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The company wants to charge for API access. Its volunteer moderators have other ideas

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[–] guyman 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think the animosity this is causing between its users and owners is what will be the end of the platform. Now it becomes an "us vs. them" mentality rather than something we all want to see grow together. I think it'll be funny to see how mods 'accidentally' let things slip up. It'll be way harder to track down and address mods making 'happy accidents' than if they all just stopped moderating at once. People have said that mods are easily replaceable, but I don't think that's the case. How can reddit vet mods to make sure they won't also make 'happy accidents'?

I think the admins are in for a rude awakening. They don't actually realize how good and easy they've had it thanks to the goodwill of their community. Now that that goodwill is gone, it's a war between users and owners.