Re:Reddit is removing moderators that protest by taking thei...
by Dah00n on Friday June 16, 2023 @11:07AM
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>Leadership is doing the right thing even if it is not popular.
Yes well choosing what is right is up to the majority, or you describe totalitarianism or maybe communism depending on what way you'd take it.
Re:Reddit is removing moderators that protest by taking thei...
by coffeebeqn on Friday June 16, 2023 @12:53PM
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I find these political theory arguments odd. Reddit is a corporation owned by a few wealthy VCs. There is nothing democratic or communistic or totalitarian about it
Its this. It starts at the top:
> Huffman, also a Reddit co-founder, said he plans to pursue changes to Reddit’s moderator removal policy to allow ordinary users to vote moderators out more easily if their decisions aren’t popular. He said the new system would be more democratic and allow a wider set of people to hold moderators accountable. [1]
If he had modded a big sub, like a city sub for example, he'd know that you can't actually moderate toward popular opinion.
Not only because what is popular is not always sustainable. Leadership is doing the right thing even if it is not popular. But on a less obvious level, this wouldn't work because the site doesn't handle the influence of astroturfing and brigading.
To even provide for fair votes would require user abuse administration tools the site clearly does not have.
What a bummer. I've invested a fair amount of time into reddit. It has a lot of useful information. It is a shame it is led by this guy. This whole thing did not need to happen. It seems so common to be let down by leaders of social media companies.
[1] https://old.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/14aeq5j/new_admin...