Steve Huffman said he has planned to change the site's rules so that users had the power to vote out moderators, following a 48-hour protest blackout.
  • HisNoodlyServant@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Funny. That is a feature I wanted for a long time. Question is how in the world will it be implemented. Probably going to pull another Elon and only allow Reddit premium members to vote. Kinda shows the blackout is working and he is trying to find a ‘good’ PR way to weasel his way out.

  • Snapz@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Not for nothing, but a key feature of fascism is that you’re “enemy” is both weak and strong at the same time.

    So the blackout is not a big deal AND the mods coordinating the blackout are too powerful…

    ACAB - All CEOs Are Bastards

    • bartera@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      Meh. “Fascism”? That tactic is used in politics all the time against most prominent leaders and groups, no matter where they come from. They’re both inept and totally powerful and Machiavellian.

      It’s the whole thing about “will bear them with humor and ridicule” but also “look at their evil actions”.

        • bartera@beehaw.orgEnglish
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          1 year ago

          My point is that I don’t know what’s specifically “fascist” about it if virtually everyone uses it.

          • StringTheory@beehaw.orgEnglish
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            1 year ago

            “Fascist” is an adjective. Like “green.”

            A bad example: l don’t know what’s specifically green about it if virtually all plants look that way.

            Everyone is using a fascist tactic. It doesn’t become a benevolent tactic because everyone uses it. It’s still fascist.

            Edit: here is one of the better known essays on fascism, which might be of more use than my clumsy attempt https://www.openculture.com/2016/11/umberto-eco-makes-a-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html. Humans have been rollicking around brutalizing each other since before we climbed down out of the trees, and using fascist tactics long before we had a word for it.

  • AllonzeeLV@vlemmy.netOP
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    1 year ago

    I’ve seen some here openly despair that leaving reddit didn’t do anything.

    Spez, CEO of Reddit and former mod of the r/jailbait subreddit losing his shit very publically for days proves otherwise.

    …And it’s also a reminder that the reddit community we loved has already been destroyed by ownership, anyone returning would be returning to a shadow that disdains its own users and works to disempower them with every update. They’re even undeleting user’s deleted posts. If they can’t respect users enough to be able to delete their own content, why enrich them?

      • wjs018@beehaw.org
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        1 year ago

        Back in the olden days of reddit, mods didn’t need to accept their position. So, it was a troll tactic to promote people to moderator of a controversial sub and then take a screenshot. I have no knowledge of spez’s moderating history, but I imagine this is the most likely scenario.