I decided to take a peek at Reddit to see what kind of activity is happening, a good handful of the subreddits I am subscribed to are still super active with posts and commenters.
There’s quite a few news articles on the front page regarding Spez and the blackouts, I am surprised those articles are even still up for people to see.
The comment section is filled with people saying how they should just kick the mods out of the dark Reddit’s and take over, ofcourse these posts are heavily upvoted…
Perhaps there is some AI activity going on, I mean it’s kind of easy to do in this day and age. You just prompt an army of AI bots to defend Reddit, and try to keep users engaged.
I am so happy I found Lemmy, and I am so happy that there is a comfortable level of activity. Sure it’s only a small fraction of what Reddit is activity wise, but it’s so much more hearty and welcoming.
Reddit has just turned into one big toxic mess. Lemmy reminds me of what Reddit used to be 10 years ago.
I do agree they should replace the mods who do the strikes. The mods should’ve quit out of principle. They will go back to modding as usual soon if they haven’t already to fill their need for the sensation of power. They’re doing unpaid work for a for profit organization. I’d like all the mods to quit and for Reddit to have to pay for moderation or face the consequences. But I don’t care about the third party apps at all. I’m just perplexed by mods letting themselves get exploited like that.
Some reddit mods have turned their unpaid volunteer janitor gig on Reddit into a business without redditors realizing. For ex. Onlyfans was started by mods in NSFW subreddits who used reddit up votes to decide which models to recruit models who in turn would bring horny traffic over.
WSB and other trading subs also come to mind. I wonder how much actual market manipulation happens there.
I think it’s mostly a power trip like you said, or just a straight up passion project for those who want to have a community around their niche. As for the larger mainstream subs, yeah they’re just doing unpaid labor.
you’re really bad at being an ignorant troll, you know. your comment history displays a deep level of self-loathing, and that’s just sad to see from the outside. i’d say that i hope you feel at least a tiny, fleeting, fast-to-vanish sense of reward from seeing your hateful crap, but it’s pretty obvious that you’re not actually capable of the emotion. i feel sorry for you.