Comment by bezier-curve
2 years ago
This whole situation has been a giant rugpull from under users' feet. Users shouldn't have to worry about Reddit's IPO. They signed on to a platform with expectations that there was some autonomy with administering individual forums. That they could use their third party client. This all makes sense if all you care about is money and ignore what reddit was for the past 15 years.
This isn't about just moderators. There are a lot of people that are moving on simply because of the implication of having to use Reddit's own app. It's not out of spite like you seem to be painting this as, it's because Reddit has historically made terrible software and have relied on the very same people that gives them most of their value to even make "their" content browsable.
And no, spez isn't the only person putting his name next to his arguments - the Apollo developer he defamed also was.
Yup, this has been building up for a while. So many asked for features never realized. So many adjustments to be made to address some of the very things the above poster is complaining about (power tripping mods, mods not controlling an entire sub because they created it) fell on deaf ears for over a decade. Removing the few key personnel who did work to actually help out the moderators.
They've been user hostile for a very very long time. This isn't just about 3rd party apps profiting. This is the culmination of ignoring the user until they want to profit off of them. Shocker they aren't seeing eye to eye this time, time 1000th.