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Reddit is going to remove mods of private communities unless they reopen — ‘This is a courtesy notice to let you know that you will lose moderator status in the community by end of week.’ (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Reddit has informed moderators of communities that are still private in protest that they will lose their mod status by the end of the week. Thousands of communities went dark earlier this month to push back on the company’s planned API pricing changes.

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[–] May@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So when they said they respect users right to protest what they actually meant was that they dont. got it.

[–] Niello@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There was some discussion in /r/modcoord on how mods could actually sue Reddit for free labour. I'm not sure how viable it is, but at least it seems to me like there's some ground to stand on.

https://libreddit.privacydev.net/r/ModCoord/comments/14jue57/is_reddits_moderation_structure_illegal_an/

There is also this part "Under FLSA regulations, an individual cannot volunteer services to a private, for-profit company."

[–] Drunemeton@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Interesting read. Thanks for sharing that!

Seems like Spaz may have crossed the line but it’ll take someone with deep pockets to take on Condé Nast publishing to find out.

[–] Melpomene@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As long as you protest in a way that is ineffective, zero impact to Reddit, and makes good ol' Spez feel special, you can protest all you want I guess?

At least we now know that Reddit cares 0% for their users. Glad I migrated over.