Reddit moderators are saying they have been contacted by the company, which is apparently threatening them to reopen subreddits that are currently closed due to ongoing protests.
One moderator for r/Apple, aaronp613, notes that Reddit threatened to remove moderators that would not reopen the subreddits that are currently going dark. Reddit cited the Moderator Code of Conduct as justification for these moderators to reopen these communities, noting that it’s their responsibility to keep these subreddits open.
“If there is no consensus, but at least one mod who wants to keep the community going,” an admin for the Mod Support Subreddit wrote. “[W]e will respect their decisions and remove those who no longer want to moderate from the mod team.”
Reddit is just digging the hole deeper and deeper.
They are essentially threatening moderators of subreddits that are blacking out indefinitely that they will be removed. https://t.co/IeU3inmyf4 pic.twitter.com/HF4t3EO1JS
— Aaron (@aaronp613) June 15, 2023
The Verge reported that some moderators of subreddits got messages from Reddit explaining that it was “willing to work towards” reopening those subreddits and that it would process a Top Mod Removal request or reorder the mod team in an attempt to reopen these communities.
The news comes less than a day after Reddit CEO Steve Huffman announced that the company plans to update the moderator removal policy. The new policy would give ordinary Redditors the ability to vote out moderators more easily.
The protesting is in response to Reddit’s new API pricing policy, which was announced back in April. Following the announcement, Reddit has received backlash as it was discovered the new policy would negatively impact third-party apps, including Apollo for Reddit, which is shutting down on June 30 with the app’s developer citing it would cost him $20 million annually to keep the app operational.
Reddit threatening moderators to reopen closed subreddits is interesting for a few reasons. Huffman told The Verge that Reddit does “not have problems with the protests.” Earlier in the week, Huffman sent out a memo to employees saying that the protests “will pass” and that it had not been “a significant revenue impact for the company.”
Reddit did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.
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