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This is literally just the r/nyt subreddit about The New York Times.

Given he apparently takes inspiration from Elon Musk, it's only a matter of time until u/spez starts adding post view limits unless you pay extra.

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[–] mojo@lemm.ee 60 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Remember, corporations are never your friend. I remember when redditors thought spez was "one of them".

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of them... who was a mod on r/jailbait.

This is something that really needs to be brought up regularly.

[–] simplify@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are plenty of valid criticisms beyond character assassination. It is my understanding that any mod could add any user as a mod of their subreddit.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's easy to get corrupted by money and success. Has been shown a myriad of times in any stage of human history.

In the beginning, spez might have been "one of us", but he gradually shifted away from that while the goodwill of his community towards his persona was upheld.

[–] Dexx1s@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

while the goodwill of his community towards his persona was upheld.

He probably really was one of us. To be honest, most of Reddit had no idea who tf spez was before this. Anytime he did something terrible, it would be big then disappear in a week.

Then, since he was so removed from a redditor's in the day to day, all would be well and he'd be forgotten. The local mods and reddit admins were who everyone would direct their hate to.

[–] PlantbasedChe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Mortals defending profits for corporations over humans rights. What could go wrong?

[–] Dexx1s@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, they don't always start out as "corporations". He may have been one of them, till the glamour of profits came into the picture.

[–] mojo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

he never was. It was always a business. Do you remember they started the site with faking users? They were always a for-profit company. It's kinda cringe to think he ever was one.