I’ve seen a lot of arguments that users are the folks who provide the value/ content of Reddit and so somehow Reddit must respond to their wishes.

And I like that idea, a great deal.

Although I have to note that users have given Reddit that content to use, for FREE, and continue to do so. They do this elsewhere too, including sites where they say don’t like the site administration, Twitter, etc…

So I’m not really sure how this plays out.