Reddit tried to sticky this post for moderators around 12p CST today, and they’ve since tried to bury it. Thought it might be good to back up the link here.
I think they’ve realised that they can do pretty much whatever they want, and the majority of their user-base will just vacantly scroll through cat videos and adverts all day long regardless.
The TikTok-ification of the internet marches on.
Thanks! I really didn’t have enough to be depressed about until this comment. 😂
Why be depressed though? I don’t give a shit about Reddit, just like I don’t give a shit about Twitter or body building forums, etc. I’m not a part of those communities, so why put much thought into it or feel bad about it?
Put your effort towards the things you are a part of and try to contribute and maybe make them better places instead.
Next time, please post a screenshot of it. I don’t click on Reddit links. Plus they may change the content or break the link.
They can’t even do bullshit PR correctly. You do the listening tour before the steady stream of unpopular decisions that go against the feedback you just collected.
Hey ChatGPT, write me a tone deaf, mealy mouthed, corporate doublespeak screed that completely ignores everything that’s happened for the last month. Be sure and add lots of bullshit about how we will now “listen to mods” and have useless meetings every month.
write me a tone deaf, mealy mouthed, corporate doublespeak screed that completely ignores everything that’s happened for the last month. Be sure and add lots of bullshit about how we will now “listen to mods” and have useless meetings every month.
LMAO I literally fed your prompt into ChatGPT adding only last month WITH REDDIT and the result is…well I’ll let you decide for yourself:
Dear Valued Members of our Community,
We hope this message finds you well. As a corporation committed to fostering a vibrant and inclusive online community, we must acknowledge that the last month has been filled with important developments. We understand that you may have concerns and feedback about recent events, and we would like to assure you that we are dedicated to addressing them in a meaningful manner.
Our commitment to transparency and openness remains unwavering, and we are fully aware of the importance of listening to the voices of our valued moderators. We recognize their invaluable contributions to our platform and are eager to collaborate with them more closely moving forward. To that end, we are excited to announce that we will be implementing monthly meetings where we can engage in productive conversations and work towards mutually beneficial solutions.
These meetings will serve as a unique opportunity to foster a culture of continuous improvement. We believe that by providing a forum for discussion, we can collectively identify challenges and collaboratively explore ways to enhance our community experience. Your feedback is integral to our growth, and these sessions will enable us to listen to your concerns and ideas actively.
At our core, we remain committed to upholding the principles that have made us a beloved community. The spirit of openness, diversity, and respect are cornerstones of our platform, and we intend to reinforce them further through the establishment of task forces, committees, and subcommittees dedicated to addressing specific issues.
We understand that recent events may have raised questions about our corporate values and practices. We are keenly aware that the phrase “tone deaf” has been used in recent conversations, and we genuinely want to acknowledge your concerns. As we move forward, we are committed to learning and growing as a platform, acknowledging where we have fallen short, and working diligently to improve our processes.
Your trust is paramount to us, and we appreciate your continued support as we strive to create a positive and enriching experience for all members of our community. We firmly believe that together, we can build a stronger, more empathetic, and more inclusive environment.
Thank you for your understanding and patience during this time. We value your feedback and look forward to the journey ahead as we make our community even better, together.
Best regards,
[Corporate Representative’s Name]
[Corporate Title]
[Company Name]
c/bestof
I love this so much. :)
Yep. This is totally good enough to outsource PR speak to AI. ChatGPT has this down pat.
I specifically use it for this purpose lol.
You know what the best part is? ChatGPT doesn’t know about the reddit thing, because it’s training data is 2021 and earlier. This is as bland as the actual message and it was written without knowledge of the problem at all.
You’re awesome, I knew that post came from an AI! 😂
Has no one told Reddit that they’re the baddies now?
Here’s a screenshot so you don’t give the site any traffic
Thanks for the screenshot
They absolutely need to be called for killing a platform.
fuck reddit’s board. fuck u/spez and his lackeys.
And here’s a screenshot of a hilarious comment that I found in the modcoord discord
Hey thanks
Appreciate you!
That’s the most wishy-washy weasel-word corporate PR professional bullshit post I’ve ever seen
“Here, let’s give you more ways to give us feedback that we can then promptly ignore”
And we won’t really tell you what we’re up to as a company either. You’ll find out with everyone else when we pull the rug from under you
Good riddance
Yes they problem is we haven’t given them enough feedback. Surely if we have them now feedback they would understand the problem. Shutting down the entire website for multiple days was not clear.
Also, I am running out of idea, can you give me some?
“We’re gonna have meaningful weekly meetings with all the hundreds or thousands of you, and we’re gonna take the opportunity to really listen. Now, this isn’t just some platitude to quiet you until we take the company public, but you know, we might suddenly get too busy for these once we’re diving into our piles of cash.”
“We’re gonna compile your input and file it away somewhere safe. Look! I already bought a basket to hold all of them and lined it with a plastic bag! And when my comment can gets reeeeeeaaaallllllly full, I’ll file your comments into a larger bin until the city files those comments with the other valuables!”
“We wanna show you how much we care. We care sooooooooo much that we’re gonna visit you on our “Fuck you, I Wanna be Rich” vacation! We’re gonna see the country and occasionally talk to people in a patronizing tone. For all the shit-holes we don’t feel like visiting, we’re gonna throw you a pizza party! It’s gonna be super revolutionary cuz it’ll be a virtual pizza party! Pay for your own food and watch us eat pizza while we explain to you that you’re not really upset with us, you’re just scared of change and passionate about things that don’t make us rich. Remember to dress up nice, we’d hate for you poors to make us look bad.”
Nailed it. Virtual pizza party really drives it home.
Pardon my literal autism, but can you explain the problematic implication for me, friend? I don’t understand it ^^
Pretend your the mod of a moderately sized subreddit. You have third party tools you rely on to help keep your community functioning. Reddit takes away your tools, then tells you “you can spend more of your free time in a pointless meeting with us”
Oh, okay, yeah. That make sense. Gotta love that spineless, landlord-during-COVID-style victim-blaming speak. : /
It also is the statement “we’re here to listen to you” in response to a protest with a lot of clear demands. There was no concession or acknowledgement of the possibility of any. There was no apologies for the absolute assholery of the CEO. There wasn’t even an acknowledgement that they’re the ones in the wrong.
It’s like if you’ve been sleeping on the couch until your spouse stops cheating on you and they say “I know you’re mad, but let’s talk this out after work tomorrow” like no, you have to say sorry and that you’ll stop, then we need to talk about how to rebuild the shattered trust.
More of your free time to do our jobs for us while we make some extra cash. What a weird way to do business.
Much love for the post
honestly this reads like someone who wants to make things right, but is being held back
I can’t tell what that person’s intent is because the post is filled with “I’m sorry you’re upset” platitudes that accept no responsibility or even an understanding of why the mods are so upset in the first place; just more unpaid work they’re expected to do to keep it from happening again.
Yeah. Even if you fully trust this person, this person isn’t Reddit. I don’t think they can do what needs to be done.
Not a fan of the mobile site making me pinch and zoom the whole page just to get a better look at an embedded image.
Of course I’m not a fan of embedded images in comments all together and hope they make that like a toggleable thing.
It will get there, eventually.
Unlucky, didn’t see this until after I clicked. The new default for posts about reddit here on Lemmy should be that any links are just screenshots or archived versions or something
Here’s a screenshot so you don’t give the site any traffic
The hero we need
A mod event in Mumbai? lmao
This comment needs to be pinned lol.
Thanks!
Here’s a condensed version:
“It’s not that mistakes were made, you just got angry. Spontaneously. Weird how that happened, when we love you just, like, so much.
Anyways, let’s move on. Fill out a form to become a member of an unpaid focus group.”
Don’t forget, “We’re gonna pay some of our staff to go to cool cities to meet several of you! What an incredible opportunity for them to get frequent flier miles and for you to show up (again, unpaid) at a fake meeting in your free time. This will surely have some kind of impact on how we run things, in that nothing will change whatsoever.”
I picture the employees playing rock, paper, scissors to determine who was going to have to make that post; I can’t imagine any of them didn’t know how this was going to play out.
…And the dude that won (lost?) didn’t even know how to link his own username. It looks like he did it via an actual hyperlink! Now that is fantastic example out of touch management.
On one hand Im happy to see that dumpster fire ignite even more. Then on the other hand Im happy to see all those mods end up not being listened to and frustrated by those who have the power.
You reap what you sow, suckers.
Ta much.
thanks. my /etc/hosts file still has: 0.0.0.0 www.reddit (break link) .com
(I find this helps me break habits)
You get my Lemmy Gold 🏆
Edit: extra bonus for dark mode screenshot!
May I have some Lemmy gold? 👉👈
🥈you get second place.
You can have lemmy lemon🍋
🍋👊🥤 then you punch the lemon until you get lemonade.
Lol this saga is just too funny to me now that I’ve jumped ship. The admins just keep digging
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There’s a couple of communities like noncredibledefense and ask historians that I still miss but I recognize that communities won’t spring up here overnight
Be the change you want to see and start them!
AskHistorians is s particularly special place. It’s not as simple as just starting it.
I miss that one too. Have the mods there discussed moving to Lemmy?
I recall reading they were moving to discord if I’m not mistaken
There is a noncredibledefense here that I should post in more, but I only have an undergraduate degree in history so I wouldn’t feel right posing as a historian
I love how some commenters are so great with words and feelings. Just when you think someone has explained perfectly how we feel, another person says something else which explains another aspect of our feelings, making it even more perfect how we feel. And so on.
The way they talk to the mods is absolutely infuriating and the “best” part is they they don’t even recognize it themselves.
Not trying to be rude but what part specifically rubbed you in the wrong way? I can see it came off as a little formal but nothing that struck out to me.
I think the part where they pretend like they give a shit
It’s specifically the “I’m here to recognize it and acknowledge it and talk about it” part followed up by no recognizing, acknowledging, or talking about anything substantial.
Also, that “we have had…a time” line is just disingenuous as hell. That’s younger-millenial colloquial, and the social context for it only works when there isn’t a power imbalance. This guy’s a VP at the company that’s been kicking people around: he doesn’t get to take that tone.
I guess some people react to it and other don’t. I’m not trying to be rude either - I just mean that the language that you call “formal” comes off as extreamly disconnected from the community to some of us.
Reddit should be grateful for moderators working for free to moderate their site, and the way they talk to these moderators is absolutely fascinating. I can only assume it comes from living your life around corporate bullshit to the degree that it becomes normal to you.
Normal human decency, friendliness, sense of humor, compassion… Reddit leadership doesn’t have these qualities. Corporate bullshit is a term for when you fake these emotions to reach a strategic goal, such as trying to make people work in the same direction even when it’s not in their interest to do so.
Hey Mr Manager, 11181514@lemmy.world here, some dude on Lemmy. So, we’ve all had a… time away from Reddit lately. And I’m here to recognize it, acknowledge that our relationship has been idk fine I guess, and begin the “hey man how’s it going?” conversation.
Right!? I strait up heard in my head:
Um, I’m gonna need you to go ahead and come in tomorrow. So if you could be here around 9:00, that would be great. Mm-Kay?
“We’re gonna listen to your complaints. We’re not actually gonna do anything about them, but we will listen to them. Oh, and please don’t record our meetings so that when the bad press about these meetings comes out and we lie about them, there won’t be proof of us lying this time kthxbye!”
Fucking eh. So good to see some honest reddit mods keeping the admins honest. The reddit wide bans for frivolous reasons would be a good improvement too. They went ban-happy for a while there
I love that everyone is mad in the thread
I’m also confused why they’re still on Reddit and not over here. Join us, content creators and talented people.
They’d rather gargle reddit balls and complain about the taste than to lose their mod status. Nothing else to it. Let them gargle, they have the platform they deserve.
I’m starting to see the bad Reddit mods on Lemmy as well.
Yeah it was just a matter of time. Some of Reddit’s problems weren’t due to the corporation but due to human nature and the kind of people that seek out power.
If we could figure out a way to reward good mods without encouraging overmoderation, I think that would make a huge difference. Also kinda hilarious if it’s financial, if Lemmy starts paying some of its mods while Reddit continues to exploit them for free, but it would require a revenue source.
That’s a rather rude thing to say about people whilst they make an effort to help their communities.
Cool, they can use their subreddits to reroute their communities to better platforms then.
I’m also confused why they’re still on Reddit
Because they can’t bring themselves to give up their mod status and “power” on there.
ehh, im over here, i saw the link from here to here, and posted my 2 cents where i can lend support… while basically having quit reddit.
I keep my account so when I see things like this I can go shit on them from a great height.
Thus providing the engagement they need.
Less engagement than before though
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I wouldn’t call it alpha, but man, does it have UI problems.
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Just came from Reddit. Still testing it out.
Welcome. I am enjoying the Connect app with AMOLED theme and small icons and text. Feels RIF-like.
For me its Voyager
Why is my comment box white text on a white background? I can’t see shit.
We made it that way as a prank.
Jokes aside, sorry that’s happening to you, hopefully you’ll find a solution. Failing everything, get on Jerboa.
As much as it would be amazing to move everyone over, reddit communities represent years of cultivation and community organizing. Trying to rebuild that again isn’t an easy task, and it shouldn’t have to be done at all. This site should belong to the people who put in all the unpaid volunteer hours, not money-grubbing shareholders and CEOs. I can see why some people are so reluctant to abandon the community efforts they have worked diligently on for years. That being said I hope they all decide to ditch reddit and come over here as well.
All moderators are, at best, sub-human.
No one should participate in a single meeting until they fire Steve Huffman. They cannot begin to mend the shit relationship they created unless they apologize for his bullshit…and that apology won’t mean anything if he still works there.
Let me get this straight- they want mods to have live business meetings with them? As if they’re employees?
Lol, this is straight up corporate schpeel for turning reddit into Amway.
schpeel
Spiel
I anticipate in the future that that mods will be required to fill out weekly TPS reports. However, if you only have one subreddit you’re moderating, please use up the old cover sheets. If you’re moderating two or more subreddits, please use the new cover sheet. Did you get the memo on this? I’ll send you a copy of the memo.
Yyeeeaaah, I’m gonna need to to stay late and do some more moderating.
At this point, I fully expect reddit to ask the mods to pay a subscription to maintain their mod status in the future.
Once the floodgate of bad decisions has started, it’s not really possible to stop it.
“Reddit as a hosting service. We provide you the infrastructure and discoverability necessary to build and maintain a growing community. Yours for only $50/month!”
Don’t give them ideas because that’s actually kind of too brilliant for them — instead of selling ads only, also directly sell the user base to interested parties.
Now imagine companies openly buying moderator positions to take over their own subreddit.
It can always get worse.
The word “openly” is the only thing that separates your comment from currently-happening-reality. Plenty of subs and their mods are bought and paid for.
Also this whole post from the VP is such a load of shit. “We have a seat for you at the table… if you want it.” Boy only a VP in a big corporation could keep a mouth so loaded with horseshit.
This comment thread reads like a corporate brainstorming session.
"hmmm. But is there any way we can exploit brown people in some brown country while doing this?’
all that is missing.
Wow. What a shitstorm…
