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Reddit CEO says the mods leading a punishing blackout are too powerful and he will change the site's rules to weaken them (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] harmonea@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If upvotes don't matter because brigading exists, wouldn't that hold true for a community vote to remove mods as well? They'd be just as open to brigading.

No matter how you slice it--and I'm honestly not sure which side of the argument you're sassing here, so looking at it both ways is valuable--spez is pretending votes are unimportant in one context but the key solution to solving the core issue minutes later. It's incredibly inconsistent; the man is having an entire meltdown.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Apologies for the lack of clarity. I'm not saying "in all cases, both must be considered."

What I meant is that given the latter, the former can't be used as a universal gold standard, and reducing it to that is disingenuous at best.