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Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts (www.macrumors.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by bird@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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As some subreddits continue blackouts to protest Reddit's plans to charge high prices for its API, Reddit has informed the moderators of those subreddits that it has plans to replace resistant moderation teams to keep spaces "open and accessible to users."

Edit, there seems to be conflicting reporting on this issue:

While the company does “respect the community’s right to protest” and pledges that it won’t force communities to reopen, Reddit also suggests there’s no need for that.

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/15/23762501/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-interview-protests-blackout

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[–] Lawliss@midwest.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stop giving thus self righteous, money hungry dickwad a voice, The Verge. Jesus christ. The more he talks, the dumber and more like Elon Musk he looks.

[–] Micromot@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There was also an article of how he admires the cost cutting of elon musk with twitter

[–] TenNinetythree@vlemmy.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean the massive NetzDG violations?

[–] Micromot@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it was about the employee cuts, we don't talk about the bad stuff

[–] TenNinetythree@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago

The employee cuts were what lead to that clusterf...!