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I remember when Tracy Chou did an AMA on Reddit and it devolved into such vitriol that it effectively became an advert for her own app.

by neom 6y ago

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Zak 6y ago
I just took a look at her AMA and I think some of her complaints about reddit are mistaken. Of course the complaint that some people were being nasty and reddit would benefit from a reduction of such behavior is valid. She complains about insufficient positive engagement, but she erred in using a different account to reply to questions than the toplevel post. This makes an AMA post harder to navigate because comments from the OP are highlighted in most ways people view reddit, and many clients have an AMA mode with additional UI based around the assumption that the post and answers will use the same account. She complains that her comments were downvoted into oblivion. I don't know if many of them had negative scores briefly, but the only ones that do now are complaints about downvotes and a comment containing a personal attack. The currently-downvoted comments are not a positive contribution to the discussion. Finally, she didn't respond to what is now the highest-scoring question regarding her product collecting and storing data it doesn't obviously need, such as user location. If I was considering using this product, I'd like to know why it collects and stores my location.
- a1369209993 6y ago
  > using a different account to reply to questions than the toplevel post > her comments were downvoted into oblivion Haven't investigated this specific AMA, but in general, any reply to a AMA, by a account other than the one that posted the AMA, pretending to be the account that posted the AMA, should in fact be downvoted into oblivion.
  - Zak 6y ago
    The toplevel post was edited to make it clear what account would be replying, but it still breaks the UI. I have the impression a third-party tool was involved in scheduling the post.
    - a1369209993 6y ago
      > The toplevel post was edited to make it clear what account would be replying > > pretending to be the account that []posted[] the AMA [emphasis added]
yowlingcat 6y ago
> it effectively became an advert for her own app. It does not read that way to me. Take a look at that thread -- if you were someone who asked a question in good faith only to get a flippant response by someone who doesn't respect the rules of the space, what do you think it tells you about that person? I can't imagine that earned her any political capital.
- jessaustin 6y ago
  There may not be a great deal of overlap between Redditors and her target users.
gnicholas 6y ago
> that it effectively became an advert for her own app. From the title of the AMA, it was intended as an advert from the start. > I made Silicon Valley publish its diversity data (which sucked, obviously), got micro-famous for it, then got so much online harassment that I started a whole company to try to fix it. I'm Tracy Chou, founder and CEO of Block Party. AMA https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/icqpsm/i_made_silicon_valley_publish_its_diversity_data/ https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/icqpsm/i_made_silicon...

I remember when Tracy Chou did an AMA on Reddit and it devolved into such vitriol that it effectively became an advert for her own app.

by neom 6y ago

I remember when Tracy Chou did an AMA on Reddit and it devolved into such vitriol that it effectively became an advert for her own app.

deleted 6y ago

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Zak 6y ago

I just took a look at her AMA and I think some of her complaints about reddit are mistaken. Of course the complaint that some people were being nasty and reddit would benefit from a reduction of such behavior is valid. She complains about insufficient positive engagement, but she erred in using a different account to reply to questions than the toplevel post. This makes an AMA post harder to navigate because comments from the OP are highlighted in most ways people view reddit, and many clients have an AMA mode with additional UI based around the assumption that the post and answers will use the same account. She complains that her comments were downvoted into oblivion. I don't know if many of them had negative scores briefly, but the only ones that do now are complaints about downvotes and a comment containing a personal attack. The currently-downvoted comments are not a positive contribution to the discussion. Finally, she didn't respond to what is now the highest-scoring question regarding her product collecting and storing data it doesn't obviously need, such as user location. If I was considering using this product, I'd like to know why it collects and stores my location.

a1369209993 6y ago
> using a different account to reply to questions than the toplevel post > her comments were downvoted into oblivion Haven't investigated this specific AMA, but in general, any reply to a AMA, by a account other than the one that posted the AMA, pretending to be the account that posted the AMA, should in fact be downvoted into oblivion.
- Zak 6y ago
  The toplevel post was edited to make it clear what account would be replying, but it still breaks the UI. I have the impression a third-party tool was involved in scheduling the post.
  - a1369209993 6y ago
    > The toplevel post was edited to make it clear what account would be replying > > pretending to be the account that []posted[] the AMA [emphasis added]

yowlingcat 6y ago

> it effectively became an advert for her own app. It does not read that way to me. Take a look at that thread -- if you were someone who asked a question in good faith only to get a flippant response by someone who doesn't respect the rules of the space, what do you think it tells you about that person? I can't imagine that earned her any political capital.

jessaustin 6y ago
There may not be a great deal of overlap between Redditors and her target users.

gnicholas 6y ago

> that it effectively became an advert for her own app. From the title of the AMA, it was intended as an advert from the start. > I made Silicon Valley publish its diversity data (which sucked, obviously), got micro-famous for it, then got so much online harassment that I started a whole company to try to fix it. I'm Tracy Chou, founder and CEO of Block Party. AMA https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/icqpsm/i_made_silicon_valley_publish_its_diversity_data/ https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/icqpsm/i_made_silicon...