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“distinct communities require distinct leaders. A situation where someone moderates an unlimited number of massive communities is not that.”
— Steve Huffman, Reddit co-founder and CEO2025-12-03
- Speaker
- Steve Huffman
- Role
- Reddit co-founder and CEO
- Date
- 2025-12-03
- Type
- exec
Context
Announced December 3, 2025, unveiling a new rule capping how many large subreddits (over 100,000 weekly visitors) one person may moderate at five — directly targeting 'powermods' after the r/Art meltdown.