Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said he wants to end user-led protest by instituting a rule that would allow users to vote out moderators who have overseen the protest. NBC News’ David Ingram shares the latest.

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    1 year ago

    This is a feature people have been asking for since the beginning and is only being talked about or introduced because it’s politically convenient for the admins.

    I really hope this backfires and is only a means to an end of the users replacing scabs until the site grinds to a halt.

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      1 year ago

      “We want to give users a say in the moderation of their subs.”
      <users continue the protests>
      “Not like that!

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      1 year ago

      Exactly! And they cynically finally started working on moderation tools AFTER the protest (apparently the built-in mod tools had been garbage for years…)

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      1 year ago

      I mean I have no doubts they are going to use a bunch of"bot" accounts to achieve this. All these internal memos and press releases prove to me is that money is all they care about.