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Reddit's explanation (from an admin account, /u/ModCodeofConduct) is that 'encouraging the submission of sexually explicit (18+) content in previously safe-for-work spaces' counts as 'engaging in malicious conduct' that breaks the Moderator Code of Conduct.

https://twitter.com/aaronp613/status/1671298446974656514

To me it doesn't seem like they actually violated any Reddit policy or code of conduct, particularly because the NSFW content was properly labeled.

https://www.redditinc.com/policies/moderator-code-of-conduct

https://www.redditinc.com/policies/content-policy

The same admin account was also caught quietly flipping the NSFW subs back to SFW status. So this is clearly just about getting back that monetization.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/14ebl7k/umodcodeo...

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Given the mod team encouraged people to upload pictures of fruit and vegetables that were suggestive of butts and dicks and vulvas and such...

...no, it's clearly about someone at reddit raging out of control and grasping at straws to justify banhammering mods in a desperate attempt to save a ship that has split in two, is on fire, leaking radioactive waste, while sharks circle.

I've seen this happen on mailing lists and discussion boards where an admin/mod throws a major wobbly and just starts banning people like crazy for the slightest infractions to scare everyone else into "behaving." That's about when quietly someone who is respected pools together every email they can get their hands on and invites everyone to mailing list run elsewhere.

See also: the way freenode went under. Some asshole seized power, and then nothing happened for a bit. Then staffers got replaced as they got too uppity. Then a bit later anyone mentioning libera.chat in official freenode channels got kicked. Then the mods of any channel mentioning libera.chat in the topic got replaced. And then there was no one left as everyone had moved over to libera.

Stares at r/worldpolitics like wtf

Edit: long live r/animetitties

I quit Reddit but that subreddit is one that I truly miss and not sure if will be replaceable given the history how it started and it’s content

> So this is clearly just about getting back that monetization.

and back that normal experience of millions of readers of those subreddits.

except the community voted for a new normal...

could you give a link?

No, no. If you purport to know what redditors supposedly want, you can read the OP and simply go to the listed subreddits and see the top posts for the votes/announcements.

edit: I mean let's be real, you've been panning for reddit for two weeks. You're concern trolling asking for links.

Send him a link to a butthole picture

I actually checked "interesting as f" subreddit, which I am also long time subscriber, and couldn't locate poll right away.

why?

Which was earned via moderation and 3rd party apps

time will show if old mods and 3p apps are that critical, since both are removed now.

time already shew, since the subreddits exist as they are now

obviously taking what they built and saying "I built this" wouldn't show anything but spez's pettiness

reddit team's contribution in "building" is not smaller than those mods.

of course it is: reddit hosts bulletin boards, the community (mods included) built the subreddits (both creating content and attracting new users to them)

Ok, looks like you realized that mods just are part of community who built subreddits.

And current power mods who declared they own subreddits also not all mods (current and past), but unknown share of them.

Moderators should have thought of all the people that can't live without their daily "fix" before interrupting their volunteer work for a few days, right.

moderator's of subs from above extended their activities past few days.

The key point that you seem to be missing is that those millions of readers voted for the mods to take the action they are taking.

You're the minority and you're expecting to run the show. That's not how it works.

I couldn't find poll on interesting as f subreddit where millions of users voted for a porn on front page.

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