It was clear from the beginning that many moderators will make zero efforts to migrate to solutions like Lemmy, and instead will masochistically cave in to Reddit.
Why? Because on Lemmy they’ll no longer be the moderator - most popular communities have been created already, and moderators have overall less control of the platform.
So instead of migrating, growing, taking the chance to move into a better position… They protest for half a second and as soon and Reddit gives the slightest hint they might lose their position they reopen.
Sad to see /r/Apple, one of Apollo’s birthplaces, also become one of the first to chicken out. Congrats to the mods for having a spine more fragile than my 2 week old tomato plant.
Congrats to the mods for having a spine more fragile than my 2 week old tomato plant.
This has become my favorite insult
That thread is downright nasty.
Yeah, mods can be like online versions of Homeowners Association horror stories, but also the majority of mods put hours into a thankless task. It’s hard to quantify the benefit of good moderation because when things start falling apart, it’s usually a slow and insidious decline.
It’s inevitable that the subs are going to start opening again, one way or another. Best thing to do is just leave Reddit and not worry about whether the protest is still going at this point.