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Reddit Ramps Up Its Threats To Protesting Mods, As Ad Buyers Leave (www.techdirt.com)
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The landed gentry are only in charge until the king comes to town and chops off a few heads. At least that seems to be the case at Reddit, where CEO Steve Huffman pretended his complaints about current moderators — who were protesting his decision to effectively cut off API access to tons of useful…

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[–] roht@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. At the end of the day it is always corporate greed and shortsightedness that does them in.

[–] Redecco@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Crazy that even Google seems to be realizing that it's search really leaned on Reddit for decent results nowadays... I'm curious to see if a bunch more things start to implode over time

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

Google basically monetized user-generated content and discussion (those obscure FAQs and technical discussions), now Reddit wants to get it on it, too. The only ones getting truly shafted is the average user.