Apparently the admins aren’t too happy with the new form of protest that Reddit moderators found, since NSFW subs don’t run ads. Brought to Reddit users by the zombie admin account u/ModCodeOfConduct!
The admins also removed the entire mod team of r/MildlyInteresting (original link) and replaced it with either employees or sycophants, while giving all mods a 7d suspension ban.
Reddit: “subs belong to the community!”
Also Reddit: “screw the community, this is MY PRECIOUS!”
I’m willing to bet that r/ModCoord will be eventually banned. And the ban message will say something cryptic, vague, and meaningless.
Yes, 4chan has a thousand problems. Specially if you go to /b/ (random), /pol/ (politics) and /v/ (technically video games, but most people who like them discuss in splinter boards). And there are plenty Nazi, specially in /pol/.
But honestly, I don’t think that the Nazi issue is considerably larger in 4chan than it is in Reddit. It’s just more visible; the same Stormfront Nazi are in Reddit, except that they disguise their shit behind pretty words, or feigning stupidity¹. If you do anything similar in 4chan people will eat you alive, and you can actually tell the Nazi to die in a fire². It’s crude and transparent, but it’s like this for everyone.
And Reddit will likely get even worse in the long run. Mod replacements mean a power vacuum; a lot of those Nazi might eventually get into power positions, because the users (incl. mods) who’d protest against them are now gone.
Another issue with 4chan is the format - threads might go in the span of a hour in faster boards, so it is not suitable for any long-term discussion. The generals are a community hack around this, but even then, expect the same questions pop up over and over, and then fall into the abyss.
So overall I feel like 4chan is not a good Reddit alternative, but I still think that it’s easier to discuss serious stuff there than in Reddit.