Removed as moderator of /r/Celebrities after 14 years - Lemmy.world
lemmy.world
They did not provide a reason. There was no further dialog. I just got a system message telling me I was removed. I was also silmultaniously shadow banned from Reddit and my posts and comments stopped showing up. I had created a post complaining about being removed as the moderator (the only moderator for over a decade) of a sub that I built from the ground up and donated literally thousands of volunteer hours to over the last 14 years. It had zero upvotes or downvotes or comments and was not visible as an anon user. In the end, I decided to rip the bandaid off and killed my 16.5 year account. I was one of the early supporters of Reddit (user #7758) and had left Digg for good in May of 2007 after the AAC controversy. They showed their authoritarian side in that moment and I knew Digg had reached their high water mark. Reddit is at that moment now. They won’t be dead tomorrow. They won’t be dead next week. However, it will also never be the same, and it’s only downhill from here. Much like Digg. Much like Myspace. I am sure there will be a blurb a few years from now as an addendum in some business journal how Reddit sold to a third party for an undisclosed sum and some Skittles… The future is the Fediverse and I’m glad I was forced to remove my Reddit crutch and dive in full force. Edit 1: The messages are starting to come in faster than I can reply. Thanks for all the well wishes! Edit 2: I’ll also add, that I was never going to re-open the sub because I knew Reddit wasn’t going to yield. Thus, I was prepared for the outcome. I did hope to string them along for a bit longer and waste resources, but you can’t win them all.

Saw this comment from a post

This should be a lesson to all remaining mods to stop putting their effort into that site. Reddit doesn’t care about who helped build it. They only care about making money for themselves. What a shitty way to remove you. Completely uncalled for.

Obvious wala paki sa users ang Reddit dahil wala sila maayos na response after the blackout. Pero I’m posting here cause I also know how difficult maging volunteer as Mod. Di biro sacrifice nyo sa pag-review ng mga post, block trolls, etc., kaya sana ma-realize nyo na wala pake sanyo si Reddit. Di kayo bayad sa effort na binibigay nyo pag remain open pa kayo. Kung ako siguru ay isa sa mga Mod, I will stay in my position ONLY IF reddit make changes sa policy to benefit all of us.

P.S. Not sure if I will post this in /r/ph pero active naman mga Mod dito

  • Kusanagi@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Obviously, mods don’t have a clear stance yet.
    Which should be fine if they wanted to listen to what the community has to say first.
    Which becomes bad because redditors just do not care.

    No matter what tho, the mods are fucked because there is no way to appease both parties.
    It’s just too bad that there was a lack of preparedness and grit.

    • takina_soldpairtm@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Yung state of subreddit poll feeling ko may bahid ng brigading talaga yun.

      Mali din na napabayaan ng mods na mag comment yung ibang tao outside of the vote comments e.

      Taas kamay ng mga sumasang ayon na mga di nila kilala/mga throwaway sleeper alt nagsi kumento dun.

  • CheshireSnake@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Saw this earlier as well. Reddit could have handled this waaaaaaaay better. Instead they demanded an exorbitant price to use their API, gave a woefully short transition period, and accused a dev with lies that were quickly uncovered.

    I feel bad for a lot of mods. You either follow reddit and “give up your soul” or you give up a community more than a few actually gave a fuck about.