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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…

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I remember the day that Slashdot sold out.

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

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

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

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.

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

Exactly. It started feeling corporate.

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