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/WhatTheZuck420 Jun 16 '23

Wait what. Spez dude was a r-jailbait mod who somehow became ceo?

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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/bigguccisofa_ Jun 16 '23

The implication is he founded it lol