The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 9 months ago/r/theoryofreddit post asking why reddit seems deadlemmy.worldimagemessage-square312fedilinkarrow-up11.25Karrow-down128
arrow-up11.22Karrow-down1image/r/theoryofreddit post asking why reddit seems deadlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square312fedilink
minus-squarepjwestin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·9 months agoI think the bot uptick is a direct result of the mod strike and API changes. A lot of mods left, and a lot of the auto-mod tools they were using from third-party developers got nuked, so there are less people moderating with worse tools.
minus-squareLeeker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoAlso wouldn’t surprise me if some of the mods took a cut to even let bots post on their sub.
I think the bot uptick is a direct result of the mod strike and API changes. A lot of mods left, and a lot of the auto-mod tools they were using from third-party developers got nuked, so there are less people moderating with worse tools.
Also wouldn’t surprise me if some of the mods took a cut to even let bots post on their sub.