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Reddit power users balk at chance to participate in IPO as Wall Street debut nears (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 8 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] ericisshort@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Ha they sent me the same message, and while I was not booted as a mod, I led the protest effort in a few subs that I modded in and helped out over in Save3rdPartyApps. I didn’t delete my account, just went silent after resigning when other mods got cold feet as soon as it started to get real.

[–] Yaztromo@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago

Yeah, you may have seen some of my posts from the time on r/Save3rdPartyApps and/or r/ModCoord. I was one of the few pretty vocal that we had to hold the line, and that a simple two week blackout wasn’t going to be effective. I knew they’d either be forced to capitulate or kick me out as the head moderator or r/Canning — and wasn’t surprised after most of the other mods chickened out that they did just that.

I wasn’t about to chicken out — the worst they could do is remove from me the privilege of working for them for free. My entire personality and self-worth wasn’t tied to being a Reddit moderator.