OrangeCorvus@feddit.ro to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agoReddit is telling protesting mods their communities ‘will not’ stay privatewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldreddit@lemmy.mlnews_tech@lemmy.link
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkReddit is telling protesting mods their communities ‘will not’ stay privatewww.theverge.comOrangeCorvus@feddit.ro to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square72fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldreddit@lemmy.mlnews_tech@lemmy.link
minus-squareChahk@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-21 year agoStep 1: open the sub. Step 2: make every member a moderator. Step 3: watch the world burn.
minus-squareMay@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoOne time i think r/darkhumor did a while ago like make random people mods (or is it r/darkjokes ??) and… yea lol
minus-squareNiello@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoCan’t be done unfortunately. There’s a limit to how many pending moderator invites there can be. r/politicalhumor did the next best thing though.
minus-squarepizza_rolls@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThey have a bot running that listens for certain commands in comments, so any user can lock a thread or do a bunch of different stuff just like a mod by commenting
Step 1: open the sub.
Step 2: make every member a moderator.
Step 3: watch the world burn.
One subreddit did this IIRC
One time i think r/darkhumor did a while ago like make random people mods (or is it r/darkjokes ??) and… yea lol
Can’t be done unfortunately. There’s a limit to how many pending moderator invites there can be. r/politicalhumor did the next best thing though.
What did they do?
They have a bot running that listens for certain commands in comments, so any user can lock a thread or do a bunch of different stuff just like a mod by commenting