Reddit's CEO is attacking Reddit moderators, calling them spoiled "landed gentry" who are messing up his service ...

... when in reality Reddit mods do over $3.4 million in free labor annually, as per a recent scholarly estimate

And that's a lowballed, conservative estimate

My essay on it here: https://clivethompson.medium.com/reddit-moderators-do-over-3-4-million-in-free-labor-every-year-d3571235c32c

A "friend" link in case you're not a Medium subscriber: https://clivethompson.medium.com/reddit-moderators-do-over-3-4-million-in-free-labor-every-year-d3571235c32c?sk=8526a9c3671885cce45a2bd3d1e36b82

@clive I've just read that Huffman is forcing subs to reopen, that was the final straw for me. I've just deleted my account. Sucks to leave after 5 years and have to leave like this, but I don't see any other option right now.

On the other hand, that's one user of a 3rd party app less, so that should help in getting the costs down, right?

@kamikater

alas, yes