They're already talking about it like they're the indispensable people that cannot be let go of, just like how twitter died without all those actual employees.

Bro I agree with you but Imma point out you used the word "gaslit" in a non ironic fashion.

They have deluded themselves into believing they are the voice of the redditors. That if they are gone, the redditors will follow and as reddit dies they will emerge as the leaders of the new alternative.

At best it'll be the reddit version of reset era.

I mean they had the option to just nuke all their own subribbits with cp anytime they wanted.

Maybe that's just my 00s internet boomer talking where that was a standard way to frick with websites though.

Doesn’t this prove their subs are key to reddit though? They’re clearly providing some service if Reddit desperately needs to replace them

Reddit mods creating an eco chamber for the plebs and ban the rest. Reddit admins creating an eco chamber for the jannies so they do it for free and ban the rest.

>They must've gaslit themselves into believing that reddit would without their hard work.

They still believe this, while also believing that now they have to move on to spamming the site directly or attacking advertisers to break Reddit.

My fave is their whining about "muh rules you said muh rules" and this account is basically saying "B-word I am the rules."

This is the rule about life in general tbh. Nobody cares. People will happily lie to you, go back on promises, or run you over with a fricking truck to get what they want. If someone, especially in any sort of business, has the ability and incentive to frick you over, they will frick you over. If you don't have a signed contract of some sort, you have nothing.

These people don't know this because they've never had any kind of real job.

they will literally make the rule then ban the sub for breaking it before announcing the rule.

/r/rcsources and all the other drug buying subs got nuked that way after the founding mod from /r/rcsupply went to federal prison because he sold u-47700 (opiod, 3-4 times as strong as heroin) and a few "people" died

Huffman’s poor despite cofounding Reddit. He’s attempted to go public for YEARS but it has no ramp-ups to significant profitability.

He’s been failing at this for over a decade. I can’t imagine he has anything but contempt for the cute twinks he babysits while taking home a starting codecel’s salary despite a decade of experience.

Probably, yeah. But now the admins can start shutting down problematic accounts and still say they were patient and reasonable.

This has drama potential, as jannies will cannibalize eachother.

Mods have no idea how to deal with someone they cannot ban, much less someone who can ban them.

That’s because you touch grass

95% of people don’t give a shit, 1% are seething jannies, and 4% are just NPCs along for the outrage to fill the void.

Idk I love it all though.

Apollochad has been raking cash in hand-over-fist for years, paying nothing for the API, with a dozen well-paying offers sitting in his inbox now that he’s retiring this lucrative side project.

Meanwhile, Reddit went through its second round of layoffs in 5 months two weeks ago, Huffman is the poorest CEO in SF who has been trying to push Reddit public for YEARS now, and Reddit’s attempt to sterilize its community for advertisers and corporate sponsors has forced them to rely heavily on r-slurred NEETs to enforce a narrow band of consumer-friendly culture in every niche subreddit.

The only person posting Ws is whoever the frick the Apollo guy is as he laughs his way to the bank as the worst people online fling shit and cry at each other.

Yep, that and never disobey your masters (chadmins) I'd give my left nut to be in their groomercord watching them react

deleting all subreddits

You can't delete a subreddit.

If a subreddit's mods could actually trust each other (LOL), the solution would imo be malicious compliance/lying

One person volunteers to take over as top mod. They click buttons with less thought than usual. Admins say open up? Sure, it's open. Now, a couple of days later, it's restricted. Or a nasty thread is pinned. Change the automod scripts to introduce unhelpful mistakes. Literally whatever.

Stretch it out until Reddit demands a new top mod, give Reddit someone else, have them do the same thing.

Admittedly, this would require coordination, trust, and not actually being a mad power-hungry c*nt.