know, it sounds fun to a lot of folks at first. But if you've ever actualy been a mod, even of a smaller community online? It loses its appeal very quickly.