[cm2012]

At this point I hope Reddit kicks out mods from all major subreddits still set to private and places their own people. I'm tired of drama from 3% of the Reddit population (or less) impacting the other 97% negatively.

I just don't think either side has the moral high ground. The mods like the convenience of 3rd party apps. I get it. It's not a real moral issue.

[cwkoss]

Reddit literally will not function without the gargantuan amount of mod labor they get for free.

[CapstanRoller]

Maybe they don't need to. Maybe Reddit realized they can make "dead Internet theory" a reality, for profit.

Why not embrace the "subreddit simulator" meme and simply make users argue with GPT-X, trained on previous Reddit posts? No moderation required — every user is corralled into a tiny bubble, perhaps consisting of a single real person, all while consuming ads.

[cwkoss]

I wish that hypothetical was something that could be criminally prosecuted.

[skeaker]

Regardless of your thoughts on the actual changes made, I think most would agree that Reddit is distinctly in the wrong thanks to the bald-faced lies that the CEO has tried to use to pin the blame for his decisions on innocent parties. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36245435