I think I had things removed once or twice in the eight years I was on Reddit. I’m not sure why this sentiment keeps cropping up because I’ve never had this experience. Do people just not read the sidebar before posting things in random subreddits? That’s the only way I could see this happening with such frequency.

I don’t think this is entirely accurate, as sites like Facebook and YouTube have had large mod teams on their payroll for years and still have safe harbor protections for user created content.
What I could see happening in this case, is safe harbor protections no longer applying to accounts with mod privileges, possibly even those who aren’t being paid. If Reddit started paying mods, it could be reasonably argued that mod status constitutes an endorsement / publication by Reddit inc for anything a mod account posts. It would also give anyone working as a volunteer mod cause to sue for unpaid wages.

This is why I try to involve my 5 year old god daughter in whatever tech project I’m working on whenever she’s over. I also have a bunch of edutainment games running on my Windows 98 PC that she plays. She knows how to use a keyboard and mouse, which puts her well ahead of her peers from what I understand.

I mostly stuck to a small circle of communities on Reddit, and while the quality of content has stayed about the same, the frequency of posts has dropped notably in most of them.
The one exception is /r/iiiiiiitttttttttttt/, which is supposed to be for IT memes and funny interactions with users. Since the blackout started, that sub has gradually devolved into reposts of years old memes (not even IT specific memes, just anything tech related) and text posts asking random computer questions, which was previously banned.

That video was just posted to YouTube this morning. No paywall link: https://youtube.com/watch?v=paEGFYSBZTE

Someone (presumably at Reddit, but there’s no hard proof of that), has recently begun using a large number of dummy accounts and what appears to be ChatGPT to post pro-admin, anti-protest comments across the site, and give them a lot of upvotes. Someone figured this out and posed evidence of it to /r/programming. Shortly after that thread reached the top of /r/programming, the subreddit was abruptly closed by the site admins, which is extremely suspect to say the least.

Probably either Rice Krispies or Corn Flakes

It’s for Mastodon compatibility. Articles are like Reddit posts and microblogs are like tweets. You can post either from Kbin. Your articles will show up as community posts on Lemmy, and your microblogs will show up as toots on Mastodon.

This is the solution Usenet uses. I’d expect it to make it’s way to the fediverse if it gets big enough.

Amazing, as in fucking hilarious.

It supports Safari on desktop, but I don’t know if that translates to the mobile version. Firefox mobile is supposed to have extension parity with the desktop version, so it should theoretically work there.
Tampermonkey isn’t the only userscript manager though, it’s just what I use, and I’m running Firefox on a Linux desktop. There might be one out there better suited to your platform and browser.

It’s a userscript. They’re primarily designed for desktop, but I believe they can work on mobile. Either way, you need a browser extension like Tampermonkey installed to make use of them.

Because otherwise you end up with multiple copies of communities all sharing the same name with no clear distinction. It also adds context to any comments that are discussing things like site bugs, or are using conventions common to other platforms like Mastodon that translate strangely to Kbin.
Also it’s just kinda cool seeing what servers other people are from.

Kind of off-topic, but that new bot on /r/shitposting is amazing. I’m surprised I haven’t seen anyone discussing here yet.

You’re likely already seeing and interacting with them, but it’s not obvious most of the time. I recommend installing the Kbin enhancement script in your browser. It has an option to always show what instance communities and users originate from. Makes the site much easier to navigate IMO.

You’ve got the word ‘initially’ twice in this sentence.

newcomers initially found the experience somewhat initially confusing,

Keeping the interests of mods and investors in alignment is important. However, if people can buy their way into a moderator position, particularly if they get to choose the community they mod, it would be extremely easy for bad actors to take over communities, such as those that promote political activism, or offer support for marginalized groups.

A much better option would be to only offer investment to moderators who have been active for a period of time / gained a level of trust with their community.

allow outside investors to become mods on any subreddit they choose.

I see this going very badly almost as soon as it’s implemented.

How the fuck? Anyway, it’s fixed now

Either server logs, or the hackers sending them part of the data they have to prove they’re ligit. I assume the latter would have happened if Reddit had shown any interest in negotiating.