[cirgue]

It is effectively not possible to be a mod of a subreddit without third party apps. I don’t think people fully understand just how awful the native mod suite is for Reddit, and this is what the blackout is really about: the fact that Reddit seems to want to absolutely refuse to support the unpaid labor that makes the site a source of real human knowledge as opposed to a wasteland of bots and trolls.

[cm2012]

Except:

1) Reddit says mod tools will remain free on the API (as well as disability tools)

2) Other moderators in this hacker news thread say the 3rd party stuff isn't necessary anyway.

[toddmorey]

This is really well said. It feels like a new Apple CEO who views investments in design as frivolous. There are valid points that Reddit needs to improve and adjust to be a healthy business but recent changes have all the hallmark of a company making a dangerous waiver that visitors will stay because, really, where else are they going to go?

[PrimeMcFly]

> It is effectively not possible to be a mod of a subreddit without third party apps.

Nonsense. I mod large subs just fine using toolbox and old reddit. toolbox doesn't counter at as third party app.

It seems most mods want to mod from their phones and will no longer be able to do so.