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Reddit CEO slams protesters, says he'll change site rules (www.nbcnews.com)

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[-] DarthRedLeader@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago

So part of the issue with this "democracy" idea and making it easier to vote out mods is that Huffman has literally been found guilty of changing comments.

That, along with the fact that we can't trust reddit to not chime in with false accounts to swing the vote make me dubious that it would work.

[-] gmmxle@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

I'll start believing in Reddit's commitment to direct democracy when users will be able to also vote out admins and u/spez if they don't like their decisions.

Until then, it's just corporatism under the guise of some fluffy words.

[-] SterlingVapor@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

It's like when you let kids vote on what to do for the school faire.

Not only will the teacher and school change the result if they don't like the winning suggestion, you also can't vote to do nothing or protest the event

It's just a way to give you the illusion of autonomy to boost engagement. It's only a choice between the decisions they find (more or less) equally acceptable