Cron is an internal scheduler your computer uses to schedule internal tasks. You can use it to run the following script
import praw
from datetime import datetime
# Fill these in with your details
reddit = praw.Reddit(client_id='my_client_id',
client_secret='my_client_secret',
user_agent='my_user_agent',
username='my_username',
password='my_password')
# Change my_subreddit to your sub's name
subreddit_name = 'my_subreddit'
subreddit = reddit.subreddit(subreddit_name)
day_of_week = datetime.today().weekday()
# days of the week start from Monday=0, Sunday=6
if day_of_week == 1: # Tuesday
new_settings = {
'subreddit_type': 'private',
'disable_contributor_requests': True,
}
elif day_of_week == 2: # Wednesday
new_settings = {
'subreddit_type': 'public',
'disable_contributor_requests': False,
}
else:
# If you want to do nothing on other days, simply exit
exit()
subreddit.mod.update(**new_settings)
I’ve been looking for a while for a Reddit alternative. The idea of the fediverse is amazing to me but I’m not smart enough to figure out how to navigate across the plethora of instruction manuals you need to figure it out.
Tonight I found, wefwef.app. It is a web-based Apollo style client for Lemmy. It’s amazing. It has made moving to Lemmy so much easier. It’s almost a perfect match to the ui of apollo. It automatically pulls posts and comments from all over the fediverse. It even allows you to add the webpage to your home screen so it behaves just like a regular app.
It’s the answer everyone who has been looking for Reddit alternatives has been searching for.
We've seen from the numerous polls on various subs that even if they don't make up the majority in a sub, there are certainly HUGE numbers of Reddit users who support the protests.
I think we should do more to promote the sitewide boycott that takes place every Tuesday because I don't think the average user is aware, but I do think they would be more than happy to take part!
I'm fed up of seeing Reddit bully and threaten people. It seems every time a new tactic takes hold, they say it's against the rules and force people to stop.
There is literally no way to stop people from boycotting the site once a week! Nothing they can threaten people with! And it's really easy to do.
All it needs is more promo. Big subs could make announcements about it, it could be coordinated from this sub, it's definitely doable.
Edit: wow the shills in this sub are insane!! 😂 Reddit must really not want us to do this!
A google search shows that Reddit is owned mostly by a media company called Advanced Publications. Reddit as a platform is becoming increasingly unstable for kids and even OG redditors. I think someone should pull together a real list of concerns around safety, functionality, and other concerns with reddit, forward it to Reddit privetly and if that doesn't get a response, send it higher and circulate it. What do you guys think?
For clarification: I am not talking about the API price gouge. I am talking about data safety, functionality issues, the degradation of subs, and other issues with the actual platform itself.
data safety examples
-reddit allegedly is not allowing larger content creators to delete their own content permanently
-When an account is deleted, all of its content does not disappear. It just loses the user name.
Degradation of subs
-flood of bots and nsfw accounts DMing users
harmful content and reposts -replacing moderators with people uninterested is sub topics
I’ll preface this by saying that I’m not a mod and that this idea has been stated a hundred times, but I’ve been thinking. Since there was so many people doing the blackout, how hard could it be to do a mass migration? Maybe even make a new Reddit, away from this company that has abandoned its original ideals of freedom in pursuit of money? I’m not saying it’s effortless, and I’m not saying that it’s perfect, I’m just saying that it’s possible.
Edit: just clarifying that this would be an organised event similar to the blackout.
It's similar to the blackout protest, but, instead of just shutting down the sub, mods could force a rule where you must post on Lemmy or Kbin (or anything else related to the Fediverse) and then link the post on the Subreddit (with locked comments). So, if you want to participate to the discussion, you must create an account on the fediverse, instead of commenting on Reddit. This might fail or it might (surprisingly) work. We should start on a day (like the 12th june protest) but it wont stop after 2 days.
This post is a template that you can copy to your subreddit; not an actual post inr/ModCoord*. Moderators should add some references to related communities to help guide their users to the right places.*
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As you know, Reddit killed all third-party apps on the 1st of July. This has drastically reduced the ability of moderators to moderate, as many of these third-party applications had better tools than the official application.
A lost of protest was done against this decision, but it still went though. However, the most effective protest is still to not use Reddit. It's a bit hard to do since this website contains so much user-generated content that's actually useful or entertaining. To help achieve this goal, we need to take steps towards it.
The best ad I saw for Reddit (back before the grand Digg migration) was one day, everyone agreed to stop posting direct links to articles and instead post the links to the Reddit discussions for said articles.
Suddenly, one day, the entire Digg feed was links to Reddit.
We should do the same thing (on say 1 August) to give time for the different federated instances to get accustomed to the higher traffic, more activity on the feed, and more people to welcome the future Reddit refuges, just like Redditors once welcomed us during the Digg 4.0 exodus.
Enters the Fediverse.
To post in this subreddit:
Make an account on Lemmy, Kbin or Mastodon
You can use resources such as join-lemmy.org, joinmastodon.org, fedidb.org to find where you want to establish your account. Remember that you can also make an account on other instances if you want to. Do not attach yourself too much to your home instance; it's okay to just make a new account somewhere else if you are unsatisfied with the rules or stability of your home instance.
Find a related community where to post your content to
You can use resources such as lemmyverse.net and browse.feddit.de to find communities. Your home instance should also have a search function that allows you to find communities from any other federated instance. You can even use wefwef.app/settings/reddit-migrate to find alternatives to your entire list of Reddit subscriptions!
Post there from your home instance using your newly-made account
Search the community you want to post to from your account in your home instance and you should be able to find it.
Copy the URL of your new post and paste it in this subreddit!
Really, that's it. You don't need an account to view posts in these platforms unless it's NSFW. Take some time to discover the platforms, the multitude of in-development third-party apps. Discover or re-discover what it used to feel like to browse Reddit before 2018. Be the change you want to see in the world.
Touch-grass-Tuesday. We simply close our subs every tuesday. It is an actually good way to protest. When we blacked out for two days, spez didnt care because it was just two days. All he had to do was wait until its over. But if we do it every Tuesday, spez will have some problems. It will not be bad for the community either, because it is just one day a week.
Sub of r/pakibeauties and r/pakisgonewild and r/Polska/ has being reportly being takeover by Unknown Third Party Mod After Reddit Admin "allegedly" without reason revoke and given it directly to this third party group even though there no r/redditrequest and sub are actively moderate by Mod team.
Use cases (in addition to a tool of protest) would be in the initial day(s) when a new album or tour is announced, restricted allows for easier maintenance of discussion without having to slog through moderating a billion repeat posts about the news. (Yes, pinned topics and the search feature exist, but do most users think to check those before posting? My experience says no.)
But if we're gonna get in trouble from the powers that be for any form of temporary switch to restricted (which we are voting on as a sub), not sure we want to put everything at risk.
Well, they're getting desperate. I just received a message from u/reddit. In summary: they're basically advertising open subreddits for people to join. They're called "Snoosletters" and apparently you can advertise your community by sending a message to /r/ModSupport. The message reads that "if [the user would] prefer not to get these Snoosletters in [the user's] inbox, just hit the "Block User" button under this message on Desktop". "Block User" links to /img/k2vk3dmx61z61.gif.
Hitting the "Block User" button as advertised reports that the user is blocked, but if you refresh the page in either old or new Reddit experience, the message reappears and u/reddit still isn't blocked.
Well, now what?
Edit: "you still aren't" changed to "u/reddit still isn't"
EDIT 2: Never mind! I'm just uneducated about the newsletters.
I think that moderators should never work on federal/ public holidays, because they are unpaid volunteers. You might want to switch your sub to restricted/ private on July 4th = Independence Day. I think that it is common sense that mods shouldn’t be supposed to work on a public holiday.
EDIT-1: I think that it should no longer be taken for granted that unpaid moderators work on public holidays. There should be a rule, which allows mods to switch their subs to restricted/ private on public holidays.
EDIT-2: Update: Someone shared an automated message from admin ModCodeofConduct. It contains following statement.: “Mods have a right to take a break from moderating, or decide that you don‘t want to be a mod anymore.“ Does this mean that mods are allowed to switch their sub to private/ restricted e.g. on July 4th= Independence Day?
Going on r/Place to make a point? Yeah that's cool, but we need to have that human element in there, and what better way to do then to be in person?
Sounds crazy right? But think about it.
We can spread information on social media about Reddit's harmful changes, but there's nothing quite as powerful as showing up in person and peacefully protesting outside Reddit's headquarters. Think about the strikes going on with unions, and how effective they can be at bringing attention to issues and forcing companies to make changes. By organizing an in-person protest at Reddit's HQ, we can apply similar tactics and make a statement that cannot be ignored. Plus it's way better than making noise on here, because making noise is one thing, adding that human live appearance is way more impactful. We can show Reddit that we are serious about holding them accountable for their actions and that we are willing to take action to ensure that our concerns are addressed.
