I really wonder how most people even conceive as what goes into community moderation?

Personally I’ve always thought anybody who would do the amount of free labor Reddit mods do is a stone cold fool - precisely because it is so time consuming and the monetary value is all captured by EvilCorp.

Not to mention most all subreddits had votes beforehand that were overwhelming in favor of going private or read only. This isn't a small group unilaterally deciding to take reddit down. This is akin to a union holding a vote and overwhelmingly deciding to strike.

But do we actually know that it isnt a small group unilaterally deciding to take reddit down? From all of these threads about reddit recently there is a lot speculatively statements pointing to heavy support of this boycott. But there is never proof provided to support these statements when requested.

What percentage of users actually voted in the polls? If its not a significant portion of the sub-reddit population, was the poll even valid? But a sub-reddit may have still taken action: "90% voted yes... but less than 5% voted" hmm?

I personally dont like the official apps or new.reddit, but I think Im part of the minority. It wouldnt surprise me to find out that most users dont actually care about the API price increase, because they use the default homepage and mobile apps. In that case, this boycott would actually be creating a degraded experience for them and negatively impacting their opinions of the moderators that are complaining and making polls to shut it down.

A very vocal minority of users tell us how indispensable they are. I'd like the admins to run the experiment where the large subs are re-opned minus moderation.

Do you like white supremacy? Because that’s what you will get.

> Reddit is extremely reliant on a small percentage of users who moderate and post content. Those are the ones being impacted and complaining the loudest.

Sooooo why would I care that a small number of Reddit users are complaining?

You missed the point here entirely.

The work those few do help people like you in ways you might not completely fathom. Reddit doesn't auto-regulate itself as much as we think. It's hard work but a small percentage of people who are paid nothing, and use 3rd-party tools to work best.

Because Reddit as you use it every day wouldn’t exist without them.

it keep Reddit usable by deleting the spam you will likely to see.

But not only mods are going to be affected. If you are going to build a bot on Reddit you have now to think twice with the increase pricing cost