As some subreddits continue blackouts to protest Reddit’s plans to charge high prices for its API, Reddit has informed the moderators of those subreddits that it has plans to replace resistant moderation teams to keep spaces “open and accessible to users.”
Edit, there seems to be conflicting reporting on this issue:
While the company does “respect the community’s right to protest” and pledges that it won’t force communities to reopen, Reddit also suggests there’s no need for that.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/15/23762501/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-interview-protests-blackout
Guess it’s time to back up certain subreddits off of Reddit and then perhaps… delete them entirely? If it isn’t hosted on Reddit anymore, Reddit can’t do anything about it.
This would be a job for some data hoarders, though.
Archive Team is already on it
I can’t say I’m shocked, but I am disappointed. But at the same time - Lemmy/Kbin is the answer. This is the way.
This is the way.
Was rather foreseeable but seals the deal for me. I will will waste my time here.
Stop giving thus self righteous, money hungry dickwad a voice, The Verge. Jesus christ. The more he talks, the dumber and more like Elon Musk he looks.
There was also an article of how he admires the cost cutting of elon musk with twitter
