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Reddit CEO slams protesters as "landed gentry," says he'll change site rules (www.nbcnews.com)

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Huffman said in an interview that he plans to institute rules changes that would allow Reddit users to vote out moderators who have overseen the protest, comparing them to a “landed gentry.”

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's not completely wrong in the powermod=landed gentry analogy. People have been (weakly) protesting and trying (not very successfully) to leave over the powermod situation for years, and it's true that the powermods aren't friends of ours.

But he seems to be suggesting that the protests are just the actions of the powermods, as if other users (and smaller mods) aren't also leaving. I think he's going to be disappointed when he discovers that the peasantry are also upset. They just don't have has his ear because he's so removed from them, so all he hears are the powermods.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The landed gentry were landlords, making money off of other people's domestic and business activities.

Spez is the landed gentry.