The problem were the mods who didn't know any better. Spez hid his intentions very well, and made all the mods look like fools working for free
this post was submitted on 21 Mar 2024
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In the end it was a subset of users that basically told mods “you’re just janitors, we don’t need you, anyone can do your job” followed by a partial exodus and… a major drop in quality on all but the larger subs.
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It's too early to see a face and get into a slapping mood.
Get fucked, u_spez
It doesn't matter what he says - it's pretty obviously just greed to any outside observer who doesn't think like greedy CEOs do.
I modded r/beholdthemasterrace, which was specifically for making fun of literal Nazi inbreds.
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“It’s my money and I want it now!”
Welcome all reddfugees!
Quick, contribute your $34 so he can get a raise next year.
While I don't want to support reddit or turbo capitalism, I think a viewpoint that is often missed here is the fact, that a fair share of those subreddits are created and moderated by people that create and hold together communities, especially in the beginning of the sub. There are also a lot of cases were the platform is used to cross link to other platforms and gain profits there.
I mean, it wasn't like I was expecting the guy who refused to take down a popular softcore CP sub until it got mainstream media attention to be morally upstanding.
The guy is just trying to cash out as much money out of Reddit as he can until people realize how overvalued the site really is.