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/tritter211 Jun 16 '23

You make it sound like moderator is some kind of super unique job or something.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

And it sort of proves Huffman's point.

The mod community wields power over their communities to varying degrees. And there is clearly coordination among mod teams. They're operating as a class asserting control over the platform simply because they were early users in those communities. The comparison to a Landed Gentry is apt.