I'd point out that in general, the mod community across the network has been skeptical. I'd volunteered one of the sites I moderate, (pets) since we actually do have issues with engagement, and practically we could deal with issues at our scale.

The mod side announcement that this was going on was the first we heard about it.

Naturally, the community manager who I had engaged about this was downsized, and the company chose the worst option possible. I can only hope the person who made these decisions has to at least help deal with the outcomes, should they be overwhelmingly negative

Several options that were suggested in feedback - like letting people vote for score without increasing reputation were dismissed, which might have been a reasonable compromise.

Practically - we're at a very funny place here, we're told the community is important yet it feels a lot like the community that's here is less important than some nebulous community that's not, and while focused on trying to bring outsiders in, inside voices are either ignored, or pushed away.

It feels a lot like failure's the best option for us, but only if that cause the folks who decided to go this direction to reexamine their motives and direction.

At this point between the bad news of last quarter, and its fall out, and this... I'm not sure that the folks charting our course are going in the right direction.

I'd point out that in general, the mod community across the network has been skeptical. I'd volunteered one of the sites I moderate, (pets) since we actually do have issues with engagement, and practically we could deal with issues at our scale.

The mod-side announcement that this was going on was the first we heard about it.

Naturally, the community manager who I had engaged about this was downsized, and the company chose the worst option possible. I can only hope the person who made these decisions has to at least help deal with the outcomes, should they be overwhelmingly negative.

Several options that were suggested in feedback - like letting people vote for score without increasing reputation were dismissed, which might have been a reasonable compromise.

Practically, we're at a very funny place here. We're told the community is important- yet it feels a lot like the community that's here is less important than some nebulous community that's not, and while focused on trying to bring outsiders in, inside voices are either ignored, or pushed away.

It feels a lot like failure's the best option for us, but only if that causes the folks who decided to go this direction to reexamine their motives and direction.

At this point between the bad news of last quarter and its fall out, and this... I'm not sure that the folks charting our course are going in the right direction.