The landed gentry are only in charge until the king comes to town and chops off a few heads. At least that seems to be the case at Reddit, where CEO Steve Huffman pretended his complaints about cur…

The landed gentry are only in charge until the king comes to town and chops off a few heads. At least that seems to be the case at Reddit, where CEO Steve Huffman pretended his complaints about current moderators — who were protesting his decision to effectively cut off API access to tons of useful…

  • shadmereEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I rarely go to slashdot anymore, but still do occasionally. What did they do?

    • OrbitrixEnglish
      61·
      2 years ago

      They were independent then they weren’t. I don’t recall any deeply controversial scandal beyond that. But the content and vibe was never the same after they “sold out”. They are a shell of their former self… they used to be “the thing”. Now they’re just something some people know about.

      • eoshaEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Exactly. It started feeling corporate.