It’s going to be a lot harder to pull off massive protests.

It’s not like they couldn’t put a stop to blackouts before, as seen with the third-party app fiasco, but Reddit has now made that tactic entirely impossible. Mods will now need to get permission from Reddit admins before they can make a sub private. Makes me wonder if they’re about to do something controversial again soon.

  •  Suppoze   ( @Suppoze@beehaw.org ) 
    6•3 hours ago

    What remains as methods of protest after this? I wonder what would happen to a subreddit if it’s moderators would simply stop moderating all together…

    But I guess admins could always make someone a moderator, there’s always someone willing to have a power trip.

    •  davehtaylor   ( @davehtaylor@beehaw.org ) 
      2•15 minutes ago

      What remains as methods of protest after this?

      Deleting your account and leaving the site. Reddit clearly doesn’t care about the users, and hasn’t for a very, very long time. Remaining there justifies their actions.