For funzies, and because the only *other* place I go on reddit is still closed

[conuly]

I popped by the mod sub to see what they were saying. Unsurprisingly, they have rather a lot of corporate shills. I say shills, I don't know if they're getting paid or if they're just that enthused about reddit corporate policies, but I sure hope it's the former because they're putting forth what has to be the most ridiculous argument I've seen in a while, namely, that reddit moderators have no moral right to go on strike or to engage in any other form of protest against reddit corporate decisions other than leaving the site, because they're not even paid employees.

Yeah, the site only operates because they give hours of their time and labor - many hours in the more active subs - but if they're not getting paid they shouldn't even have any opinions.

Those priorities are seriously screwed up. Like, whatever you think about this strike or third party APIs or whatever, labor is labor. (Note: I wouldn't be surprised to hear that unpaid volunteers cannot legally "go on strike" in the USA, however, the argument being put forth isn't a legal one but a moral one, therefore, that point is not valid.)

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[silveradept]

Sure, but it also seems to be a standard corporate belief that they are Not Like Other Companies and therefore what happened somewhere else won't happen to them, sometimes even saying that while it is happening to them.