King@r.nf to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoReddit Sees Copyright Takedowns Peak While Subreddit Bans Drop.torrentfreak.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up170arrow-down1external-linkReddit Sees Copyright Takedowns Peak While Subreddit Bans Drop.torrentfreak.comKing@r.nf to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square5linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareMNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up27·edit-22 years agoWeird. Guess Reddit needs to put more resources into moderation. Edit: Finished reading article, and it may be slightly more complicated than that, but not by much.
minus-squareultratiem@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 years agoWhen 99% of you mods are unpaid volunteers, as is your business model, that may prove a bit challenging.
minus-squaregk99@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoI mean, not really. They had it working out great for years. Then they killed the API.
minus-squareshagie@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoCopyright DMCA filings never went to the mods. Those are legal requests and not handling properly can be a nightmare complete with lawyers. Those requests went via https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/requests/new - no volunteer mods or API requests involved.
minus-squareContend6248@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoIf it was only the API, they showed them the stinky finger, bold move.
Weird. Guess Reddit needs to put more resources into moderation.
Edit: Finished reading article, and it may be slightly more complicated than that, but not by much.
When 99% of you mods are unpaid volunteers, as is your business model, that may prove a bit challenging.
I mean, not really. They had it working out great for years.
Then they killed the API.
Copyright DMCA filings never went to the mods. Those are legal requests and not handling properly can be a nightmare complete with lawyers.
Those requests went via https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/requests/new - no volunteer mods or API requests involved.
If it was only the API, they showed them the stinky finger, bold move.