• Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      I know that’s a funny bit of trivia to bring up, but the actual reason that was the case is because once upon a time the mod of a Subreddit could add other users as mods without needing them to accept. Someone added his account as a mod and the dude likely didn’t even notice. He probably has some assistant running his account.

      Reddit has turned into a dumpster fire, and that dude is like all the other greedy billionaires, but I don’t think it’s necessary to perpetuate false facts.

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        22 hours ago

        There’s no way he did not know about the /r/jailbait sub, and he and reddit at large, allowed it for a long time

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          4 hours ago

          There was a lot of dodgy stuff on Reddit. Whether or he personally knew about all of it is one thing, but Reddit as a company allowed it up until it became fiscally advantageous to remove it. It was never about censorship vs free speech like the end users always argue about.