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https://www.reddit.com/r/Spanish/comments/184dbkz/the_lack_of_english_u_bugs_me/

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Approved members can now make posts. This has actually been true for a while, but it wasn't announced because I was going to wait until I posted the new rules. I should probably just announce it though.

The announcement: If you've been approved, it's fine to make posts now.

The explanation, in case you missed the discussion - or just forgot it because it's been a while: Anyone can comment, but only approved members can make posts. The main reasons for this are (a) it reduces the amount of garbage posts the mods have to reject or remove, reducing moderation work in the long term, and (b) we can try being more lenient about the types of post we allow, specifically self-posts and image posts.

As of right now, I started by approving members who commented (reasonably) on the protest posts. I figured that if you were engaged enough to comment reasonably on a meta post, you probably know what we're about.

I'll be approving more members in the future. If you're not approved, you can still comment and share bad linguistics on the monthly small posts thread. When applications for approval open up, approval will be based mostly on prior comment history here. There's no specific number or type of comment that I'll be looking for; it's mainly just a check to see if you seem to know what we're about. I've already approved people who explained that they're mostly lurkers, for example. Just interact like you normally do.

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It is I, the landed gentry.

As you might have heard, Reddit's response to the protest has been dismal. Behind the scenes, the king's functionaries have made some promises of compromise, but the king himself has been threatening to lop off all our heads if we don't do what he wants. He frames this as democracy; his will is the people's, after all.

We need to decide on the future of this subreddit.

I want to rule out two courses of action, and outline one that I'm considering in order to get your feedback. I'm also open to other ideas. I'm not doing a poll because I'm mostly interested in the opinions of regular contributors, and at our size, any poll would be very easy to manipulate with brigading from outsiders. This way I can check user histories for activity (not that I don't recognize a lot of your names).

So here's what we can't do:

(a) Return to business as usual. Not only do I want to continue to protest in some form, there are some ongoing issues with the subreddit that some downtime could be used to address.

(b) "Working to rule" or taking an action that would result in Reddit installing whatever shitty mod would take over in this situation. Communities like this one can turn toxic incredibly fast without careful moderation, and I don't want that to happen.

I've been thinking about it, and here is my idea:

Restricted with post approval given to regular contributors. We're small enough that this is realistic to carry out; I can indeed manually check post histories even if it takes a bit.

Pros: After the initial approval process, this reduces moderation work, which Reddit does not value at all. We could also relax some rules about posting - in particular, we could allow images and probably self-posts. Regular contributors generally "get it" and if they don't, can be talked to individually about any issues with their posts, as it wouldn't be a constant game of whack-a-mole. This would solve some issues with people voting/commenting in linked posts (can't do that to an image) and people not being able to share prime bad linguistics content because they commented.

Cons: It does potentially reduce traffic if it's not balanced by allowing more post types (which is actually a pro if we're protesting) and it does mean that we will have to think about approval processes for new members eventually, if this is an indefinite change.

Also, just to be upfront: If you propose an idea based on what other subreddits have done, I might share my thoughts on why I disagree with it. This doesn't mean that your contribution wasn't valuable, and my mind is open to be changed - but I'm aware of the Johns Oliver, the Touch Grass Tuesdays, and so on and have obviously come up with a different idea.

EDIT: While this post is active I'll be removing any "normal" posts. So if you have stuff to share, save it for later.

EDIT 2: I've officially received a threat that I must reopen the community or else, more than a day after I reopened the community and made this post. LOL

Tomorrow, June 12th, this subreddit will be going private to protest Reddit's plans to charge for the API, and will remain private until July 14th. Will this protest do anything, given that it's probably an intentional effort to destroy third party apps in advance of Reddit's IPO? Probably not. Will it annoy Reddit admin by making them deal with the bad PR? HOPEFULLY

If you have no idea what I'm talking about, there's more information in this post on r/Save3rdPartyApps.

Of particular concern beyond moderation, though, is that this change will deplatform many blind and visually impaired users, who rely on third party apps because Reddit has never prioritized accessibility either on the website or on their own app. r/blind might be shutting down permanently. Here is their post about this.

https://sarahelizabeez.medium.com/whatshername-1b7c3094ae39

https://www.iflscience.com/whats-the-oldest-language-still-spoken-today-69201

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https://www.nordictrans.com/interesting-facts-about-afrikaans/

there it is, in all its glory.

https://www.reddit.com/r/itsneverjapanese/comments/13q7wh0/can_anyone_tell_me_what_this_means/

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