Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said he wants to end user-led protest by instituting a rule that would allow users to vote out moderators who have overseen the protest. NBC News' David Ingram shares the latest.

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said he wants to end user-led protest by instituting a rule that would allow users to vote out moderators who have overseen the protest. NBC News’ David Ingram shares the latest.

  • chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org
    8·
    1 year ago

    Ok. Vote out the moderators and then what? Obviously the community can’t go unmoderated, so where does the power go?

    There’s only two ways this goes:

    • Voting out moderators turns into voting for moderators. Turning moderation into public office turns moderators into politicians.
    • Voting out moderators turns into surrendering control to Reddit admins. Small subreddits will be ignored and turned into unmoderated ditches while big subreddits will be converted into puppets.