As far as language/programming/technology subs go the golang sub is about the only one worth reading. The moderation team (I'm assuming) does a great job of curating the content there. Reddit is a pretty good place for stuff like this because it's accessible and has an easy way to consume content. The comment system works well (upvote / downvote aren't relevant, just the threading).
My personal take is that we don't really know all of the facts about what happened. The actions in question are unacceptable regardless of the circumstances and it's a very juvenile thing to do. I really don't care. Reddit has never had any level of integrity and as far as I'm concerned never will. The subs I visit are for the content and content alone; it's very rare that the comment section for most subs has any value at all. As a non-active member of the golang community (not a content creator, don't contribute to libs, moderate anything, etc) I would hate to see this sub go over something like this. I feel like it's a very emotional response that's going to leave a gap in the community. Apart from deleting the sub, what other actions are suggested? I know it's not your responsibility (Brad F.) to come up with one. I would like to see some suggestions outside of a mailing list though. Eric On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Brian Ketelsen <bketel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Kill it. > It's a wretched hive of scum and villainy. The Go subreddit was the only > thing similar to human and it is downright painful most of the time. > > On 11/24/2016 6:54:25 PM, Brad Fitzpatrick <bradf...@golang.org> wrote: > [+bketelson, dgryski] > > > On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 3:53 PM, Brad Fitzpatrick <bradf...@golang.org> > 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. > -- 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.
