That’s a recent quote from Reddit’s VP of community, Laura Nestler. Here’s more of it: This week, Reddit has been telling protesting moderators that if they keep their communities private, the company will take action against them. Any actions could happen as soon as this afternoon.
My theory is he’s heard Musk brag about how he’s made Twitter profitable, and only lost bots and scammers - the users and advertisers all came crawling back (without releasing numbers)
No way that’s true, but every owner of social media seems to have paid attention. They want to believe it - there’s growing pressure to turn a profit now, so when someone tells you “the users might get mad, but they’ll come crawling back if you stand firm” they pay attention
It’s pretty easy to convince someone of something so convenient
It seems like it’s a common blind spot for all tech bro types, they have no idea how communities work, both online and IRL. That’s also why they want to get rid of government.
All good points! Not sure how a well-entrenched company Reddit didn’t see thru Elon’s smoke and mirrors (and general dumbassery) and basically pull the same sh*t, but I suppose you start to become desperate when you’re about to IPO…
Have you seen spez? I wouldn’t be surprised if he worships Elon.
My fav comment so far is “He’s really giving ‘breastfed till he was 8.’”
Hasn’t Musk also laid off like 70-80% of Twitter staff?
Forget power users and mods. Shouldn’t Reddit worry about their admins jumping ship before it goes down? If Steve is copying Musk’s playbook, there’s no way he would skip that “crucial” step, so they might as well get out now.