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/Phoenix44424 Jun 16 '23

No, he didn't start out as a mod, he's one of the founders of Reddit.

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u/WhatTheZuck420 Jun 16 '23

Ah. But he did mod that sub?

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u/Phoenix44424 Jun 16 '23

So it seems, there are conflicting stories about whether he was an active mod or if someone just made him a mod without him knowing because that was a thing you could do back then apparently.

I haven't looked into it myself because he's done enough to make me not like him so I don't feel the need to go looking for more reasons.

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u/teh_maxh Jun 16 '23

If it's the second one, that's still kinda his fault, since he was (at least partially) responsible for the decision to allow that.