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

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.

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  • ghariksforge@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I don’t think the loss of moderators will be a huge problem. I suspect mods actually drove people away from Reddit rather than retaining them.

    What is an existential threat for Reddit is the emergence of competing platforms.

    • j0s3f@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Have you ever visited an unmoderated sub? Without moderators, reddit would turn to shit instantly.