▲ 179 ▼ Reddit CEO seeks to end site protest by allowing users to vote out moderators (www.nbcnews.com) submitted 3 years ago by cura@kbin.social to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social 70 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[–] BasicWhiteGirl@kbin.social 9 points 3 years ago (2 children) Somehow I just don't think I'd trust that voting system.... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] drp@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago* Are you suggesting that it could get corrupted, so as to favor a person or group of persons? But they'd still have their content, and isn't that what really matters there? permalink fedilink source parent [–] GxC@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago Totally agree. For a given sub, how many accounts map to individuals vs bots/fake accounts? For real accounts, how many of those actively engage with the sub? This is not a problem for 'controlled' user accounts. The legitimacy of any vote will be suspect...no way around that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] drp@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago* Are you suggesting that it could get corrupted, so as to favor a person or group of persons? But they'd still have their content, and isn't that what really matters there? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GxC@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago Totally agree. For a given sub, how many accounts map to individuals vs bots/fake accounts? For real accounts, how many of those actively engage with the sub? This is not a problem for 'controlled' user accounts. The legitimacy of any vote will be suspect...no way around that. permalink fedilink source parent