It’s obvious that Reddit as a company has no respect for its users and less than that for the mods. It’s a thankless, difficult job that isn’t even a paid position. I think a lot of us have probably quit real jobs for less bs than Reddit has pulled.
So why stay? Why bother with protests and such when the company has made it clear they don’t value your work or your opinions? Why not just pull out en masse and let the place burn to the ground?
Power hungry. Having power over others is as important as blood in their veins, and oxygen to their lungs.
Last year, u/carrotcypher, a power mod of multiple privacy subreddits, spoke the quiet bits out loud. I archived it. (Just Ctrl+F his name on webpage if needed.) http://web.archive.org/web/20220501175544/https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/thikeo/lets_use_lemmy_instead_of_reddit_centralization/i18h6ai/
This month, carrotcypher and fellow r/opensource moderators refused to protest and sided with Reddit admins. You can look at their comments. https://web.archive.org/web/20230608164944/old.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/1425luc/reddits_thirdparty_app_api_changes_and_ropensource/
carrotcypher opened his trashcan mouth again few days ago, calling the protestors “too collectivist and noisy atm”. https://old.reddit.com/r/gdpr/comments/14763xl/rgdpr_will_be_unavailable_starting_june_12th_due/jnu4rno?context=3
These are the crabs of the society. Whackamole and leave them behind, if they try to pull you down.