They couldn't profit from it because of a bot. That issue is going to get more widespread and someone you know will be affected by it.
SlowNPC
This is some boringdistopia shit. Some bot damn near ruins a family and won't even tell them why.
Headline: Reddit won't overrule mods and force subreddits back open
Article: Reddit will remove moderators and install new mods who want the subs open.
I'll keep my analog light switches, thanks.
Crazy story though. Glad he got it sorted.
Nobody cares about small subs until it's your niche hobby sub.
Sorry to hear that. I enjoyed your communities.
Katy Perry was a riot-grrl indie-rocker before she became a pop diva.
I was excited for OW2 as well. I left because of locking heroes behind the battle pass.
Greed has killed Blizzard. They're like Zerg Kerrigan... they look familiar but they're corrupted to the core, and everything they do is tainted by it.
I've already done my mourning, but it felt awful at the time. Sorry you're dealing with it now.
They could always pay the API fees and get ChatGPT to write some Reddit-like comments for them to report on.
Being a mod is a labor of love. If they don't love it any more, they'll leave. They're currently trying to save Reddit from making that happen.
The execs don't seem to understand this.
Lol
Might just be overloaded. Either way doesn't look good for them.
The folks in the Ukraine sublemmy are following this very closely, and say the fighting has started.
https://lemmy.world/post/484743