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  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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    1 year ago

    Reddit has been going through some issues for many on Monday, with the outage happening the same day as thousands of subreddits going dark to protest the site’s new API pricing terms.

    According to Reddit, the blackout is responsible for the problems. “A significant number of subreddits shifting to private caused some expected stability issues, and we’ve been working on resolving the anticipated issue,” spokesperson Tim Rathschmidt tells The Verge.

    • setsneedtofeed@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      When Reddit forcibly opens everything back up:

      knock knock

      “Who’s there?”

      ”Mods. Hired mods.”

      “Hired mods?”

        • setsneedtofeed@beehaw.org
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          1 year ago

          If the volunteer mods hold their ground and force Reddit corporate to oust them, Reddit would need to step in to fill the void.

          • AggressivelyPassive@feddit.de
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            1 year ago

            They’ll find some people.

            The reality is, not having (good enough) mods will take a while to really hurt the bottom line. Subs will slowly deteriorate.

            But I’m 100% sure, within a few weeks you can establish a new order of more servile mods.