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vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Mods react as Reddit kicks some of them out again: “This will break the site”

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Mods react as Reddit kicks some of them out again: “This will break the site”

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vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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1 percent of active mods will be affected, Reddit says.
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    Given Reddit’s past unreasonableness, I wouldn’t be surprised if this otherwise reasonable explanation has an alternative motive.

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      *ulterior

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        Thanks, I wanted to say that but I couldn’t figure out how to spell it.

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          That’s what I guessed. Alternative is a fine alternative word though.

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        *exterior

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      The motive is these mods hold a decent amount of power on the platform that they wish to reduce. They don’t want a repeat of the API protests.

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        Now /u/spez will have all the power

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