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The Steam subreddit has been forced back open. (lemmy.world)
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Looks like Reddit is forcing another sub open, but there are users advocating changing the sub to be about actual steam.

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[–] Highsight@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The community is posting about steam, the water vapor, in retaliation. It's a beautiful thing.

[–] GeekFTW@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is what I want to see from every subreddit that is forcibly reopened. The admins can try and force mods to 'do their jobs', but they sure as shit can't force what can be/gets posted!

[–] kadu@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The issue is some groups of mods are terribly afraid of no longer being mods - for whatever reason - so they don't join these efforts.

[–] MadCybertist@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was a mod of a 3m subscriber sub…. I do NOT get why mods would give a shit about being removed. Shits really no fun.

[–] Bjoern_Tantau@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Especially since it is super easy to both open a new community on Lemmy with yourself and your friends as mods and to also advertise it as the official new home to all users.

[–] WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I mean makes sense they might be a little cautious about what they do, cause like if they get removed the people reddit replaces them with aren't gonna let anything supporting the protests go through.

[–] ArchieBAntlers@meow.social 1 points 2 years ago

@kadu Some people like power more than anything. Being a subreddit moderator just gives them that adrenaline rush of control

[–] CynAq@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I love malicious compliance.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's funny, but I don't quite get the point of this. If you are boycotting Reddit then you shouldn't be going there to post about things. If you ARE going there, you are no longer boycotting. Reddit doesn't care what you post about. You are still participating in the site. It's just driving traffic back to Reddit, which harms the cause.

[–] LinuxFanatic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

The point is the lurkers subscribed there are going to get bored of steam pictures and unsubscribe, if it happens to enough subs then a lot of the passive userbase will end up either spending less time or leave entirely. Since the vast majority of users are lurkers, it'll outweigh the number of people creating these rebellion posts and Reddit should see a net loss in traffic. At least, that's what I've gathered. Please don't shoot the messenger if I'm wrong or it's a stupid idea