“He added that he plans to make changes to moderator policies so users can vote them out. Currently, a higher-ranking moderator — or the company — can boot out moderators. Incidentally, a r/Apple moderator posted on Twitter (via 9to5Mac) that Reddit was threatening to remove moderators who are staging an indefinite blackout.”
I have really been trying to stay off of Reddit as much as possible since the start of protest day and I have definitely welcome the fediverse as my new home.
Sure it’s slow, but I’ve found that people here are so insightful and also I’ve been branching out more and commenting so much more out of the general desire to be make something new as well.
Maybe I’ll go back to my lurker ways after a while; but for now I’m more engaged than Reddit has ever made me in the last 7-8 years I’ve had my account there.