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It’s a website and communities not a finite resource. Stop blaming unpaid mods.

“Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is slamming protesters who have made large parts of the website inaccessible this week, comparing the unpaid volunteer moderators leading the blackout to wealthy land barons... Huffman compared the moderators to ‘landed gentry’ and said they were not being held accountable.”
#redditmigration

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/16/reddit-ceo-blackout-moderators-steve-huffman/

Reddit CEO compares moderators to aristocracy as blackout stretches on

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman slammed the unpaid volunteer moderators leading protests over Reddit's push to charge money to third-party apps.

The Washington Post

Comcast complains to FCC that listing all of its monthly fees is too hard

Comcast blasted for seeking "loopholes" in rule requiring disclosure of all fees.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/comcast-complains-to-fcc-that-listing-all-of-its-monthly-fees-is-too-hard/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Comcast complains to FCC that listing all of its monthly fees is too hard

Comcast blasted for seeking "loopholes" in rule requiring disclosure of all fees.

Ars Technica

Reddit got a lot right in the past, but when a platform turns its back on the community that supports it, it doesn’t end well.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/06/what-reddit-got-wrong

What Reddit Got Wrong

After weeks of burning through users’ goodwill, Reddit is facing a moderator strike and an exodus of its most important users. It’s the latest example of a social media site making a critical mistake: users aren’t there for the services, they’re there for the community. Building barriers to access...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Apollo’s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit — and why users revolted - https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759180/reddit-protest-private-apollo-christian-selig-subreddit
Apollo’s developer on Reddit’s new API changes, and why users revolted

Christian Selig, the developer of an iOS Reddit client called Apollo, is worried that third-party apps can’t survive — and has helped spark a huge protest on the platform.

The Verge