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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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[–] DreamySweet@exploding-heads.com 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Could larger subreddits use this to take over and delete smaller subreddits by voting in new mods who shut it down?

[–] Figaro@readit.buzz 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep. This feels like a potentially bad idea for exactly this reason

[–] DreamySweet@exploding-heads.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like a great way to get rid of "problematic" subreddits.

[–] btaf45@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Or make them more responsive to users.

[–] bailey@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

100% smaller subreddits will be a shit show.