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I generally fall into the same opinion. If he's so upset about how things turned out, then why did he deliberately structure everything to turn out this way? A
by quitit 3y ago
I generally fall into the same opinion. If he's so upset about how things turned out, then why did he deliberately structure everything to turn out this way?
Absolutely nothing of reddit has come as a surprise. Not their past dramas and not this current protest. People observing the situation have accurately predicted each stage. The only thing that hasn't been surprising is how willing Spez has been to put his foot in his mouth.
So I'll throw in a few more predictions:
1. Reddit will IPO, despite legitimate concerns about their inability to turn a profit and the very real likelihood that new AI-driven services will render its model redundant. Spez will get the payday that he's so steadfast upon.
2. The IPO will first buoy, then go into a long decline as it becomes clear that the site has no direction, nothing to leverage into new markets and will struggle to maintain dominance and relevance in a world were information is increasingly tailored via AI-driven tools.
- dredmorbius 3y agoI'd just addressed the IPO question in another comment: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36365450 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36365450> On changing moderation criteria and conditions: I'd pointed out issues with moderation (in part at Reddit) previously. My personal subreddit's presently closed, but thank you Internet Archive: "Content rating, moderation, and ranking systems: some non-brief thoughts" (2014) <https://web.archive.org/web/20200629055317/https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/28jfk4/content_rating_moderation_and_ranking_systems/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200629055317/https://www.reddi...> "Reddit and Community -- what works, what raises flags" (2014) <https://web.archive.org/web/20150709003845/https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/20yhxc/reddit_and_community_what_works_what_raises_flags/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150709003845/https://www.reddi...>