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“Reddit cannot survive without its moderators. It cannot.” - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

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That’s a recent quote from Reddit’s VP of community, Laura Nestler. Here’s more of it: This week, Reddit has been telling protesting moderators that if they keep their communities private, the company will take action against them. Any actions could happen as soon as this afternoon.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

WSB was never the same after the $GME debacle.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty sure that was also the catylst for the death of Reddit too. It became the new Facebook after everyone heard of it because of the news coverage

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're onto something here

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It was just another wave in eternal september imo, a big one but just another bit of notoriety for the website

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Pretty much, between COVID and GME, the sub 10x'd its users within a year and became a pool of the same handful of low tier memes that are cycled through every week.