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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

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I did the same, most of my signups are from it.

[–] urhovaldeko 6 points 1 year ago
[–] Izzy 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] jcb2016 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] jcb2016 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yea. I like lemmy though. Has real potential

[–] sanguinepar 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] BobKillsNinjas 2 points 1 year 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] 7 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Raf 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] yankeebobo 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Tried it.

It might work with some subs, but the one I run solo just spammed the shit out of the requests.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah i think ideally they could be locked down so no new posts or comments can be made, with a sticky like that. I've already googled some things, saw a reddit thread with info i wanted, but then it was private so i couldn't see it.