I think instead of going completely dark it may be beneficial to lock down the subreddit with a sticky linking to related communities inside the federation to help people find a new home

  • Izzy
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    202 years ago

    I wouldn’t be surprised if Reddit deleted such posts and then banned you for doing this. Although I am surprised they haven’t reopened all of the subreddits themselves.

    • SanguinePar
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      132 years ago

      They probably don’t have the human resource to cover all the modding required.

      • Joe B
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        32 years ago

        They will just post an open invite to regular users and they will become mid in the spot. I could see Reddit doing that

        • SanguinePar
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          32 years ago

          Yeah, maybe. And I guess some mods may go back, although you’d think many that participated in the blackout would stay out. I guess we’ll see what happens tomorrow.

          • Joe B
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            32 years ago

            Yea. I like lemmy though. Has real potential

            • SanguinePar
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              42 years ago

              Definitely, I really like it. Exciting to see it grow :-)

        • BobKillsNinjas
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          22 years ago

          Would not go well, dedicated mods that have experience , have a tough enough time, given all the pitfalls…

          Throw some randos in and it will be interesting to watch how well they do, and for how long.

    • @[email protected]
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      72 years ago

      If it’s a small enough sub with a tight knit community, they’d have to shut down the whole sub anyway

    • @Raf
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      42 years ago

      If the mods are gone, then large subreddits become a legal liability.

    • Yankeebobo
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      32 years ago

      They won’t waste their time managing the subs until they see who returns tomorrow