@Tsutsuku Ow. Do you happen to know if other moderators disagreed with the regular members' vote and so took her rights away?

(I can't see Reddit *admins* doing it, but you never know).

@Tsutsuku The mods for the main sub I read (DestinyTheGame) specifically explained to us that they couldn’t go dark indefinitely for exactly that reason.

They made it sound like it was an established thing that Reddit admins do to reopen a big sub if the mods have vanished, thrown a fit, or otherwise are considered to not be fulfilling their responsibilities. Reddit would then hand pick new mods for the sub.

It sucks that not all the mod teams were aware of this to work around it. :(

@Tsutsuku
This is exactly what they will try to do for any large subreddits that stay private. This is why I've decided to leave Reddit and not go back - that's the only thing they are going to understand.

Lemmy and Kbin will get better and better.

@Tsutsuku It's basically idiot-admin Standard Operating Procedure.

Start with some small-ish to medium but contained drama. Attack all the people who have been doing free work for you to try and force open things that don't work without those people. Then, be confused that the drama got bigger instead of smaller.

@Tsutsuku History is cyclic.

https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/26/freenode_irc_takeover/

@Tsutsuku

I am keeping the sub I moderate open. Its topic is mental health related and we don't want anyone to miss out on our limited help. I would take it dark if it wasn't for that.

It is a prime example of what Cory Doctorow calls the enshittification of social media.

@Tsutsuku

Ah. Looks like I’ll have to delete my Reddit account.

I had been hanging on to my account (but not using it) to see if they’d offer a reasonable compromise. I’m a firm believer that boycotts only work if you’re willing to go back when the problem is fixed, otherwise there’s no incentive.

But by the sounds of it Reddit aren’t willing to compromise at all and are doubling down.

@Tsutsuku I am u/cwenham on Reddit, the top moderator of r/pics and r/aww. Nobody from Reddit has stepped in to remove me or any of my mods.

We have been contacted by someone from Partner Communities at Reddit to schedule a chat, but it not come with, nor has there been any threat or ultimatum.