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   Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺 (ned@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 08:28:48 JST Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺

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   • Clive Thompson

   @clive go on then, kick out all the mods. That'll be fun to watch.

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     Clive Thompson (clive@saturation.social)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 08:28:49 JST Clive Thompson

     Reddit's CEO is attacking Reddit moderators, calling them spoiled "landed gentry" who are messing up his service ...

     ... when in reality Reddit mods do over $3.4 million in free labor annually, as per a recent scholarly estimate

     And that's a lowballed, conservative estimate

     My essay on it here: https://clivethompson.medium.com/reddit-moderators-do-over-3-4-million-in-free-labor-every-year-d3571235c32c

     A "friend" link in case you're not a Medium subscriber: https://clivethompson.medium.com/reddit-moderators-do-over-3-4-million-in-free-labor-every-year-d3571235c32c?sk=8526a9c3671885cce45a2bd3d1e36b82