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Hard to fathom the stupidity, but the arc of this (Huffman's statements, including the dishonest and the just plain "tells") and Verge interview yesterday sugge
by tiffanyg 3y ago
Hard to fathom the stupidity, but the arc of this (Huffman's statements, including the dishonest and the just plain "tells") and Verge interview yesterday suggest that the reason for the line in the sand killing Apollo, RIF, etc. is jealousy / spite.
https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/15/reddit-blackout-third-party-apps/ https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/15/reddit-blackout-third-party-a...
Reminds me of:
https://youtu.be/uimI1pXDZcg https://youtu.be/uimI1pXDZcg
Except, here, it's not just some jacket and a couple of people. It's some perhaps dozens of $millions made by a few app devs against a $multi-billion IPO and access and usefulness of a key site on the internet (e.g., inability of many to access valuable info and communities for days, now).
Something personal like this interfering with the IPO, and activities of so many beyond that, is a monumental failure of judgment. Combined with Huffman's past history of dishonesty and ineptness in multiple areas (including making Reddit profitable after 7+ years at the helm in this current round), seems like the best solution to the problem at this point would be removing him from the CEO position.
(Obviously, this seems easy from the outside, but I have no idea how easy / practical this would be in the "full picture")