Derek Powazek 🐐Jun 15, 2023
2023 really is the year of bad men finding out they can be bad enough to ruin their community sites permanently. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/reddit-protest-blackout-ceo-steve-huffman-moderators-rcna89544
Reddit CEO slams protesters, says he'll change moderator rules

Steve Huffman, the Reddit CEO, said in an interview that a user protest on the site this week does not have wide support and is led by a minority of moderators.

NBC News
Show threadRoss! at the LibraryJun 16, 2023

@fraying He really went to NPR to talk about how much money he wants to make off the content users give him. 🙄

"Reddit represents one of the largest datasets of just human beings talking about interesting things," Huffman said. "We are not in the business of giving that away for free." https://www.npr.org/2023/06/15/1182457366/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-its-time-we-grow-up-and-behave-like-an-adult-company

Show threadninavizz
@LibraryofBabble @fraying It's called "work," Steve; the datasets are of work done by those humans, for free. So—you think its your job to make money off that free labor? Go farm sugarcane.
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Show threadhugo royJun 16, 2023
@ninavizz @LibraryofBabble @fraying wow if that is not an indecent comment right there. (Not that this guy’s right - he’s plain wrong - but this has nothing to do with slavery imho)
Show threadninavizzJun 16, 2023
@hugo Land was stolen, communities dismantled, plantations built, and then either slave, indentured, or underpaid labor enlisted, for sugarcane around the world. That was the reference, not specific to slavery. VC modeled tech has evolved to have no ethics, and to exist w/o regard for extractive measures as a means to their end—which is greed. Hence, the reference. @LibraryofBabble @fraying