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[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

There's a stupid question I have (c/NoStupidQuestions?)

What do mods gain from reopening the subs after two days, even if demands are not met? Are they gaining money or something? Perhaps the bigger ones.

[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Valid question. Hate to say this, but if most subs reopen after 2 days, we're essentially handing reddit bosses an easy win. It's like protesting with no terms, and instead merely creating a brief storm that'll pass and quickly be forgotten. Might as well throw eggs at a tank with that thinking.

The only way this protest works, is if subs stay dark with no deadline, and terms that must be met to end the standoff. That's how these things work. That's how it's always worked.

[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some subs have already decided to go indefinite. They are coordinating in r/ModCoord.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It'll be interesting to see how it goes, I know one of the subs that I visit has opened it up to a vote on their community on whether to go indefinite or not (or just restrict). For effectiveness it needs the big subs and the bulk of subs to keep it up I reckon.

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its hard to abandon a community that youโ€™ve spent years cultivating. No money involved at all, just emotional baggage really.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Always be willing to walk away, or you are working for free for somebody else's profit. If it isn't fun, quit.

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Mostly I think it started as a show of how much reddit relies on the free labor while giving reddit an out, but as time goes on I'm inclined to believe it's also because mods know that if they "abandon" the subreddit, the admins will just open the subreddit up to new moderators a la r/redditrequest

There are already subs that have had users request being put on as mod despite barely becoming inactive.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Power is addictive. At least for some people.