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Reddit CEO Huffman threatens to remove mod teams
- brodouevencode 3y agoIt is nice to just sit back and watch all of this unfold. Reddit has long had a moderation problem[1], a freedom of speech problem[2], and a misinformation problem[3]. All three facets are at constant odds with each other and reddit's promise all along has been to appease all three with no sort of or minimal intervention. That will not work. (see: twitter) It's impossible to apply all three evenly without some level of bias. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23173018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23173018 [2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/11/23/fearing-yet-another-witch-hunt-reddit-bans-pizzagate/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/11... [3] https://www.npr.org/2019/12/08/786039738/managing-misinformation-on-reddit https://www.npr.org/2019/12/08/786039738/managing-misinforma...