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Simple answer: 2000 employees for a social media website doing 800 mil in revenue is too much(remember that mods are also not being paid which should technicall
by mamonster 3y ago
Simple answer: 2000 employees for a social media website doing 800 mil in revenue is too much(remember that mods are also not being paid which should technically be a tailwind to profitability). IMO once this is out in the open there will be no way around 30% headcount cut over 2-3 years.
The monetization has also been very bad historically(selling awards is really dumb), so there are definitely ways to pump revenue up fast as well. But once again, headcount cuts will probably accelerate once its public
- mikequinlan 3y ago> 2000 employees Reddit software developers are maintaining at least 5 different user interfaces: 1. Old Reddit (old.reddit.com) (no longer maintained, I guess) 2. New Reddit (new.reddit.com) (also no longer maintained?) 3. New New Reddit (aka Twitter Reddit, sh.reddit.com) 4. Mobile browser Reddit 5. Mobile app Reddit It takes a lot of work to keep all of those user interfaces crappy, slow, and hard to use.
- timeon 3y ago> (no longer maintained, I guess) Yet only one that properly works (in context of it's design).
- BeFlatXIII 3y ago> It takes a lot of work to keep all of those user interfaces crappy, slow, and hard to use. They're slacking on Old Reddit. It is still usable with RES.