[Ars Technica] No apologies as Reddit halfheartedly tries to repair ties with moderators - eviltoast

This article covers mostly the recent events, where Reddit tries to gaslight the mods into a “we need to talk”. As well as r/place opening.

I’m posting this here as it documents that the media already took notice of the hostility towards Reddit and Reddit Inc., including in r/place, even if the admins are trying to control the damage in it by screwing with the message.

  • StarServal@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    It comes as no surprise that notorious comment editor Spez, famous for editing his detractors’ comments, is trying to control the message.

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      1 year ago

      So you’re saying that face-eating leopards are *gasp* eating faces?

      I fully agree with you. And if we dig deeper, Reddit was founded this way - by manipulating users. Why would people expect anything else than manipulation from that place?