Even the CBC is making an article about it! 😅

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    And yet I read something about them taking over one of the popular subs (adviceanimals or something) and removing all the mods and making it public again…

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      The mods knew this was a risk going in. If anything, it just shows that reddit doesn’t care about its users. They’re ostracizing a large portion of their mods. If there is no one to moderate their site, they’re going to realize why they needed their users very quickly.

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      What happened was the top mod, who had been inactive for a while, came online and overrode the other mod’s decision to stay open. This caused a moderator dispute, which caused the admins to step in, and they decided to remove the top mod and reopen the sub.

      https://lemmy.intai.tech/comment/31833

      (And if Reddit was maliciously forcing subs open, why would they choose r/AdviceAnimals?)

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        If the CEO got caught editing comments and posts, how do I know he didn’t just pretend to be a defunct mod lol

        Probably because it’s one of their front page subs? My guess at least. Maybe the CEOs favorite 🤣