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The opposite. You're witnessing a ship that was sinking that's about to become buoyant.

by memish 4y ago

7e 4y ago
Elon is is full of hot air, yes, but not _that_ much hot air. Reddit will implement Twitter-like feeds and hashtags and eat their lunch. Twitter content creators hate Elon.
- nxm 4y ago
  Speak for yourself
- dendrite9 4y ago
  I have a very hard time believing Reddit can/will do it better.
  - filoleg 4y ago
    Yeah. Not just that, but for the past 2-3 years, I felt like I've been watching reddit disintegrate in real time, at an accelerating rate. Their IPO has been "just around the corner" for the past 3 years or so. And with more time passing, the more improbable it seems to ever happen. At first, it seemed like the IPO timeline couldve been affected by COVID. But at this point, I don't think reddit will ever IPO. And if it does, it will just be a last ditch attempt to kickstart a countdown do its death.
    - Ekaros 4y ago
      They missed the boat. Time of IPOs at least big ones is over for a while...
sanderjd 4y ago
It was sinking already, to be sure, but I don't really see any reasons to be so optimistic that this group can make it "buoyant".
- memish 4y ago
  Tesla and SpaceX are a couple reasons.
  - piva00 4y ago
    Extremely different industries, the only web tech job Elon has experience with was X.com where he was a fucking walking nightmare to work with. Seems like he's going the same direction of being a fucking walking nightmare to Twitter. Let's see in some quarters. I have no hopes at all.
    - frumper 4y ago
      He wasn't exactly known for cars or rockets either.
  - sanderjd 4y ago
    I'm impressed by those companies too, but I don't think the experience of running them is very transferable to running a social network. Indeed, having two other big complicated companies to run at the same time is another reason I'm skeptical. He's going to get bored with running such a crappy and pedestrian company and go back to focusing on the better and more interesting ones.

The opposite. You're witnessing a ship that was sinking that's about to become buoyant.

by memish 4y ago

The opposite. You're witnessing a ship that was sinking that's about to become buoyant.

7e 4y ago

Elon is is full of hot air, yes, but not _that_ much hot air. Reddit will implement Twitter-like feeds and hashtags and eat their lunch. Twitter content creators hate Elon.

nxm 4y ago
Speak for yourself
dendrite9 4y ago
I have a very hard time believing Reddit can/will do it better.
- filoleg 4y ago
  Yeah. Not just that, but for the past 2-3 years, I felt like I've been watching reddit disintegrate in real time, at an accelerating rate. Their IPO has been "just around the corner" for the past 3 years or so. And with more time passing, the more improbable it seems to ever happen. At first, it seemed like the IPO timeline couldve been affected by COVID. But at this point, I don't think reddit will ever IPO. And if it does, it will just be a last ditch attempt to kickstart a countdown do its death.
  - Ekaros 4y ago
    They missed the boat. Time of IPOs at least big ones is over for a while...

sanderjd 4y ago

It was sinking already, to be sure, but I don't really see any reasons to be so optimistic that this group can make it "buoyant".

memish 4y ago
Tesla and SpaceX are a couple reasons.
- piva00 4y ago
  Extremely different industries, the only web tech job Elon has experience with was X.com where he was a fucking walking nightmare to work with. Seems like he's going the same direction of being a fucking walking nightmare to Twitter. Let's see in some quarters. I have no hopes at all.
  - frumper 4y ago
    He wasn't exactly known for cars or rockets either.
- sanderjd 4y ago
  I'm impressed by those companies too, but I don't think the experience of running them is very transferable to running a social network. Indeed, having two other big complicated companies to run at the same time is another reason I'm skeptical. He's going to get bored with running such a crappy and pedestrian company and go back to focusing on the better and more interesting ones.