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Reddit CEO says the mods leading a punishing blackout are too powerful and he will change the site's rules to weaken them (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Might have been welcome a year ago. But in this case, 'too powerful' means 'nobody should be able to stand up to me on MY website'.

I'd love to see some kind of voting process for mods or policy be enacted only to have the users vote for even more lockdowns.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@AllonzeeLV I deleted my account and left my sub to a mod I trusted. He opened it backup but the feedback he was getting from the Redditors told him to shut it back down lol

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