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There is no moral high ground for Reddit as it seeks to capitalise on user data | John Naughton (www.theguardian.com)

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CEO Steve Huffman says tech giants should not be able to trawl Reddit’s huge store of data for free. But that information came from users, not the company

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

DING DING DING! Finally, someone chimes in with the correct answer. Content on Reddit is created by the users. Users provide it for free, and Paint Hufferman exploits it for profit. Users get nothing in return, not even control over their own subreddits.