Reddit Gives Final Warning to Subreddits Using NSFW Protest Tactic

https://lemmy.world/post/1189117

Reddit Gives Final Warning to Subreddits Using NSFW Protest Tactic - Lemmy.world

“We are now stuck in a difficult position as we do not want the community to die”

Feels to me like they dug their own grave and now complain that the user’s are problem.

What are they expecting after they remove moderators and remove the nsfw status? That the users gapping keep posting? They aren’t dumb and I could imagine that some or most people will probably stop posting there.

What are they expecting after they remove moderators and remove the nsfw status? That the users keep posting?

Seems like they’re thinking exactly that. However, I expect many communities (especially niche communities) to revolt and start spamming unrelated content and straight up porn (or worse – gore). The current mechanism is to replace the mods with supermods (aka the ones who moderate over 100 communities or something) but I wonder if they will be able to effectively moderate that shit without going private.

It’s quite hard to guess what will damage reddit the most. I hope that many niche communities collapse and migrate, but the issue also lies in mainstream communities. One thing is NonCredibleDefence moving. Another thing is stuff like r/manga (which went for a blackout but didn’t do much beside it).

Lemmy is good, I hope more people move here, but so far it’s gonna be reliant on migrants from reddit and possibly twitter, which is not exactly a good plan