Reddit moderators protest with John Oliver posts, CEO refuses to negotiate
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Three major subreddits on Reddit, r/pics, r/gifs, and r/aww, have relaunched with only images of comedian John Oliver as a direct shot at Reddit's CEO amid the widespread protest against the company's new policy. The moderators of those subreddits held a vote and decided to post pics of John Oliver instead of going back to normal. The subreddits are now entirely filled with pics of Oliver, which is wonderfully hilarious.
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