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No apologies as Reddit halfheartedly tries to repair ties with moderators (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by trashhalo@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Reddit is reaching out to moderators after tensions rose over recent policy changes and API pricing. A Reddit admin acknowledged the strained relationship and outlined new weekly feedback sessions and other outreach efforts to repair ties. However, moderators remain skeptical of Reddit's efforts given mixed results from past initiatives. Many mods feel Reddit has been unwilling to make meaningful changes to address their concerns like more accessible API pricing or exemption for accessibility apps. After a tumultuous few months, moderators have very low expectations that Reddit's latest efforts will result in real changes.

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[–] JillyB@beehaw.org 75 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Tbh, Lemmy is much more difficult to get into. I wouldn't be here if I wasn't somewhat dogmatically against reddit's shenanigans. My buddy who uses the official app doesn't really care about any of this stuff. Even I feel a bit alienated by Lemmy because it feels so dominated by tech workers. Your average meme-enjoyer is going to see multiple instances, buggy apps, none of their favorite communities and they're going to bounce off it. I like Lemmy but we need to be realistic about how palatable it is.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 47 points 1 year ago (6 children)

It's gotten a lot better in a few weeks.

There's a lot that can be improved, and people are working on it. It just needs more time as things settle

[–] Dee_Imaginarium@beehaw.org 40 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Yeah, when Digg did the dumb thing all those years ago Reddit didn't start eclipsing it for another two or three years. This feels very similar to that time tbh. Lemmy will get there, but I imagine it'll take longer due to its fragmented nature scaring some non-techies so I'd guess four years and we'll see numbers to rival Reddit. If you care about that, I kind of like the smaller communities, honestly.

Too bad there's not a RemindMe Bot on Lemmy yet, this would be perfect for that lol

[–] theolodger 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There is! I don’t remember the name right now, but I remember someone having used it…

EDIT: Not Lemmy, but mastodon - @remindme@mstsn.social

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