Reddit Ramps Up Its Threats To Protesting Mods, As Ad Buyers Leave

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Reddit Ramps Up Its Threats To Protesting Mods, As Ad Buyers Leave
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The landed gentry are only in charge until the king comes to town and chops off a few heads. At least that seems to be the case at Reddit, where CEO Steve Huffman pretended his complaints about current moderators — who were protesting his decision to effectively cut off API access to tons of useful…

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Hey, I loved watching people nerd out on their flashlights! Actually, I was there to get insight on how they were building their own awesome lights, and trying to understand what the difference between lights was.

Exactly, that is a useful resource. It came to mind because I used it to figure out what was worth it when I needed to buy a new one. A flashlight company pretending to be part of it makes it less useful.

IIRC the vendors were obligated to identify themselves. Some of the vendors were just people making hardware mods, too.