{"id":64948,"date":"2024-09-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=f95ec813781d7c2a6d58ff49e081b70f"},"modified":"2024-09-30T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T16:00:00","slug":"reddit-is-making-sitewide-protests-basically-impossible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=64948","title":{"rendered":"Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/9\/30\/24253727\/reddit-communities-subreddits-request-protests\">The Verge -  All Posts<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color : #fff7d5;\n\t\t\tborder-width : 1px; padding : 5px; border-style : dashed; border-color : #e7d796;margin-bottom : 1em; color : #9a8c59;\">Article note: I've been actively reducing my reddit use for some time now, because they've so clearly entered the \"Extraction\" phase. \nDon't build your communities in walled gardens.<\/div><figure>\n      <img alt=\"An image showing the Reddit logo on a red and white background\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/oLis6xIvYqPUW5Eg6Fe04N2niU4=\/0x0:2040x1360\/1310x873\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/73621714\/STK115_Reddit_04.0.jpg\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <figcaption>Illustration: The Verge<\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n\n  <p>Reddit is giving its staff a lot more power over the communities on its platform. Starting today, Reddit moderators will not be able to change if their subreddit is public or private without first submitting a request to a Reddit admin. The policy applies to adjusting all <a href=\"https:\/\/support.reddithelp.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/15484546290068-Community-settings#h_01H15ATSVVNG35T5X4Y0G3JNKJ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">community types<\/a>, meaning moderators will have to request to make a switch from safe for work to not safe for work, too.<\/p>\n<p>By requiring admin approval for the changes, Reddit is taking away a lever many communities used to protest the company&rsquo;s API pricing changes last year. By going private, the community becomes inaccessible to the public, making the platform less usable for the average visitor. And that&rsquo;s part of the reason behind the change. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The ability to instantly...<\/p>\n  <p>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/9\/30\/24253727\/reddit-communities-subreddits-request-protests\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continue reading&hellip;<\/a>\n  <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illustration: The Verge<\/p>\n<p>  Reddit is giving its staff a lot more power &#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=64948\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}