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‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit (www.theguardian.com)
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‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit::A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever

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[–] Wrench@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As much as it's distasteful, forums need admins. The bots and nazis habitually take over anywhere that doesn't moderate.

[–] bmsok@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's necessary. I agree. Admins exist for a reason and serve a purpose. But when you get into a "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" debate it becomes a topic that needs to be addressed. I don't have enough expertise to give an answer to such an existential question so I'll have to leave it to anyone else to hash it out from here.