Reddark: Website to watch subreddits going dark

Re:Reddark: Website to watch subreddits going dark by worrycue on Friday June 09, 2023 @07:07AM (#36256085)

I wonder how all the various subreddits will work without their moderators. If moderators stop doing their jobs I have a feeling many subreddits will devolve into chaos - spam, off topic posts, crazy people posting the most vile and repulsive shit, … etc.

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Re:Reddark: Website to watch subreddits going dark by viraptor on Friday June 09, 2023 @07:34AM (#36256294)

Worth reading the long thread https://twitter.com/SA__moment/status/1587588321777451008

If they enable the subreddits without moderation, they'll die very soon. They really need moderation and users often don't realise how much crap they're protected from until it's too late.

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Re:Reddark: Website to watch subreddits going dark by jacquesm on Friday June 09, 2023 @07:37AM (#36256320)

I suspect that would be a far more effective protest, though if successful it may well kill the subreddits. The mods are trying to have their cake and eat it too: make a 'principled stance' without risk to their subreddits. That won't work.

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Re:Reddark: Website to watch subreddits going dark by agentgumshoe on Friday June 09, 2023 @07:36AM (#36256310)

So... it'll become Twitter?

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