“Today, we received a message from Reddit that our mod team will be replaced if we do not open up the subreddit immediately”
I mean- holy shit? Strikebreaker activity.
This is most certainly not the only subreddit that has gotten this message.
Reddit is not only basically strikebreaking here, they are also making it abundantly clear that they believe they have ownership over everything that their users post and can confiscate it if they think it will make them more money.
I haven’t read Reddit’s TOS, but I cannot imagine it says they get to keep everything the users post to the website regardless of the user’s wishes on the matter, and any other website with user-generated content deciding the users that made said content are not allowed to have a say on if it stays up or not would never stand. Like imagine if a popular youtuber decided to delete their account for whatever reason and YouTube stepped in and said “no, you make us too much money, we’re hijacking your account and keeping your content up weither you like it or not” like that’s a ridiculous precedent that would outrage people. Tumblr cannot decide my account makes them too much money so I’m not allowed to delete it, nor can TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, or any other platform.
The mod teams were given a blank slate and filled it in, the rules and pinned posts and banners were all made by a person and those people should have a say if it stays up or not. Imo, the mod teams have every right to lock, set as private, or simply delete their subreddits entirely. Baring circumstances where a rouge mod is going against the other mods wishes or a hack or something of that nature, Reddit should not be allowed to stop the mod teams from doing what they want with their subreddits.
Like maybe I’m misunderstanding the full situation but as an artist and writer I am a firm believer in a person having ownership over what they create and being able to do what they want with those things, and the idea that Reddit thinks it can just take what it’s users have made and keep it up against their wishes so the website keeps making money is sending up some HUGE red flags. At this point I’m considering deleting my account, bcs I do not want anything I’ve made on a website where the owners have set a standard of taking it and doing what they want with it without my consent, and I honestly think other users should do the same.
TL;DR: This signals to me that Reddit is no longer a safe place to store your original content and it’s best to cut and run now before it gets worse.
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