Reddit says that 80% of the site's top subreddits are currently open; Reddark estimates that 4K+ subreddits are limiting access, down from almost 9K on June 12
Will Consider Letting Users Vote Out Moderators Tweets: Ben Goggin / @benjamingoggin : NEW: Reddit CEO slammed protest leaders in an interview, saying he plans to institute rule changes that would allow users to vote out mods He said mods currently are like “landed gentry,” and the current system isn't democratic. https://www.nbcnews.com/... @redditmoments_ : Reddit admins have apparently force opened r/funny a almost 50million user sub. You can make new posts but automod locks them as of now, so they may be organizing new mods. I'll post more info in the replies as I find them. [image] Rob DenBleyker / @robdenbleyker : the funniest part of the reddit blackout is that the mods are going on strike for a job they don't even get paid for. like, you're taking a break from doing unpaid work on behalf of millionaires. keep the subreddits closed forever, you've earned some time off my guys. @papapishu : It's become a meme that the Reddit CEO was a mod of r/jailbait, and people have pointed out you used to be able to just add people as mods as a joke, but that really overlooks being the CEO of a company that hosts r/jailbait for a really long time, like that's arguably worse. Mike Simonsen / @mikesimonsen : Subreddits need a land value tax. https://twitter.com/... Ana / @oceanbound : ProTip- when you are the CEO of a company that relies massively on free labor, maybe don't refer to those people doing the free labor as landed gentry 🤦🏻♀ ️ https://www.nbcnews.com/... Parker / @pt : Unprofitable company declares it will try to force out uppity volunteer moderation staff and has no ̶p̶l̶a̶n̶s̶ money to hire replacement. Bold strategy. https://twitter.com/... [image] @markets : Reddit says that most of the company's communities were operating as normal — four days after a protest shut down thousands of its online forums https://www.bloomberg.com/... Tom Namako / @tomnamako : Reddit CEO slams protesters, says he'll change site rules @David_Ingram https://www.nbcnews.com/... via @nbcnews Moule / @mouleofficial : Steve Huffman really asked Elon Musk to hold his beer... https://www.nbcnews.com/... Drew Olanoff / @yoda : never go full elon https://twitter.com/... Dorsey Shaw / @dorseyshaw : Yeah well users should be able to vote out executives https://twitter.com/... Jeremy Gordon / @jeremypgordon : Instigating a trench war against lifelong posters... do not see this going well https://twitter.com/... Cooper Lund / @cooperlund : Tech companies used to be run by people who were heralded as visionaries, now they're run by rich losers who are mad at the mods https://twitter.com/... Ace Bhattacharjya / @durjoy : Someone needs to tell the Reddit Board that they're killing the GOLDEN GOOSE! Feels like Digg all over again. https://www.theverge.com/... Noah Kulwin / @nkulw : Lol Reddit is only going to get more fun over the next two weeks https://twitter.com/... Ryan Jones / @rjonesy : Spez released his offensive. 🍿 “Never designed to support 3rd-party apps” https://www.theverge.com/... Threaten to remove Mods https://www.macrumors.com/... Slams protest leaders https://www.nbcnews.com/... Ian Boudreau / @iboudreau : It also wasn't designed to pay dividends to shareholders https://twitter.com/... Trevor McKendrick / @trevmckendrick : .@8Spez betting on the majority of Reddit's userbase being reasonable takes huge guts & is IMO a very good bet https://www.nbcnews.com/... David Ingram / @david_ingram : New from me: I interviewed Reddit CEO Steve Huffman today about the protest that has made much of the site inaccessible this week. https://www.nbcnews.com/... Bobby Allyn / @bobbyallyn : NEW: In his 1st interview since the boycott, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman tells NPR the protest has not changed the company's plan to start charging for data. Story from me + @NPRinskeep “I think it's time we grow up and behave like an adult company” https://www.npr.org/... Forums: Hacker News : Reddit CEO slams protesters, calls them “landed gentry” r/Destiny : Reddit CEO calls protest Mods ‘Landed Gentry’ holding subs hostage. Plans to weaken mods and allow users to vote them out. r/boston : Reddit CEO slams protesters, says he'll change site rules r/True_Kentucky : Reddit CEO slams protest leaders, saying he'll change rules that favor ‘landed gentry’ r/apple : Reddit says it won't force subreddits back open (but will it?) r/OakIslandDiscussion : Reddit might be going down the gurgler. How the heck do we continue our battle against the made up stories of Oak Island if reddit goes under? … r/Drama : Who art thou landed gentry :-) r/technology : Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: Reddit ‘was never designed to support third-party apps’ - The Verge r/TrueAnon : Reddit CEO slams protesters, says he'll change site rules. Huffman said in an interview that he plans to institute rules changes … r/news : Reddit CEO slams protest leaders, calls them ‘landed gentry’