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To actually answer: Huffman's argument is that mods are like business executives and users are like shareholders, and therefore the users should be able to vote
by DonaldPShimoda 3y ago
To actually answer: Huffman's argument is that mods are like business executives and users are like shareholders, and therefore the users should be able to vote out moderators who are not acting in the users' best interests. He said this while also implying that the blackout was only supported by moderators, not by the regular users, and that this means that Reddit administration is having to step in to save the users from the evil, sinister "inactive" moderators who enacted the protest.
Since Huffman thinks moderators should be able to be voted out by users because the users are the primary "shareholders" of Reddit, the parent comment to yours is asking (rhetorically) whether they will extend those policies to the CEO and other administrators.
- jackdh 3y agoWhich doesn't make sense as instead of voting people out they could just create a new subreddit. Unlike in real life landed gentry works due to limited space. Not so on the internet.
- DonaldPShimoda 3y agoYeah Huffman's whole argument is disingenuous from the start, which is to be expected from a guy desperately trying to convince people that his platform has profit potential even though just this week he stated that it is not profitable. Uphill battle, y'know?