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Why not just stop moderating? (self.reddit)
submitted 1 year ago by indetermin8 to c/[email protected]
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I was thinking that this could be the way to truly kill a sub. Let it descend to the noise, the chaos, the spam, and the hatred. Maybe do the least bit to stem claims that it's unmoderated.

If people are interested in devaluing Reddit, it seems like a good place to start

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[โ€“] indetermin8 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

By stepping down in moderating and letting it get crappy, it will induce more people to leave, thinking "this sub has gone to shit"

[โ€“] jake_eric 1 points 1 year ago

It'll get people to leave certain subreddits, but the average Redditor still doesn't know enough about other sites like Lemmy to even really think about making a switch.

If r/gaming, for example, stops moderating and goes to shit, people will go "Wow this sub sucks now, I'm gonna browse r/games or r/gaming2 or whatever." But if r/gaming blacks out, and most importantly posts a message with a link to [email protected] that says "The community is going here, please join us," that will at least get some people to move.