After site-wide protestsseemingly on some API changes However Really Concerning the increasingly corporate squeezing of a historically community-run site, some Reddit moderators have decided to hit the site’s wallet in the only place that seems likely to hurt CEO Steve Huffman.
After the disastrous press conferenceswhere is Huffman it sounded more like a Dril tweet than a company CEO It turned out that mass power cuts didn’t change his mind.Mods from some of Reddit’s largest communities have decided to switch their subreddit to NSFW (Not Suitable for Business); can’t make money.
Some of the communities that made the switch included r/MildlyInteresting, r/TIHI (I Hate Thanks), and r/interestingasfuck. That’s a smart move (plus more legit than that) ransom the company with stolen data) and a mod that shows how much the mods will protest the actions of Huffman and his team, but also says it violates Reddit’s “Content Policy and Moderator Code of Conduct.” In conclusion, and such Border reportthese mods now find themselves “logged out and locked out” by “a Reddit admin account” and its subreddits. millions Proportion of members—shown as completely unmoderated. These legacy mods also saw their accounts suspended for seven days.
It’s incredibly funny to see how far Huffman and his team have come here. They’re in such a panic about their profit margins…and, more importantly, in their case, potential future share value-– They ignore the fact that all the value of Reddit is built on unpaid labor. The site is literally Nothing without users (“content providing”) and mods (freelancers) and Huffman is worried about ad revenue here. none of these users do you see a cent? And does it send the message that he prefers to leave entire communities unchecked rather than put up with some protests?
The Internet has posed many dangers to our civilization, but have The good thing is that it helps to publicly record how stupid these CEOs really are.
