• xuxebiko@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    It’s a shame how shabbily reddit’s board and u/spez (and his lackeys) have treated reddit’s users and mods. They benefited enormously from free content and hours of unpaid moderation, yet they chose to throw it all away.

    • An_Ugly_Bastard@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      This screams “Please stop this and go back to doing work for free.” They keep threatening but know they need the free labor.

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        1 year ago

        Exactly. And it’s driving me crazy how many mods are caving. Like, I get that you care about the community and want it to continue on, but will it even be the same now that you know how little control you actually have? Will it survive the next insane, profit driven decision Reddit makes and refuses to negotiate on? Just rip the band-aid off now like /r/interestingasfuck and others did and let them remove you. We’ve seen that they can’t actually replace what was lost, so let them try.

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          “But if I lose my fragile grip on this iota of power, I’ll have nothing, and I’ll BE nothing. I can’t start over again from nothing!”

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            I strongly believe that that is exactly what is subconsciously going on there. The human mind is addicted to power, no matter which form.