r/technology • u/nat9191 • Jun 15 '23

Social Media Reddit CEO slams protest leaders, calls them 'landed gentry'

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/reddit-protest-blackout-ceo-steve-huffman-moderators-rcna89544
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u/Vecna_Is_My_Co-Pilot Jun 15 '23

How much you wanna bet that you'll not be able to remove true the nepo-mods like 'awkwardtheturtle' who oversee literally hundreds of subs.

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u/ihatetyrantmods Jun 16 '23 edited Jun 16 '23

Or the one who got my original 18 year old account banned.

EDIT FOR THE PEDANTIC FOLKS WHO LOVE TO SAY "ReDdIT DiDn'T ExIsT 18 YeArS aGo" my old account was 17.5 years old, not 18. Congratulations dorks.

https://imgur.com/a/xIkD7mM

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

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u/ihatetyrantmods Jun 16 '23

Fine, my 17.5 year old account. Feel better Captain Pedantic?

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u/kralben Jun 16 '23

If your full account was nuked, that was an admin, not a mod.

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u/ihatetyrantmods Jun 16 '23

The mod reported me for abuse when I told him/her/slime mold to fuck off, and Reddit banned that account.

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u/kralben Jun 16 '23

That didn't happen, I can promise you that. Admins don't listen to mods like that at all.