Reddit CEO says he’ll change rules to end protest : reddit

this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2023

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Main points: He plans to make moderators popularly elected to more easily vote them out.

Hopes the next frontier will be subreddits as businesses.

He does not want Reddit employees to take on the work. Moderator hours were valued at 3.2 million last year, 3% of reddit’s revenue.

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[–] phthalocyanin@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

popular elections in an ecosystem 1/4 bots, in which the admins hold ultimate unilateral authority.

[–] nodsocket@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Spez is such a nice guy, protecting the innocent users from the greedy elites who control the site. /s

1/4 bots, 1/4 advertising, 1/4 Onlyfans "entrepreneurs" and 1/4 users. What could possibly go wrong?

[–] nodsocket@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

1/4 bots, 1/4 paid advertising, 1/4 Onlyfans "entrepreneurs" and 1/4 users. What could go wrong?