Can Reddit survive as its volunteer workforce close down subreddits and walk away from the site in protest at the management's new policies?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/484105

Huffman has said, “We are not in the business of giving that [Reddit’s content] away for free.” That stance makes sense. But it also ignores the reality that all of Reddit’s content has been given to it for free by its millions of users. Further, it leaves aside the fact that the content has been orchestrated by its thousands of volunteer moderators.

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