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Reddit CEO Defends His Absurdly High Pay While Not Paying Mods (futurism.com)

submitted 7 months ago by catculation@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] capital@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

What's the origin of the pedo accusation?

Edit: Is pedophile on the list of words we're gonna make meaningless now?

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 18 points 7 months ago (3 children)

He was the moderator of a sub called "jailbait" for a long time. What's less clear is if that was something he did on purpose or if someone else assigned him as a mod as a prank assuming he wouldn't notice

[–] harmsy@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I always wondered why a subreddit like that was allowed to exist in the first place. I guess I have my answer now.

[–] nutt_goblin@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

As I remember it, reddit got its start when "internet culture" was pretty heavily downstream of 4chan/somethingawful/ytmnd. And pedo-type behaviour was pretty normalized in those spaces.

[–] irreticent@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

When someone invites you to become a moderator you have to click a couple times to accept. It was no accident.

[–] zalgo@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not exactly. In the olden days of reddit no confirmation on your part was necessary.

[–] irreticent@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks!

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months ago

That wasn't how it worked at first. Back when I first joined Reddit you could be made moderator of a sub by another user without confirmation

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 7 months ago

He could have removed himself.

[–] FontMasterFlex@lemmy.world -3 points 7 months ago

Pedophile, Racist, Nazi, Fascist, The list grows daily

[–] retrieval4558@mander.xyz -4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The right is already working hard on that

[–] capital@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I vote not helping in the effort.