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Reddit CEO seeks to end site protest by allowing users to vote out moderators (www.nbcnews.com)
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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.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 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.