Oh, totally. I'm just saying that if all they want is to pump up the valuation to cash out, throw a small bunch of interns on mod jobs for a few months. They could make some statement that the "core" Reddit communities will have in house moderation assisting the volunteer mods, investors happy, value up.
DrNeurohax
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I would assume you could apply for an exemption. All they would have to do is set some "your non-structure obstructed property must be this big" number and check the survey.
Worst case: Maybe they'll be lazy and include the building and driveway/parking lot, in which case you'd have to appeal with some pics or some other proof at worst. Have more requirements to reach, like max dB, specific exemption hours, etc.
Best case: They check a Google Earth view before finalizing the denial, saving you the appeal, and you get the thumbs up.
Betterest-best best case: They only care about it if someone complains or they're at the property for some other reason.
Edit: I'm talking from an average Joe's perspective. The real best case is that everyone moves to electric lawn tools and minimal manicured lawns, but unless they're giving out free upgrades, it doesn't seem reasonable to just flip a switch with little warning. I COULD see them setting a cut off date a few years out, where they do a complete ban after the partial one.
If the surface is flat enough, start with a scraper. One of those single edged replaceable blade deals. That'll quickly take off 90%, if not all of it. If the blade gets sticky and you want to made another pass, wipe it off with some oil (basically any, even olive oil). Then go for the other suggestions, like rubbing the sticker with oil and alcohol.
This works much quicker than just oil and alcohol, BUT the surface has to be flat. If it isn't flat, it has to be non-razor-blade-damage-vulnerable material.
And your second!
Good point. I think they could navigate around most of the trouble if they get some distance from the protest.
One of three things could happen:
- Reddit buckles to unhappy investors (whom doubt Reddit brass has control) and actually hires a small group of moderators for subs with X million users or Y activity.
- They slowly remove them one-by-one, replacing them with mods from other subs. e.g.- Contact the mods of r/(some other picture subreddit), sent them a DM, "We noticed your sub is very similar to r/Pics. To make the community blah blah, we're trying to expand the mod teams of our most active subreddits. Would you be willing to help mod r/Pics some small amount, and in return we'll help recruit more mods for r/(some other picture sub)?" Or they'll frame it as a test strategy or test of new mod tools.
- Same as #2, but quickly and all protest supporting mods at once. Take the PR hit, counter with "new tools", ignore the backlash.
They will still get site visit counts and other general metrics (page view time, clicks, etc.). When you see in a press release that they, "have X million daily page views," that's including everything from signed in users to anonymizing middle clients, like libreddit.
It's the most minimal help for them possible, but not as good as just staying away. If you used to post regularly and scanning the front page twice per day will help you engage less, that's much better than slipping back into old habits.
Very true. I would argue that for some people, it might be better to ween themselves off Reddit than stop cold turkey.
If they posted every day, stop posting, maybe reduce commenting, and take an extra 10 seconds to search out other sources of info.
If they commented every day, stop commenting, browse Reddit if you feel like it, but try to find an equivalent article here to comment on.
If they lurked, try finding new sources, try new search engines, etc. Did they lurk because they didn't care about interacting, or because they were turned off by toxic responses in the past? Try commenting here.
I'd rather see people leave slowly and stay away, than go back to their old patterns because they think, "I just really NEED to check that one sub, so I guess protesting is not for me."
Also, I don't think there are many here that would fault those that actually need Reddit in some way (e.g.-Ukraine war, self help, support groups, etc.). They have bigger shit to worry about. Revisit the migration topic when you're comfortable, and if you want.
(It's worth mentioning that some of that material is starting to pop up around here. See if they fill your needs when it's okay for you - no point in joining a group with 2 people if you really need a larger support system.)
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The article said that r/Pics and r/military have surrendered for the good of their communities. I mean, r/Pics could make that mistake, but r/military??? You understand it's MUCH easier to just execute your POWs than treat them humanely, right? Unfortunately, the mods are about to discover there's no Geneva Conventions for Reddit to prevent just that. Maybe they meant for this to be a teaching moment?
Within the year, once the protests have really died down, those mods will be purged. 100% guarantee it. The ONLY case where they survive is if Reddit wants to show how fair and magnanimous they are to the community. Of course, any further test of that will be get them nuked from orbit.
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Feeling better?
Non-prude American here. My hypothesis is that younger-ish folks are raised paranoid of their every word being recorded and played back to their parents. There's a weird tone to the under 25s that feels like every word had to go through legal.
Perfect example: Oh my gosh!
Who the fuck says, "Gosh?" I think I might have heard 1 grandparent say it back in the early 90s. It's, "Oh my god!" There's punctuation to the word. Gosh sounds like you're trying to whisper so your clergy doesn't hear you being naughty.
So, yeah, we hate those fucking cunts, too.