Steve Huffman co-created Reddit. Is he trying to quash what's made it so special?
Huffman dismissed the mod protesters with similar language to how he referred to the mobs that came for Ellen Pao (“a toxic minority”). Huffman’s scramble to increase revenue underlines something he’s previously admitted to—that he isn’t really sure how to run Reddit like a business, and he’s adjusting his leadership style to try to get there
Steve hitched a ride up a mountain, got off at the top, watched the bus drive away, convinced he’s conquering all the fops, too dumb for the bus; froze to death at the stop.
Reddit CEO and co-founder Steve Huffman, 33, is one of many wealthy names who have begun to invest in private bunkers.
“I own a couple of motorcycles. I have a bunch of guns and ammo. Food. I figure that, with that, I can hole up in my house for some amount of time,” Huffman continued.
Even Slate can’t get the framing right. It’s not that Reddit wants to charge for API access, it’s they set an absurdly high rate that signals the intent is to kill those 3rd party apps. And Ellen Pao didn’t have a disastrous tenure. It is that she was setup to fail. She was given marching orders to do what Huffman and other Reddit execs were too frightened to do. When the backlash from the hate users came, Huffman and Reddit threw her under the bus rather than say, “we’re cleaning up for an IPO and this needs to be done.” Spez then walked in saying, “look at me! I’m your savior!” The idiots on Reddit didn’t realize they’d been duped. Remember, Spez never reversed any of Pao’s policy decisions.
The Reddit admins, and Huffman in particular, have a problem telling the truth. That’s the core of the issue.
What spez wants is to be a notorious billionaire, respected for making reddit a profitable social media company. What he is, and what he probably always will be, is a shitty leader who doesn’t actually have a lot of business sense making decisions using emotion and ego and alienating a chunk of the user population.
Hard to say if he will suffer any real consequences for this, but at least in some important circles he’s lost a lot of clout.
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Good luck moderating reddit all by yourself, Steve.
scumbag spez
Steve hitched a ride up a mountain, got off at the top, watched the bus drive away, convinced he’s conquering all the fops, too dumb for the bus; froze to death at the stop.
Wonder how he’s gonna feel when he’s the only one left.
First thing I thought of: https://youtu.be/UAxARJyaTEA
https://youtu.be/hgKWNcs_20g
Billionaires are prepping Doomsday bunkers
Even Slate can’t get the framing right. It’s not that Reddit wants to charge for API access, it’s they set an absurdly high rate that signals the intent is to kill those 3rd party apps. And Ellen Pao didn’t have a disastrous tenure. It is that she was setup to fail. She was given marching orders to do what Huffman and other Reddit execs were too frightened to do. When the backlash from the hate users came, Huffman and Reddit threw her under the bus rather than say, “we’re cleaning up for an IPO and this needs to be done.” Spez then walked in saying, “look at me! I’m your savior!” The idiots on Reddit didn’t realize they’d been duped. Remember, Spez never reversed any of Pao’s policy decisions.
The Reddit admins, and Huffman in particular, have a problem telling the truth. That’s the core of the issue.
Kinda sucks they dropped the ball on that specific point because much of the article is great.
Seems like the only option for them is to start paying mods if they want these “communities” to play the way they want.
What spez wants is to be a notorious billionaire, respected for making reddit a profitable social media company. What he is, and what he probably always will be, is a shitty leader who doesn’t actually have a lot of business sense making decisions using emotion and ego and alienating a chunk of the user population.
Hard to say if he will suffer any real consequences for this, but at least in some important circles he’s lost a lot of clout.
Damn, somehow I had missed him praising Elon. That alone is enough for me.
This guy is absolute cringe