Ask HN: How can we help the Reddit mods?
Ask HN: How can we help the Reddit mods?
4 by TekMol | 2 comments on Hacker News.
Reddit is a cornerstone of the open web. But it seems the current management has set its mind on turning Reddit into a closed platform, just like all the other big social platforms: - Blocking users from accessing Reddit on mobile on the web. - Killing 3rd Party apps via prices 10 times too high. - Neglect the user-friendly, old version of Reddit. - Forcefully redirect new users who visit the old version to the new version Next, they will probably kill the RSS feeds, completely close down the old, user-friendly version and take away power from the mods. Amazingly, the mods on Reddit have managed to stand up against this tendency and organized a strike which (contrary to what the management says) really hurts Reddit. Now that the agreed length of the strike is coming to an end, the web is at a turning point. Will the last platform where users have at least some power stay intact, or will it fall? Hacker News is the most intelligent bunch on the web. What can we do to help the Reddit mods to keep the steering wheel in their hands?
4 by TekMol | 2 comments on Hacker News.
Reddit is a cornerstone of the open web. But it seems the current management has set its mind on turning Reddit into a closed platform, just like all the other big social platforms: - Blocking users from accessing Reddit on mobile on the web. - Killing 3rd Party apps via prices 10 times too high. - Neglect the user-friendly, old version of Reddit. - Forcefully redirect new users who visit the old version to the new version Next, they will probably kill the RSS feeds, completely close down the old, user-friendly version and take away power from the mods. Amazingly, the mods on Reddit have managed to stand up against this tendency and organized a strike which (contrary to what the management says) really hurts Reddit. Now that the agreed length of the strike is coming to an end, the web is at a turning point. Will the last platform where users have at least some power stay intact, or will it fall? Hacker News is the most intelligent bunch on the web. What can we do to help the Reddit mods to keep the steering wheel in their hands?
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