Reddit is removing moderators that protest by taking their communities private
Smelled this one coming miles away.<p>Next, they&#x27;ll hand over fan-built communities to the entities that own the IPs they&#x27;re dedicated to. Eg. r&#x2F;starwars to Disney, r&#x2F;startrek to Viacom&#x2F;Paramount, etc.<p>Then, old.reddit.com will stop working spontaneously, just like how they toyed with killing mobile browser access to force users to download the app, which they probably will eventually. That&#x27;s going to be the final push for a lot more users. The academics, for certain.<p>Give it a few months, it&#x27;ll be like FaceBook, Twitter, Tumblr. Ad and bot ridden ghost town, devoid of all creativity - nay, devoid of actual information at all. Just a sinking ship with people still getting off.<p>Aaron Swartz is rolling in his grave.