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Reddit Ramps Up Its Threats To Protesting Mods, As Ad Buyers Leave (www.techdirt.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology

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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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[–] givesomefucks 38 points 1 year ago (4 children)

They're ramping up bots to cover the loss of users.

Very very few people actually post, and a little more comment. But as bot posts became the majority, lurkers are going to start leaving as quality dips.

[–] Chailles 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Maybe just me, but I totally want to see a Reddit where everyone actually is a bot.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There used to be a subreddit like that. Haven't seen it in years. Not sure if it still exists.

[–] ttenborough 5 points 1 year ago

Subredditsimulator...

The creator said they were shutting down the server that ran it and wasn't interested in rebuilding.

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