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I think Spez feels his power/dominance is threatened by Apollo/Christian and he is lashing out because he thinks the problem is Christian, and not his own actio
by hayst4ck 3y ago
I think Spez feels his power/dominance is threatened by Apollo/Christian and he is lashing out because he thinks the problem is Christian, and not his own actions. I think it's possible investors are forcing him into a situation he disagrees with, but I suspect that's charitable.
I think his lack of self reflection rivals that of Triplebyte's CEO when they forced public profiles on people.
People understand when force is being used against them rather than persuasion, and nobody likes to feel like force is being used against them. I am very happy to see collective force being leveraged towards someone in a position of power.
I think Spez hasn't explored the idea that people value their anonymity, so attaching a credit card to an "anonymous" account isn't going to be popular. If reddit showed a desire to be frugal and fired all these awful dark pattern implementing UX devs who are devoid of professional ethics, and was ok breaking even instead of making money. I would strongly consider a 3-5 dollar a month donation not associated with an account. But they would have to trust the community enough to be somewhat open with their books.
Of course the real problem here is likely a violation of fiduciary duties to their investors, although given how things are turning out, he may already be liable.
- rapind 3y ago> If reddit showed a desire to be frugal and fired all these awful dark pattern implementing UX devs who are devoid of professional ethics, and was ok breaking even instead of making money. I suspect the direction to employ dark patterns comes from the top.
- hayst4ck 3y agoYes, professional ethics means rejecting unethical things from the top.
- rapind 3y agoSemantics I guess. The way you worded it just seems like a bunch of machiavellian UX designers brought these dark patterns to management who were simply ethically negligent. All I'm saying is that I suspect the UX staff were directed to do this or at least to drive installs through "whatever means necessary".
- jcz_nz 3y agoSteve Huffman (ie spez) made a deliberate choice to act without integrity, putting it mildly. The company hoping to IPO too… Heck, I’ve been a user for a decade, I would have bought some shares. They could have made it super interesting for retail. Absolutely not going to happen now, since we have a better sense for how the CEO handles difficult situations. I can only imagine the shitshow it must be internally with leadership like that.
- satvikpendem 3y ago> If reddit showed a desire to be frugal and fired all these awful dark pattern implementing UX devs who are devoid of professional ethics, and was ok breaking even instead of making money. I would strongly consider a 3-5 dollar a month donation not associated with an account. You are a low value user to them. Why would they remove the thing that gets people looking at more ads? Most people don't pay for subscriptions if they don't have to, and the 3-5 dollars you'd pay per month is really nothing to them. People live in a tech and power user bubble not understanding that the vast majority of Reddit's 500 million user per month base simply do not give a shit about any of the drama that's happening and will continue to see ads.