Following site-wide protestsostensibly After some API changes but TRUE Some of Reddit’s moderators warned CEO Steve Huffman of the only potential source of damage: the site’s wallet, as historically community-run sites increasingly come under corporate pressure. decided to hit it.
After a disastrous series of press conferenceswhere Huffman sounded like a drill tweet company CEO and more It turns out that the mass blackout hasn’t changed his mind, some mods in Reddit’s biggest community have decided to switch subreddits to NSFW (not good for the job). This is a toggle usually reserved for content such as pornography and, importantly, the type of subreddit that Reddit cannot display ads for. can’t make money
Communities that made the switch included r/MildlyInteresting, r/TIHI (Thanks I Hate It), and r/interestingasfuck. This is smart (and more legal) demand a ransom from the company for the stolen data), which indicates the length of the mod plans to protest the actions of Huffman and his team, which Reddit also claims violates its “Content Policy and Code of Conduct for Moderators.” as a result, and as The Verge reportI noticed that these mods are now “logged out of the account and locked out” by the “Reddit admin account” and its subreddit. millions members have been found to be completely unmoderated. These ex-mods also had their accounts suspended for 7 days.
Incredibly funny to see how much effort Huffman and his staff put in here. They are very panicked about profit margins —And in their case, what matters more is the potential future stock value.-that they ignore the fact that the entire value of Reddit is built on unpaid labor. This site is literally none With no users (providing “content”) and mods (free and functional), Huffman worries about advertising revenue here. none of those users Can you see the cents? And is it sending the message that it’s better not to moderate the community as a whole than to put up with some protests?
The Internet has brought many dangers to our civilization, but the only thing have be Good for helps publicly record how stupid these CEOs really are.