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A useful comparison for discussion:reddit has 700 employees and twitter had 7000.

staindk 4y ago
Yeah I think general consensus is that twitter was bloated and I'm guessing a lot of people were skimming by not doing much (or stuck doing things that amounted to not much). Elon's methodology isn't the best way forward though. Ugh idk.
- TheHappyOddish 4y ago
  > Elon's methodology isn't the best way forward though. Ugh idk. People keep saying this, but I'm yet to see the fire the smoke implies.
- themitigating 4y ago
  "Yeah I think general consensus is that twitter was bloated and I'm guessing a lot of people were skimming by not doing much " Based on what?
  - staindk 4y ago
    Their number of devs combined with how the platform has looked/felt the same for 10 straight years?
- mythhouse 4y ago
  I worked at twitter's data engineering org in 2018. It was the most relaxed work culture I've experienced. Great WLB ( code for its ok to coast) . Spent my winters working from ski resorts and ski lodges. My mental and physical health were at all time high.
  - elygre 4y ago
    Why is “great WLB” code for “ok to coast”? What does one write for actual great WLB, without the coasting?
    - ElevenLathe 4y ago
      There's no such thing when you define "coasting" to mean "work 40 hours a week plus unpaid on-call between 30% and 100% of the rest of your time."
      - xboxnolifes 4y ago
        They didn't though. One can still have the difference between putting in the bare minimum 40 hours per week or put in their best effort 40 hours per week.
    - mythhouse 4y ago
      > What does one write for actual great WLB, without the coasting? what is 'actual great WLB' ?
      - abdulhaq 4y ago
        Work life balance
    - rsynnott 4y ago
      I’m not sure there’s consensus on definitions, but a lot of people (particularly in Big Tech land) do seem to use the term “coasting” to describe working a normal 40 hour week, as opposed to the sort of thing that goes on in the likes of Amazon.
  - astrange 4y ago
    Sounds dangerous. You could tear your ACL.
    - mythhouse 4y ago
      small price to pay.
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lapcat 4y ago
Reddit has an army of unpaid moderators. Not to mention the Reddit users who upvote and downvote. Also, politicians and other important public figures don't use Reddit like they use Twitter.
- Victerius 4y ago
  > Also, politicians and other important public figures don't use Reddit like they use Twitter I think that may change in the future. Many politicians, including prominent ones, have done AMAs. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a semi regular. The Sergeant Major of the US Army is a regular. Rick Astley is a semi regular. Verne Troyer was a regular before he died.
  - jeffrallen 4y ago
    - ant6n 4y ago
      Hey! No reddit-style comments on HN. Here we have quality discussions, okay?
  - riffraff 4y ago
    But they don't use it the same way. Twitter allows you to soapbox on any current issue and communicate directly with people. You could in theory do something similar through your own subreddit but then you'd need to manage it, it's not the same thing.
- ohbtvz 4y ago
  What does this have to do with the topic at hand?
  - RC_ITR 4y ago
    GP is making the argument Reddit receives free labor that twitter has to pay for
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PhoenixReborn 4y ago
Reddit has way more than 700 now. I worked there until 2019 and they had ~600 when I left. That being said though, I would guess the employee count is still around ~2000 or less.
bnt 4y ago
Reddit has hundreds (maybe even thousands?) freelance devs working remote, full time. You’re only counting FTEs.
mhh__ 4y ago
Reddit is a total clusterfuck technologically though, no?
- bionade24 4y ago
  The people seem to say despite the not new anymore slow & often-failing frontend. The old frontend is down regularly. Not sure why they don't drop it completely if the care so little about it's uptime.
rchaud 4y ago
Twitter has 10x the ad revenue of Reddit, so that seems to even out[0]. [0]https://www.theinformation.com/articles/reddits-ad-revenue-expected-to-double-to-at-least-350-million-this-year https://www.theinformation.com/articles/reddits-ad-revenue-e...
nr2x 4y ago
Reddit is by far the worst performing website I regularly visit, it's a technological clusterfuck.

Yeah I think general consensus is that twitter was bloated and I'm guessing a lot of people were skimming by not doing much (or stuck doing things that amounted to not much). Elon's methodology isn't the best way forward though. Ugh idk.

TheHappyOddish 4y ago
> Elon's methodology isn't the best way forward though. Ugh idk. People keep saying this, but I'm yet to see the fire the smoke implies.
themitigating 4y ago
"Yeah I think general consensus is that twitter was bloated and I'm guessing a lot of people were skimming by not doing much " Based on what?
- staindk 4y ago
  Their number of devs combined with how the platform has looked/felt the same for 10 straight years?
mythhouse 4y ago
I worked at twitter's data engineering org in 2018. It was the most relaxed work culture I've experienced. Great WLB ( code for its ok to coast) . Spent my winters working from ski resorts and ski lodges. My mental and physical health were at all time high.
- elygre 4y ago
  Why is “great WLB” code for “ok to coast”? What does one write for actual great WLB, without the coasting?
  - ElevenLathe 4y ago
    There's no such thing when you define "coasting" to mean "work 40 hours a week plus unpaid on-call between 30% and 100% of the rest of your time."
    - xboxnolifes 4y ago
      They didn't though. One can still have the difference between putting in the bare minimum 40 hours per week or put in their best effort 40 hours per week.
  - mythhouse 4y ago
    > What does one write for actual great WLB, without the coasting? what is 'actual great WLB' ?
    - abdulhaq 4y ago
      Work life balance
  - rsynnott 4y ago
    I’m not sure there’s consensus on definitions, but a lot of people (particularly in Big Tech land) do seem to use the term “coasting” to describe working a normal 40 hour week, as opposed to the sort of thing that goes on in the likes of Amazon.
- astrange 4y ago
  Sounds dangerous. You could tear your ACL.
  - mythhouse 4y ago
    small price to pay.

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lapcat 4y ago

Reddit has an army of unpaid moderators. Not to mention the Reddit users who upvote and downvote. Also, politicians and other important public figures don't use Reddit like they use Twitter.

Victerius 4y ago
> Also, politicians and other important public figures don't use Reddit like they use Twitter I think that may change in the future. Many politicians, including prominent ones, have done AMAs. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a semi regular. The Sergeant Major of the US Army is a regular. Rick Astley is a semi regular. Verne Troyer was a regular before he died.
- jeffrallen 4y ago
  - ant6n 4y ago
    Hey! No reddit-style comments on HN. Here we have quality discussions, okay?
- riffraff 4y ago
  But they don't use it the same way. Twitter allows you to soapbox on any current issue and communicate directly with people. You could in theory do something similar through your own subreddit but then you'd need to manage it, it's not the same thing.
ohbtvz 4y ago
What does this have to do with the topic at hand?
- RC_ITR 4y ago
  GP is making the argument Reddit receives free labor that twitter has to pay for
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PhoenixReborn 4y ago

Reddit has way more than 700 now. I worked there until 2019 and they had ~600 when I left. That being said though, I would guess the employee count is still around ~2000 or less.

bnt 4y ago

Reddit has hundreds (maybe even thousands?) freelance devs working remote, full time. You’re only counting FTEs.

mhh__ 4y ago

Reddit is a total clusterfuck technologically though, no?

bionade24 4y ago
The people seem to say despite the not new anymore slow & often-failing frontend. The old frontend is down regularly. Not sure why they don't drop it completely if the care so little about it's uptime.

rchaud 4y ago

Twitter has 10x the ad revenue of Reddit, so that seems to even out[0]. [0]https://www.theinformation.com/articles/reddits-ad-revenue-expected-to-double-to-at-least-350-million-this-year https://www.theinformation.com/articles/reddits-ad-revenue-e...

nr2x 4y ago

Reddit is by far the worst performing website I regularly visit, it's a technological clusterfuck.