Shinhoshi@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoReddit curtails rights of "inactive" moderatorsold.reddit.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up142arrow-down1external-linkReddit curtails rights of "inactive" moderatorsold.reddit.comShinhoshi@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year agoYep that's definitely the reason, but overall this might be a good thing for communities It makes it easier to get rid of old mods, while also allowing them to come back and continue like before. I'm leaning on this change being more good than not
minus-squareHughJanus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThere were definitely a lot of abandoned subs that sat completely unattended for years.
minus-squareNiello@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoMakes it harder to do protests like the ones before.
minus-squareOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMaybe somewhat, but I think most of the subreddit closures were done by active mods I think it was just the one big sub that went NSFW despite the active mods not wanting it Mods have long been asking for ways to remove senior/inactive mods, but we didn't get it till it became a headache to admin too
Yep that's definitely the reason, but overall this might be a good thing for communities
It makes it easier to get rid of old mods, while also allowing them to come back and continue like before. I'm leaning on this change being more good than not
There were definitely a lot of abandoned subs that sat completely unattended for years.
Makes it harder to do protests like the ones before.
Maybe somewhat, but I think most of the subreddit closures were done by active mods
I think it was just the one big sub that went NSFW despite the active mods not wanting it
Mods have long been asking for ways to remove senior/inactive mods, but we didn't get it till it became a headache to admin too