r/gaming public again for community input

3 years ago by copacetic to c/reddit

Over the past 48 hours, r/gaming has participated in the Reddit-wide blackout in protest of the API pricing changes Reddit is planning to roll...

Over the past 48 hours, r/gaming has participated in the Reddit-wide blackout in protest of the API pricing changes Reddit is planning to roll out. Over those 48 hours, the behaviour of the Reddit admins has been disappointing. Admin has been stepping in and allegedly removing moderators and forcing closed subreddits open, to keep their revenue coming in, and the Reddit CEO has dismissed the Redditor's concerns, saying it will all blow over.

The mod team here has considered keeping the subreddit private to continue the protest, but we said we would close down for 48 hours and we did, therefore we need to go public to hear your comments and discussion points. We as moderators are internally discussing further actions amongst ourselves, however we will be influenced if there is a strong message coming from the sub.

RisingGrace 72 points 3 years ago

I am hoping subs go indefinite or stop moderation altogether, which might do more than just going dark. Seems like not much has changed with the 48 hour protest

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dojan 37 points 3 years ago

A moderation strike sounds like a brilliant idea.

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kadu 25 points 3 years ago

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timkmz 10 points 3 years ago

Oh yea I saw one where they removed the head moderator and made the sub public again. Dont remember the sub but there was a post about it here

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joyjoy 11 points 3 years ago

I think that was r/AdviceAnimals

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Silviecat44 49 points 3 years ago

They should direct people to the lemmy gaming community

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Alkalyon 40 points 3 years ago

Reddit has been banning users and/or communities that redirect others to Lemmy.

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Chainweasel 28 points 3 years ago

I didn't get banned but my post with a link to a Lemmy community was delisted without being removed within 10 min and the sub mods had no knowledge of it and couldn't view it to approve it.

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Silviecat44 25 points 3 years ago

Of course they would do that

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dracul104 30 points 3 years ago

And every single reply to that post is telling them go back to private indefinitely. Love to see it.

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zalack 5 points 3 years ago

Did they nuke the comments? I don't see any replies.

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7egend 22 points 3 years ago

2 Days is nothing, a week is something, a month is better. 2 Days is nothing but a blip or a little bit of noise, even the CEO's statement sent to employees made it out to be nothing. Honestly, the blackout should have been a month long thing and should have been announced as a month long. And even then, a month might not be long enough.

My biggest qualm so far with the blackout is how useless Google has become when searching for information on something, it's become a glorified Reddit search engine, which in itself is terrifying that so much technical information is confined to a singular place.

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slin 20 points 3 years ago

Every sub should go offline indefinitely. There is no point in allowing discussing on reddits server as that will only generate views for Reddit.

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FuryFaceofDoom 18 points 3 years ago

I agree with @RisingGrace@lemmy.world, it needs to be indefinite for Reddit to actually feel pain. 48 hours does nothing. We all know no matter what Reddit won't change the API pricing, so to make it actually effective, it should be indefinite AT LEAST until Reddit goes public. That's where they will truly feel the pain

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naxsat 9 points 3 years ago

I knew they would eventually start removing mods from the top subreddits but man... Hope some other subs reopen and close again If the respective communities don't mind

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aloeha 6 points 3 years ago

Rather disappointing

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KillaBeez 4 points 3 years ago

They are back in restricted mode

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Telodzrum 4 points 3 years ago

Pathetic.

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