BotDefense is leaving Reddit

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Reddit mods fear spam overload as BotDefense leaves “antagonistic” Reddit
arstechnica.com

Title says it all. If you think Reddit's been trending down lately, just wait.

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Did spez create reddit or did they just hire him?

He's one of the founders of Reddit. The other two being Aaron Swartz and Alexis Ohanian.

Are Swartz and Ohanian still around? Are they all trying to cash in?

I can understand wanting to get retirement money out of your long-term project, but we're not obliged to stick around and assist in the degradation of a once-great platform.