Reddit pressures mods to end the blackout as they find new ways to protest
by Jay Peters from The Verge - All Posts on (#6CD9M)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit appears to be ramping up the pressure on moderators to open communities that closed in the blackout protest against recently announced platform changes. A Reddit admin - an employee of Reddit - has told unpaid volunteer moderators of a subreddit that the expectation here is that communities reopen," according to a message shared publicly by a moderator of r/DIY.
The pressure worked. The community was closed, but it reopened on Thursday, and a mod said that fears of Reddit actions forced the team's hand: We're re-opening because if we don't, the mods that Reddit appoint may not care about the subreddit the way we do," the mod wrote.
The mod's post also announced a vast number of changes to the subreddit's rules that hew more...