“Moderators incorrectly marking a community as NSFW is a violation of both ourContent PolicyandModerator Code of Conduct,” Reddit spokesperson Tim Rathschmidt said toThe Vergewhen asked about the suspended mods. He declined to comment when asked if Reddit removed the mods. Soon after we publishe...
Some subreddits participating in this week's blackout will return to Reddit in 48 hours, organizers said. Others said they may boycott for longer, with the possibility of leaving the platform permanently “unless the issue is adequately addressed, since many moderators aren’t able to put in ...
The protests began on June 12, spearheaded by a coalition of moderators who manage numerous subreddits. They voiced their disapproval ofReddit’s controversial decisionto monetize data access through its API. In an act of rebellion, they transformed their communities into private and restricted zone...
Using a points system of upvotes and downvotes, the community determines which content and discussions are important and subsequently displayed at the top of the feed. The platform is largely self-managed, with moderators acting as forum guardians. According to Statista, around 40% of Reddit ...
The blackout, supported by subreddit moderators and community voting, affects some of the most popular subreddits, including r/Aww, r/Music, r/Programming, and r/Futurology, which collectively have over 100 million members. That means you won't find what you're looking for if you go to ...
We’ve all read about the infamous Reddit blackout, where a company trying to go public decided to torch its relationship with its only marketable commodity (its users), destroy third-party apps that everyone prefers, and let its management haughtily disparage...
Throughout June, Reddit has been forced to deal with negative feedback to its decision to implement API access charges that effectively cut out popularthird-party appsthat Redditors use to access the site. Now, in an attempt to try and make the site's moderators happy, it is go...
Reddit Blackout Jun 16 Posted byAzuriel In case you were unaware, there is a sort of Reddit protest currently underway. Essentially, ahead of an expected IPO, the Reddit admin team pulled a Twitter and changed their 3rd-party API policy from “free” to “a gazillion dollars.” It’s a...
The same account that contacted moderators “reaching out to find out if any moderators currently on the mod team would be willing to take steps to reopen the community,” has also been going into NSFW communities and marking them SFW against the moderators’ wishes and without any no...
Chris Slowe:I think that at every step along the way for Reddit, we’ve thought,“How could this get any larger?”It’s gotten larger.And getting a chance to watch some of our very early decisions on how communities should be built have proven out to be highly scalable across several ...