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

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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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[–] aka_oscar@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

No way we're gonna see reddit elections and campaigns this is hilarious

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

Right? How does he not see that this is a terrible idea.

[–] Abridgedlife@latte.isnot.coffee 1 points 1 year ago

Probably because he has back end control to make sure elections give him what he wants with the veneer of popular support.

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