Reddit Warns That a War With Moderators Is Bad for Business

Reddit listed a moderator revolt as one of the "risk factors" associated with its business in a filing Thursday ahead of its IPO.

Reddit admits more moderator protests could hurt its business

Reddit admits more moderator protests could hurt its business | Losing third-party tools "could harm our moderators' ability to review content..

Reddit admits more moderator protests could hurt its business

How do you differentiate between the good mods, making a sub better that's actually contributes to the subs vs bad mods who are power tripping ...

Reddit CEO calls unpaid moderators' concerns "Ass shart's" (noise)

Reddit CEO calls unpaid moderators' concerns "Ass shart's" (noise) - time to send a message he won't forget.

Reddit CEO defiant as moderator strike shutters thousands of forums

Reddit CEO defiant as moderator strike shutters thousands of forums: 'We made a business decision that we're not negotiating on' · Comments ...

Reddit's users and moderators are pissed at its CEO : r/technology

... bad as we thought, but equally scummy ... Reddit will reopen the closed subreddits and warn/remove/ban mods who engaged in the protest.

Why do so many mods think it is okay to just permanently ban ...

This comment embodies the exact issue people have with Reddit moderators. You create rules merely for appearances and ban users at will. This is ...

Reddit goes to war with its volunteer moderators

Reddit goes to war with its volunteer moderators · right, and the “going dark” protests prove a flash in the pan, the company's drive for ...

Reddit - Wikipedia

Reddit administrators moderate the communities. Moderation is also conducted by community-specific moderators, who are unpaid volunteers. It is operated by ...

Reddit followed Goodwill's playbook. Now Redditors are on strike.

Something fascinating is happening at Reddit: The social media site's moderators have essentially gone on strike. On Monday, they took ...

Reddit's S-1 - SEC.gov

Redditors who volunteer to be moderators of Reddit communities are an important part of our business' ecosystem. ... worse, may be bad actors against whom we need ...

Are mods really allowed to do whatever they want? - Reddit

No, Reddit does not really care how moderators treat users, for the most part, and it's really none of their business, by design. Reddit is a ...

Why Reddit's Redefinition of 'Vandalism' Is A Threat To Users, Not ...

As many of you have already heard, Reddit has announced that they are interpreting their Mod Code of Conduct to mean that moderators can be ...

The Punishing Ecstasy of Being a Reddit Moderator - WIRED

Banishing zombies and tracking down Russia propaganda—on the front lines with the social site's volunteer army ...

you can take over any subreddit if the creator/mods haven't h...

Some companies (like gaming companies) "sponsor" a subreddit and give out prizes and benefits in small contests and whatnot. Those subreddits employ moderators ...

Reddit mods banning and deleting posts they disagree with only ...

This is what Reddit has been found on. Initially mods started banning extreme cases of hate speech, but that definition has been watered down to ...

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is fighting a losing battle - Quartz

Steve Huffman, the co-founder and CEO of Reddit, is entering the second week of a flame war against his website's volunteer moderators.

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is fighting a losing battle against ... - Yahoo

Steve Huffman, the co-founder and CEO of Reddit, is entering the second week of a flame war against his website's volunteer moderators.

The Reddit Protest Is a Battle for the Soul of the Human Internet - VICE

The protest brings Reddit's business model and operating strategy into focus by highlighting the power of its moderators and the site's reliance on unpaid ...

Reddit may need to ramp up spending on content moderation ...

Reddit will need to spend heavily on content moderation as it may face greater scrutiny as a public company, analysts said, threatening its ...