@mvario @mmasnick @techdirt Some excellent points - in typical corporate fashion Reddit handled this badly and could have done it differently.

But I feel a sense of entitlement from both sides, with each being ungenerous. 

We can’t know Huffman’s heart, but I think he really is just just saying that as a business, they can't afford to give away free server time and bandwidth so others can profit from it.

I don't think he's saying, “Thanks for all the free content, suckers - yoink!”

@mvario @mmasnick @techdirt I don’t know how many times people have to relearn the lesson “you are the product”. Companies don’t give you free things online so they can be free forever, or because they love the community you're going to build. Use their services at your own risk.

Of course the moderator stuff is nonsense - anyone starting a sub should be able to moderate it however they want. Despite what he says, Reddit isn’t a democracy - it’s a website.