TL;DR: say hello to our friend u/ModCodeOfConduct, disguising threats behind feigned politeness, yet again!

  • Boz (he/him)@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    I like this. It’ll probably be declared “vandalism” of the community, and they’ll try to ban mods, but it would affect the community’s usefulness to advertisers if it becomes annoying for users, or specialized in a way that makes it unsuitable for the companies who are currently in there. Brands choose Reddit because they think they can reach exactly the people who are likely to want their products by targeting the right subreddits. Change the type of conversation in those subreddits to something that no longer attracts the audience advertisers want, and advertisers will be less interested. Forbidding brand mentions is good, too.

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      1 year ago

      It’ll probably be declared “vandalism” of the community

      Yup. But it’s really hard for Reddit Inc. to track this, as long as the deletion is slow enough, and posters are “discouraged” from adding new posts; and the community still there are the ones who don’t really give a damn.

      Forbidding brand mentions is good, too.

      Damn, that would work great on a few subs. Like r/cooking.

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        1 year ago

        That’s true, Reddit has its hands full with red pandas and John Oliver pics. They’ll probably let gradual rule changes slide for a while. Forbidding brand mentions might actually kill r/SkincareAddiction, since it’s mostly product reviews and people posting blurry pictures of gnarly abscesses they believe are pimples.