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522: Reddit Goes Dark

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The Distinction Between Reddit's Free Labor and the Moochers

Reddit is in a really weird position because they've got sort of these category developers who have built a business off of Reddit's API feed. But Reddit itself has really scaled its business from free labor from the community moderators that actually moderate at a scale that is possible. And I just find this to be really fascinating dichotomy because Reddit is kind of upset that developers are freeloading. Meanwhile, Red has been freeloading off of their moderators since its existence.

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