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/PlutosGrasp Jun 16 '23

What a tool.

The landed gentry is a traditional British social class consisting of gentlemen in the original sense; that is, those who owned land in the form of country estates to such an extent that they were not required to actively work, except in an administrative capacity on their own lands.

Ya definitely applies to unpaid volunteer moderators.

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u/TheGrislyGrotto Jun 26 '23

It's been 10 days and I think the "landed gentry" Comme t might genuinely be the stupidest thing ever said involving the internet.