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“After making a shit ton of money, raising way more money then we needed to, and ultimately handing the future of the platform to soulless investors, I’ve decid
by tmpz22 6y ago
“After making a shit ton of money, raising way more money then we needed to, and ultimately handing the future of the platform to soulless investors, I’ve decided to leave to better support people oppressed by police brutality” seems like a more honest statement to me but I guess it doesn’t read as well.
Edit: Snark aside, his actions and financial commitments to various organizations (as well as some of his future earnings) are commendable. If more founders and executives took these actions the world would be a better place. There's always more that can be done, but that shouldn't stop us from committing smaller actions as well.
- hckr_news 6y agoYou have a point but it doesn’t make anything he said any less true.
- tmpz22 6y agoAgreed, and I added a small edit to my original comment to reflect t hat.
- koheripbal 6y agoI think the bottom line is that he could never really make Reddit work as a site for useful conversations, NOR as successful social media company. I think this November is going to illustrate just how much of an echo chamber it is, and it will go the way of so many other failed sites before it.
- fullshark 6y agoIt really does seem like the run up to this November is going to do lasting damage to a lot of social media platforms. Friends are gonna turn on friends on some platforms, and on others people are going to lather themselves into blind uncontrollable rage. Beyond not being healthy I don't see users being happy with spending their time doing this. The addictive rush of having your biases confirmed can only provide so much joy.