The Reddit debacle continues as it replaces the r/malefashionadvice subreddit moderators following their refusal to reopen to the public.
Reddit followed through on its threat to take over subreddits if they did not reopen to the public with its takeover of r/malefashionadvice on Thursday. Prior to closing down in protest of Reddit’s API price changes. The subreddit was one of the biggest on the platform that was still engaged in the protest, boasting more than five million subscribers.
Reddit reached out to moderators telling them if they didn’t reopen their subreddits they would be in violation of the company’s moderator code and could be replaced. “We more or less have been expecting the removal for the past few days,” one former moderator of r/malefashionadvice, who asked to go by “Walker,” told The Verge.
A Reddit administrator warned r/malefashionadvice it would be replaced if it didn’t reopen and a month later, it stayed true to its word and took over the platform. The subreddit originally had three moderators but was replaced on Thursday with just one, ModCodeofConduct. Reddit users can once again browse the content on r/malefashionadvice, but it will be in a restricted mode that prohibits all but certain users from making new posts.
Although ModCodeofConduct has taken over the subreddit, the mod posted a call for people to volunteer to become a moderator for the page on Friday, telling people to comment on the post to volunteer.
ModCodeofConduct has also taken over other subreddits including r/ShittyLifeProTips, r/AccidentalRenaissance, r/oldbabies, r/fordtransit, and others.
Major Reddit moderators went dark last month in protest of the company’s announcement that it would be raising its API prices, saying it was necessary because Big Tech companies like Microsoft and Google are using its data to train AI models. The site’s API allows other companies to use data from Reddit to bolster their own products and services, but the change would mean a large surcharge for premium access.
Nearly 9,000 subreddits temporarily shut down on June 12 in protest, but in a group statement, moderators said, “Others will go away permanently unless the issue is adequately addressed since many moderators aren’t able to put in the work they do with the poor tools available through the official app,” The Guardian reported. It continued, “This isn’t something any of us do lightly: we do what we do because we love Reddit, and we truly believe this change will make it impossible to keep doing what we love.”
It means anybody who will want to go to site lemmy.fmhy.ml will not load site and would think its down, maybe some will find out on google about it, some are already on multiple instances…
Also all links to lemmy.fmhy.ml are dead/gone now.
Btw the domain *.ml was free as i read, at least they could get some 1-5 USD domain name extension.
So I've finally been doing my little reddit/twitter migration against my better judgement (my better judgement would say to take the opportunity to get off the internet but who listens to that loser). I'm finding all these platforms interesting, I particularly like how kbin combines both formats and links up to Mastodon, that's...
Hi, I’m relatively new here. Like probably a lot of people, I appended the word “reddit” to most of my searches to get discussions around my interests/news or to find “curated” things. I noticed that it does not work as great with “Lemmy” for example, as the user base is more spread out and smaller in general....
lemmy.world had a DDOS in the past 24 hours, Lemmy.ml was showing problem, but now it is entirely unreachable. lemmy.world was showing “Error!” page (server still reachable), but that seems to have only lasted for a hour or so.
UNPACKED - team of UNPACKERS who love to share releases unpacked. Join us! (zerobytes.monster)
Just letting you know of new site we are building....
It would appear lemmy.world has blocked this community (sh.itjust.works)
!piracy has also been blocked from lemmy.world....
Bram Moolenaar Passed Away (groups.google.com)
Bram Moolenaar, creator of vim, has died....
It Took 23 Days for Lemmy Posts to Double from 1 Million to 2 Million (lemmy.world)
Source: lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=90
Aaron is no longer considered as cofounder by reddit. He fought for free speech. (lemmy.world)
Seeing how good Lemmy is makes me frustrated with Mastodon
My Problems with Mastodon...
how to uninstall readarr on linux?
Do you just delete it in /opt and /var/lib?
Alternative to RARBG
RARBG shutting down left a huge hole for me and I can’t figure out what’s a good alternative for it other than 1337. Any suggestions?
Various instances going offline lately. Is there a place that lists the current status of major instances?
My other instance has been down for two days and I’m not sure where to go to see updates/discussion etc....
🍋 LemMon - Lemmy Monitor - Servers Status (lemmon.zerobytes.monster)
Let me introduce my new little project - 🍋 LemMon - Lemmy Monitor - Servers Status...
sh.itjst.works down?
Hello, I can’t log on sh.itjust.works. ils it down or something?
Why is serveral instances down simultaneously? Is it just me?
Can’t post images because they’re too big so here’s imgur: imgur.com/a/Fm52ZTB...
Current state of Place 2023 (zerobytes.monster)
Reddit Takes Over Popular Subreddit Amid Moderator Protest (gizmodo.com)
Lemmy banner on r/place (i.imgur.com)
Edit: We’ve lost to South Africa. Please help with overwriting this r/ to c/ instead!...
lemmy.fmhy.ml is gone [update from the team] (very.bignutty.xyz)
An update:...
Reddit brings back r/place - tomorrow, July 20 (www.reddit.com)
Totally not suspicious timing at all....
Anybody remember Usenet? (kbin.social)
So I've finally been doing my little reddit/twitter migration against my better judgement (my better judgement would say to take the opportunity to get off the internet but who listens to that loser). I'm finding all these platforms interesting, I particularly like how kbin combines both formats and links up to Mastodon, that's...
Is there a way to search through posts across all instances/communities?
Hi, I’m relatively new here. Like probably a lot of people, I appended the word “reddit” to most of my searches to get discussions around my interests/news or to find “curated” things. I noticed that it does not work as great with “Lemmy” for example, as the user base is more spread out and smaller in general....
Lemmy.ml ~~is down right now~~ (back online, was unreachable for about 6 hours) (isitdownorjust.me)
lemmy.world had a DDOS in the past 24 hours, Lemmy.ml was showing problem, but now it is entirely unreachable. lemmy.world was showing “Error!” page (server still reachable), but that seems to have only lasted for a hour or so.
My ISP sends me letters even if I am torrenting on VPN. Is there anyway to make my traffic not look like torrenting?
Also asked them if torrenting legal stuff is allowed and they said no.