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Reddit Ramps Up Its Threats To Protesting Mods, As Ad Buyers Leave (www.techdirt.com)

submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The landed gentry are only in charge until the king comes to town and chops off a few heads. At least that seems to be the case at Reddit, where CEO Steve Huffman pretended his complaints about current moderators — who were protesting his decision to effectively cut off API access to tons of useful…

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[–] DrGunjah@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I doubt spez cares about reddit. He cares about money. If he has to throw the site under a bus to make some more money he will gladly do it

[–] mriguy@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If investors have any memory at all though, they aren’t going to give him tons of money, because he triggered the Reddit collapse before he sold out.

[–] jecxjo@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago

The Online Ad Game is not a long one. It's about getting people to show up to your site when the ad is shown. No one is paying Reddit to grow brand recognition.

[–] Lenins2ndCat@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

IPOs are all pump and dumps. No exceptions.