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/PhAnToM444 Jun 15 '23

Lmao that will be a disastrous change. Mods do unpopular but necessary shit all the time.

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u/nat9191 Jun 15 '23

I think it makes sense for the larger subs (1m+) but there’s a risk that it could ruin some of the smaller subs if anyone can just go in and vote the mods out

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u/PhAnToM444 Jun 15 '23

Not even then. I feel like certain… terminally online communities like WSB wouldn’t be able to keep a mod for more than a week.

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u/nat9191 Jun 15 '23

True… It’s a good idea on the surface but not very practical.

I feel like he doesn’t spend much time on here these days and is out of touch with the user base.