Somebody had to do it.

I have posted correct information like that on Reddit and have been downvoted for providing sourced information. That really discourages my participation. Why try?

I have to brag on Lemmy.world.

This place is friendlier, and a much better place to interact with others. Oh, there’s still a down-vote brigade, but it’s much smaller.

Reddit may still have a huge user base, but it’s becoming facebook-esque; that is, people go to it because they know it, and nothing else. This place is so much better.

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Risa

I got you, bro.

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Kevin_Riley

Sadly, the actor passed away about 8 years ago. He was 74.

https://www.cnn.com/2015/10/18/entertainment/star-trek-obit-bruce-hyde-feat/index.html

Images by Adobe Firefly.

Slack filling.

Ok, I have edited my comment to “*Spez exhibits unlikeable characteristics. Why volunteer for someone who exhibits unlikeable characteristics?” better now?

OK; he has such a need for control that he modified toxic comments directed at him.

On November 23, 2016, a member of a subreddit dedicated to Donald Trump, /r/The_Donald, posted evidence indicating that Reddit administrators had modified multiple user comments inside the subreddit. Following this post, Huffman took responsibility for the comment modifications, writing, “Our community team is pretty pissed at me, so I most assuredly won’t do this again.” His administrative modifications involved changing one specific insulting phrase, in several comments, to make them appear as if the insults were directed toward the moderators of the subreddit instead of him.

https://gizmodo.com/reddit-ceo-caught-secretly-editing-user-comments-chatl-1789342358

You might not like Ellen Pao, but it’s funny that the NBA sided with her comments against him in 2020:

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/reddit-slammed-by-former-ceo-ellen-pao-for-amplifying-racism-and-hate-nfl-nba/

When moderators protested in 2023, Spez compared them to Landed Gentry.

“And I think, on Reddit, the analogy is closer to the landed gentry: The people who get there first get to stay there and pass it down to their descendants, and that is not democratic.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/reddit-protest-blackout-ceo-steve-huffman-moderators-rcna89544

Reddit was founded in 2005. In January of 2008, Reddit decides to let users create their own custom reddits, or subreddits.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Reddit

So the Landed Gentry are from 2008 + (15 years). How many Parent-to-child hand-offs can you really expect in that time?

He belittles volunteers (moderators). He has manipulated the site. He is currently scrubbing the site of disparaging comments about himself now.

https://lemmy.world/post/392621

He is not someone to volunteer your services for. Moderation is like gardening. It’s a never-ending activity of pulling weeds.

Moderating is volunteer work. Spez is a narcissist. Why volunteer for a narcissist?

Spez is a narcissist. Why give him your labor for free?

Sure, they may get another sucker to do it for free, why be a narcissist’s sucker?

If he’s abused these mods, he’ll abuse those mods. And yes, he could get AI to do this, but then again, years ago* (Steve H became CEO in 2015) we were promised a better Reddit app. Like the music business, Reddit is constantly losing money, unwilling to change, but still around.

*I would link it, but for some reason, U/Spez’s history stops 3 years ago. I’m sure it’s a Reddit glitch that will be fixed just like the better Reddit app that’s waiting for us under the rainbow.

https://www.reddit.com/user/spez

Actually, as a mod, that’s the strongest action you could take… stop moderating for free for reddit. “Jun 12, 2023 When they’re all functioning normally, Reddit boasts nearly 140,000 active subreddits at any given time” according to https://wegotthiscovered.com/social-media/how-many-subreddits-are-on-reddit/ Now imagine 1 in 10 subreddits were abandoned by their mods. That’s 14,000 subreddits without moderation. Let Spez take over the role of the Landed Gentry for 14,000 subreddits. If he thinks he’s not making money now, how much will he have to pay to take care of all those subreddits?