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Re:7245/7806 subreddits that pledged to go private are curre... by phpisthebest on Monday June 12, 2023 @01:08PM (#36297004)
as the mods of Ask Historians have explained, and I have seen in the subreddits that I visits. Finding unpaid labor is much harder then finding paid labor, and many companies can not find paid labor right now....

Most of the subreddits were already having moderator staffing issues and were very much understaffed with no one wanting to do it...

Couple that with the shit show moderating the site will be with only official tools and I think this idea that the admins can just boot all the mods and snap their fingers with all news mods is a bit fantastical

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Re:7245/7806 subreddits that pledged to go private are curre... by jandrese on Monday June 12, 2023 @01:12PM (#36297086)
As long as the IPO investors don't know that it is all good.
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Re:7245/7806 subreddits that pledged to go private are curre... by TheNewsIsHere on Monday June 12, 2023 @03:58PM (#36300046)
There’s been very poorly detailed/researched press coverage even in tech circles about this.

I do worry about the quality of credible press coverage around this. The issues are much deeper than charging for the API. Many prudent points are missed even in the “I was there when it happened” explainers.

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