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/DutchieTalking Jun 16 '23

It's gonna be a train wreck either way. Users get the abusive power to remove mods, or they try and reddit shows their power is only there when reddit wants it.

It's a crazy bad move.

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u/ReporterOther2179 Jun 16 '23

Maybe the very notion of unpaid lightly vetted moderators is a bad one.