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Reddit is going to remove mods of private communities unless they reopen — ‘This is a courtesy notice to let you know that you will lose moderator status in the community by end of week.’ (www.theverge.com)
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Reddit has informed moderators of communities that are still private in protest that they will lose their mod status by the end of the week. Thousands of communities went dark earlier this month to push back on the company’s planned API pricing changes.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

There was some discussion in /r/modcoord on how mods could actually sue Reddit for free labour. I'm not sure how viable it is, but at least it seems to me like there's some ground to stand on.

https://libreddit.privacydev.net/r/ModCoord/comments/14jue57/is_reddits_moderation_structure_illegal_an/

There is also this part "Under FLSA regulations, an individual cannot volunteer services to a private, for-profit company."

[–] Drunemeton 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Interesting read. Thanks for sharing that!

Seems like Spaz may have crossed the line but it’ll take someone with deep pockets to take on Condé Nast publishing to find out.