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Nat is being really smart here. It should not backfire unless he acts pedantic or insults Redditors intelligence. I think that both are unlikely. Maybe Nat is
by kartan 8y ago
Nat is being really smart here. It should not backfire unless he acts pedantic or insults Redditors intelligence. I think that both are unlikely.
Maybe Nat is trying to counteract any PR damage to GitHub, or maybe he just wants to see how much can skyrocket his account's karma. If I was in his situation I will be happy doing it for both reasons.
- baby 8y agoHe’s probably too busy to care about internet points.
- dymk 8y agoAre you suggesting that Reddit, or HN, have had an intelligent discussion about the GH acquisition at any point this week?
- andrei_says_ 8y agoMaybe he also wants to connect with the user base and answer questions on a moderated popular platform. He may even be interested in taking the pulse of some of the community and learning from interesting questions. I know I would.
- mikece 8y agoHow long is it going to take Redditors / HN readers / open source advocates to realize that Nat is one of them and that being an employee of Microsoft or Microsoft's designee to lead GitHub doesn't diminish this?
- IncRnd 8y agoFrom now until the end of the year is his job interview. Microsoft wins either way. If Nat doesn't gain developer and corporate traction, Microsoft replaces him in a smash move of hiring a well-liked CEO. However, if he is lauded by developers, then he stays as CEO.
- squarefoot 8y agoSorry but this is the corporate world. When an employee of a company speaks about an asset of that company, he represents the company views, not his ones.
- asdsa5325 8y ago> insults Redditors intelligence What intelligence?
- codinghorror 8y agoI can't imagine a world where anyone would care about their Reddit account karma. I periodically destroy any Reddit account I have to use as a matter of online hygiene. (and yes, I destroyed the account I did an AMA on a while back as well.)
- skinnymuch 8y agoCome on. You have to know some people care about their karma. Reddit being one of the biggest sites in the world makes that fraction of people quite a large number.
- codinghorror 8y agoI wouldn't say I care about it on HN but it is a site topic (programming) that is relevant to my career, so it aligns with my interests. Reddit is just.. irrelevant.. to basically everything. It's fine for entertainment at best.
- earenndil 8y agoPlenty of people care about karma -- if they didn't, then reddit would have removed it. Unrelated, but I really like your blog[1]! It's one of the few I read. 1: https://blog.codinghorror.com/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/ (for the people that don't know it).