Ejecting the current mods, is kinda like going nuclear. It will damage the trust Redditors have in a subreddit. However, should Reddit do that, then I would imagine they will do that on a larger subreddit and a consequence of that, that news will spread like wildfire. That in turn will, most likely, cause moderator walkouts.
I know current Reddit management is acting like they are stupid. That doesn’t mean that they are THAT stupid.
Apparently they’ve already done it. Can’t remember the sub, but they kicked a mod, made it public for a couple hours, then switched it back off. I’m assuming it’ll be one of the 48 hour ones instead of the permanent ones now.
There was apparently a situation on AdviceAnimals where all the mods agreed on a blackout but one. That mod was low ranked in the mod chain. Suddenly this mod became head mod of the sub… funny how administration works?
I found the subreddit on which it happened. It was /r/AdviceAnimals. Apprently /u/LegWeed got ejected. But apparently there is some SubReddit drama from that.
In which Reddit will eject the mods and turn them back on
Sure. And who will mod them? Thats 10 of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of hours of unpaid work. This is for a company that is not currently profitable.
In which Reddit will eject the mods and turn them back on
Ejecting the current mods, is kinda like going nuclear. It will damage the trust Redditors have in a subreddit. However, should Reddit do that, then I would imagine they will do that on a larger subreddit and a consequence of that, that news will spread like wildfire. That in turn will, most likely, cause moderator walkouts.
I know current Reddit management is acting like they are stupid. That doesn’t mean that they are THAT stupid.
But that’s just my 2cts.
Edit: grammar be hard yo.
Apparently they’ve already done it. Can’t remember the sub, but they kicked a mod, made it public for a couple hours, then switched it back off. I’m assuming it’ll be one of the 48 hour ones instead of the permanent ones now.
There was apparently a situation on AdviceAnimals where all the mods agreed on a blackout but one. That mod was low ranked in the mod chain. Suddenly this mod became head mod of the sub… funny how administration works?
I found the subreddit on which it happened. It was /r/AdviceAnimals. Apprently /u/LegWeed got ejected. But apparently there is some SubReddit drama from that.
Sources
https://lemmy.ml/post/1250165
https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/147eaw3/rsubredditdrama_is_in_restricted_mode_for_the/jo0eoqw/?context=3
Sure. And who will mod them? Thats 10 of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of hours of unpaid work. This is for a company that is not currently profitable.