That’s a private sub, but boy I’d love to see that bloodbath of a comment section after Christian released the call recordings.

It is always remarkable to see what an absolute bankruptcy of ethics some corporate leaders are burdened with, and a relief to see the consequences hit them in the face.

From the linked post:

> We are open to postponing the API timeline to launch mod tooling, if mods agree to keep their subreddits open. We will discuss this in the Council and Partner call tomorrow

Is that a threat, lol?

Even funnier to me, there's a not even thinly veiled threat right below it.

>Blackout

> We respect your right to protest – that’s part of democracy.

>This situation is a bit different, with some mods leading the charge, some users pressuring mods. We’re trying to work through all of the unique situations.

>Big picture: We are tolerant, but also a duty to keep Reddit online.

>If people want to do this out of anger, we want to make sure they’re mad for accurate reasons, not over things that are untrue. That’s a loss for everyone.

AKA: If you protest we will remove you from the mod team for that sub, and force the sub back to public.

Not the first time they are doing it, from what I know. There was some AMA controversy that led to a similar blackout and mod replacements.

Yeah, IIRC r/pics (a "default sub" back when that was still a concept) tried to do a blackout but came back on with similar accusations that the admins intervened.

Mods quitting en mass can destroy the whole website in days.

> We will exempt any mod tool or bot affected by the API change.

What's the definition of a mod tool?

If a mod uses Apollo to keep up with the posts on their subreddit, is Apollo going to be exempt?

Should Apollo pivot, add more moderation features and rebrand itself as a mod tool?

>It’s an extraordinary amount of data, and these are for-profit businesses built on our data for free.

No spez you utter cunt. The data is not yours. It's my posts on your website. Your own fucking terms say I grant you a right to copy it, not that it's fucking yours.

I rarely appreciate profanity on HN but in this case I appreciate the candid language. The politeness of the corporate speak BS on the other hand is devastating.