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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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[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

It's unprecedented for a major link aggregator that's basically king of its niche to make such a boneheaded self-destructive decision and drive its userbase to a newer competitor like this. Definitely one for the history books.

[–] _WC@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Um, Digg?

[–] GONADS125@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm just glad I got to StumbleUpon Lemmy.

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