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Reddit is telling protesting mods their communities ‘will not’ stay private
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this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2023
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I mean, sort of? They do technically own the servers and the code, but all of the content and moderation was provided by users. The idea that this should be a unilateral decision by the company is like saying that Fiverr and UpWork freelancers should not have a say in how those platforms are run. Strictly, narrowly, letter of the law as written, it's true. But it completely ignores where both the revenue and the value for those platforms actually comes from.
It's their decision...but arguably it shouldn't be. And that's also an important aspect of this conversation.