[commandlinefan]

> a failed attempt to re-open all closed subreddits and instate their own moderators

My first thought this morning was "if I was reddit, I would re-open all closed subreddits and instate my own moderators"... I'm kind of surprised they didn't. I'd have to imagine that if they wanted to, the attempt wouldn't fail - this seems like it could be done almost trivially.

[Sebb767]

They'd just replace their unpaid workers by paid ones and annoy the userbase even more in the process. Doesn't sound like a great plan.

[humansubjects]

I think you are underestimating the amount of unpaid labor that keeps reddit functioning