I have to say, well written article (too bad they only mentioned Beehaw and not Lemmin). Reddit cannot exist without user content and more importantly the moderators who do a hard job for free.

Without moderators, subreddits simply become a free for all, the far west.

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Huffman has said, "We are not in the business of giving that [Reddit's content] away for free." That stance makes sense. But it also ignores the reality that all of Reddit's content has been given to it for free by its millions of users. Further, it leaves aside the fact that the content has been orchestrated by its thousands of volunteer moderators.

touché

 

Can Reddit survive as its volunteer workforce close down subreddits and walk away from the site in protest at the management's new policies?

 

Can Reddit survive as its volunteer workforce close down subreddits and walk away from the site in protest at the management's new policies?

 

Can Reddit survive as its volunteer workforce close down subreddits and walk away from the site in protest at the management's new policies?