L4sBotReddit is taking control of large subreddits that are still protesting its API changes
graphiteWhat did they really think was going to happen?
They’re going to kick and ban people who are trying to hijack the company. That should be a given, because it makes sense.
trying to hijack the company
wut
“Here, pilot this plane”
“Okay” does
“STOP HIJACKING MY PLANE”
How is closing subreddits in protest not basically trying to take control of the situation?
The subreddits are created, moderated, populated, and maintained by volunteers. The company’s model is fundamentally not under their own control, which is a knife that cuts both ways. Calling it a hijacking when it was never under anyone else’s control is not just wrong, it’s actually entirely backwards. Reddit is the one hijacking the subreddits.
The company’s model is fundamentally not under their own control, which is a knife that cuts both ways.
That’s like saying Facebook’s model is not fundamentally under its own control. The same with Twitter, or any other social media.
Calling it a hijacking when it was never under anyone else’s control is not just wrong, it’s actually entirely backwards. Reddit is the one hijacking the subreddits.
Reddit owns the servers which host the subreddits.
Preventing users from accessing your subreddit, as a moderater (who is also not an employee of the company), as a form of protest, is a means of trying to control the website’s overall behavior.
So, yes, it is a loose high jacking attempt.
Why give moderators the ability to close a subreddit if they didn’t want them to be able to close a subreddit? Using a tool that was explicitly given to you isn’t isn’t “hijacking”.