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/r/AccidentalRenaissance moderators have all resigned. The subreddit has permanently shut down and moved to Lemmy. (lemmy.nz)
submitted 3 years ago* by to c/reddit@lemmy.world
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AccidentalRenaissance has no active moderators due to Reddit's unprecedented API changes, and has thus been privated to prevent vandalism.

Resignation letters:

Openminded_Skeptic - https://imgur.com/a/WwzQcac

VoltasPistol - https://imgur.com/a/lnHSM4n

We welcome you to join us in our new homes:

https://kbin.social/m/AccidentalRenaissance

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/accidentalrenaissance

Thank you for all your support!

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[–] 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

This is the sort of action I love to see. Reddit thinks they own the moderators who are working for free. They want slaves. Fuck them.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    From the very start, ever subreddit should have challenged Reddit and called their bluff. Go ahead, replace the mods for thousands of subreddits. If a few dozen are changed, that's no problem. Whatever. But thousands? Good luck.

    The whole protest seemed so half-hearted from the start. You don't go on strike with a set end-date in mind. You go on strike indefinitely until demands are met or a satisfactory compromise is made.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    I will say that the short blackout was enough to get me onto the Fediverse. I didn't even use the apps that would be affected by the API shutdown, so I never would have noticed the controversy without the blackout.

    But once the blackout was announced, I recognized how far reddit was willing to go in service of harvesting its users' data. And after that point, I just didn't feel good on the site anymore. (Granted, I first created an account on Mastodon because the people calling for blackouts never mentioned Lemmy. But still!)

    Between Facebook's notification system repeatedly failing to direct me to comment replies, Twitter DDoSing itself, and reddit turning into the Eye of Sauron (which, again, I would not have even noticed happening were it not for the short protest), it seemed like the perfect time to exit the sinking ship of corporate social media.

    Meaning they did something. Maybe they didn't avert the reddit apocalypse, but they still did something.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Oh no, not the heckin replaceable free labor

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Oh no, not the heckin replaceable free labor

    You're allowed to cuss on here.

    Shit fuck piss tit.

    See? Nobody cares.

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