I am glad you are discussing this here instead of privately with the mods...which in my mind would have been as regrettable as what /u/spez did. One reason I like Reddit is that it offers an independent power structure to the cliques that can emerge through official channels. If an alternative is desired, it should also be independent of golang.org so we have a forum where self-selected groups don't hold any special power. Frankly gopheracademy doesn't seem appropriate...I would prefer a service where we all start off with zero karma.
On Friday, November 25, 2016 at 5:28:27 AM UTC, bradfitz wrote: > > To be clear, this is just my opinion. Nothing is happening immediately > here. I want to talk with all the existing moderators first. > > I also want to understand whether the Go project considers /r/golang an > official space. The fact that the sidebar says "If you encounter an issue, > please mail con...@golang.org <javascript:>" suggests to me that it IS an > official space. > > If it's NOT an official space, and if all moderators want to leave, then > the decision is easy: give it to new moderators and let whatever happens > happen. > > But if Go DOES consider it an official space, then I would argue it > shouldn't be. I no longer think the platform is a good place to be > associated with. And in this case, we need to decide what to do with > /r/golang (make it private, delete it, pass on ownership and request that > it be labeled unofficial in the sidebar, etc). > > I understand there are many users there. I was one of them. There are many > things I like about the Reddit UI and voting system. I would love to see a > replacement available first before we decide on anything. > > I probably should've started this thread in private with the other > moderators so I had more information to share when I mailed golang-nuts@. > > > On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 3:53 PM, Brad Fitzpatrick <brad...@golang.org > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> In light of the CEO of Reddit admitting to editing user comments (see >> dozen news stories today), I propose we delete the /r/golang subreddit. >> >> That is so beyond unethical and immature, I no longer want anything to do >> with that site. I will be deleting my account on Reddit after backing up my >> content, and I will no longer be a moderator of /r/golang. >> >> If other moderators of /r/golang feel strongly that it should remain, I >> suppose you're welcome to keep it going. >> >> But if the other moderators want to abandon it and focus our conversation >> elsewhere (or build a replacement), I'm happy to just delete /r/golang. >> >> Opinions? >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
