Reddit responded by locking some of them out of their accounts.
as a form of protest — changed its classification to NSFW. But fortunately, we have yet to see any Oliver-related porn on the subreddit., in which he likened the platform's mods to "landed gentry" that deserve to have their unpaid seats put up for a vote.
"Like many other protesting subreddits, we have received thinly-veiled threats from the admins who were unable to convince anyone in the team to take over the sub and demod the others," theInterestingly enough, other reopened subreddits that haven't been demarcated as NSFW have also, asnotes, loosened their rules to the point that people are posting porn on subs like r/iOS and r/simpsonsshitposting.
While some of the moderators behind the protest have already been reinstated as of Wednesday morning, the damage has clearly been done. Reddit's API change debacle clearly isn't going away as fast as its CEO would like, and this latest stand by the moderators is a great reminder to Huffman that the unpaid people who actually make Reddit a worthwhile place to be won't go gentle into that good night.
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