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Reddit faces content quality concerns after its Great Mod Purge::Concerns of Redditor safety, jeopardized research amid new mods and API rules.

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The dangers of food canning were explained to me clearly, succinctly, and with cited sources by Brad Barclay and someone going by Dromio05 on Reddit (who asked to withhold their real name for privacy reasons).

He noted various canning misconceptions, from thinking the contents of a concave lid are safe to eat to believing you don't need to apply heat to food in jars.

For example, Barclay pointed to one mod recommending "citizen science," saying they would use a temperature data logger to "begin conducting experiments to determine what new canning products are safe."

It includes already-canned tomatoes, which experts like the National Center for Home Food Preservation (NCHFP) recommend against, as there's no safe tested process for this.

What's critical for Reddit's content quality is not that moderators adopt identical philosophies but that they are equipped to facilitate healthy and safe discussions and debates that benefit the community.

But the hastiness with which these specific replacement mods were ushered in, and the disposal of respected, long-time moderators, raises questions about whether Reddit prioritized reopening subreddits to get things back to normal instead of finding the best people for the volunteer jobs.


The original article contains 670 words, the summary contains 192 words. Saved 71%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

[–] hellothere@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] GravelPieceOfSword@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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Poor bot did its thing, but the article starts off in a way it can't handle well it seems.

[–] Nighed@sffa.community 2 points 1 year ago

Also doesn't appear to be able to handle that the article is over 4 pages

[–] spacecadet@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

This bot meta as hell

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

What a poorly written article...