Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

Re:Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the... by ranger207 on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @04:39PM (#36316843)

I'm really not sure the big subs would suffer all that much. Many of them are already modded by a clique of mods and are large enough that there's not really any community to be had there anyway. It would be pretty terrible for the small communities that were reddit's most valuable part

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Re:Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the... by CryptoBanker on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @05:19PM (#36317529)

Replacing a few mods that moderate many large communities with paid mods is ripping the door wide open to lawsuits

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Re:Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the... by post-it on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @06:07PM (#36318255)

What damages would who experience?

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Re:Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the... by narism on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @09:16PM (#36320043)

Defamation for starters. See Neibich v. Reddit and Berger v. Reddit. So far section 230 has shielded them from much of these but the law has been targeted over the last couple years. So far the Supreme Court hasn’t addressed questions on the scope of section 230. I’m guessing the thinking goes if section 230 scope is narrowed and moderators are on the company payroll that could move them from a content provider (not liable) to more of a newspaper publishing articles (liable).

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