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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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[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Funny how that works. And here i was, thinking users made these communities and decided by themselves if they wanna be public or private.

Weird that he suddenly wants to change the system.

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 9 points 1 year ago

Yes when you're banned from a sub the message states verbatim: "Moderators get to decide who can participate in their subreddit." which apparently hasn't been an issue for spez over the last 15 years when directed toward users. Now it's directed toward admins and suddenly it's a top priority for the company to 'fix'.