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Re:Before Reddit and Digg, there was Fark. Then a user-hosti... by sveme on Monday June 12, 2023 @03:13AM (#36289523)
Reddit is relying heavily on the voluntary work of moderators. Without them and power users that indirectly curate the content of subreddits, the site is toast. Reddit is not dying by alienating its user base; it might be if they are alienating their power users.
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Re:Before Reddit and Digg, there was Fark. Then a user-hosti... by unglaublich on Monday June 12, 2023 @03:18AM (#36289566)
They probably used all that nice volunteering work to train a moderation model by now.
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Re:Before Reddit and Digg, there was Fark. Then a user-hosti... by lionkor on Monday June 12, 2023 @03:27AM (#36289654)
Pretty sure that would kill the platform
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Re:Before Reddit and Digg, there was Fark. Then a user-hosti... by astrange on Monday June 12, 2023 @05:00AM (#36290388)
That won't work, moderation is human-complete.
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Re:Before Reddit and Digg, there was Fark. Then a user-hosti... by yanderekko on Monday June 12, 2023 @03:58AM (#36289889)
This boycott will not leave Reddit bereft of moderators or powerusers.
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