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Q&A with Steve Huffman: Reddit's API “was never designed to support third-party apps”, he didn't know how much they “were profiting off of our API”, and more

The Verge Jay Peters

Discussion

  • Mastodon Mastodon on mastodon
    “The fact that Reddit isn't profitable is not Christian Selig's fault.  It's Reddit's. …
  • @jww.wtf Justin Williams on bluesky
    Oh man.  He's doing the CEO equivalent of posting through it.
  • @jakeliebert.com Jake on bluesky
    This is probably true, but even so Huffman could have given a longer runway to apps that have been operating within the status quo of the last decade
  • @albertwenger Albert Wenger on x
    At @usv we looked at several of the high-priced Reddit investment rounds and each time passed because there was no good answer to the question about how this won't ultimately pit the company against the people on the platform https://twitter.com/...
  • @minimaxir Max Woolf on x
    The Reddit strike should go on forever just because of this dialogue chain. https://www.theverge.com/... [image]
  • @benjamingoggin Ben Goggin on x
    NEW: Reddit CEO slammed protest leaders in an interview, saying he plans to institute rule changes that would allow users to vote out mods He said mods currently are like “landed gentry,” and the current system isn't democratic. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
  • @ambermac Amber Mac on x
    “#Reddit is fighting for its soul. Many users are in revolt over API pricing changes that will shut down some of the most popular 3rd-party Reddit apps, & they're furious at (its CEO) after last week's AMA that made it clear the platform wouldn't budge.” https://www.theverge.com/…
  • @merrittk Merritt K on x
    Insane that the CEO of Reddit is singlehandedly destroying the site in pursuit of short-term gain. The internet is basically getting burned down for immediate profits and in a few years there's going to be nothing good about it left
  • @queer_queenie Queenie on x
    this may be one of the greatest ceo meltdowns we'll ever witness https://twitter.com/... [image]
  • @arawnsley Adam Rawnsley on x
    More than any major social media platform, Reddit is so reliant on its users for the platform's success. It's the mark of a CEO who doesn't understand his company and is in way over his head that he thinks it's a good idea to declare war on them https://twitter.com/...
  • @jonathanvanian Jonathan Vanian on x
    One big problem: If users delete content or archives in an act of protest, as one Reddit moderator told CNBC some are considering, “there's nothing there anymore.”
  • @mathewi Mathew Ingram on x
    So Reddit is willing to burn its reputation to the ground for an extra 5 percent of revenue https://twitter.com/...
  • @nickbaumgardner Nick Baumgardner on x
    ‘Reddit is fighting for its soul.’ TIL vampires have souls. Who knew https://twitter.com/...
  • @alecmuffett Alec Muffett on x
    Oh dear. It sounds like the Reddit CEO has forgotten that he/they serve the communities which use the site, rather than vice versa. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
  • @balf4our Joe on x
    Removing devoted volunteers that keep your platform regulated maybe isn't the best way to start making more money https://twitter.com/...
  • @moorehn Heidi N. Moore on x
    I'm increasingly concerned that tech CEOs have zero knowledge of economic systems, particularly feudalism. There is no parallel between Reddit mods and “landed gentry.” Landed gentry did not do labor. Mods do labor. For free. https://twitter.com/...
  • @iqbal_farabi Iqbal Farabi on x
    Leading informal groups (such as online/offline communities) is more often than not a thankless job that is done out of passion by those who do it. If your product/service/org relies heavily on communities, removing such leaders is a very reckless move, IMO. https://twitter.com/.…
  • @0x Ezra ‘God’ Olubi on x
    is he trying to tank his company's ipo on purpose? or maybe he thinks he's elon musk. 🤭 https://twitter.com/...
  • @turtlekiosk @turtlekiosk on x
    what's funny is the reason the whole open API thing started as a customary thing was as a compromise so people would stop scraping their websites https://twitter.com/...
  • @knittins Nitin Sundar on x
    Reddit is going down. Twitter is going down. For all their problems, these were the only two social networks that had any sort of meaningful discourse and debate. Instagram and LinkedIn - both avenues for vain self-aggrandising - continue to thrive. 🤷‍♂️ https://www.theverge.com/…
  • @queer_queenie Queenie on x
    i'm sorry i keep posting about this but i'm in awe at how much of a manchild runs this company. this is the guy they're using to represent themselves before an IPO. wow https://twitter.com/... [image]
  • @brianmfloyd Brian Floyd on x
    the reddit ceo looks like someone who posts in alt-right subreddits https://twitter.com/...
  • @film_girl Christina Warren on x
    Spez is a little bitch and I hope his IPO fails and he gets shitcanned. https://twitter.com/...
  • @docsquiddy Doc on x
    does he not remember what reddit (the community, not the company) did to the last CEO who crossed its users? https://twitter.com/...
  • @nameshiv @nameshiv on x
    Reddit should let employees vote on who the CEO is But the truth is that what we are seeing across the board is a concerted effort from the moneybags to wrest away the most democratic platforms in the world from the actual masses because they don't like what the poors are saying …
  • @noturtlesoup17 @noturtlesoup17 on x
    Gorilla mindset, baby. https://twitter.com/...
  • @papapishu @papapishu on x
    sorry but this full interview is one of the funniest things I have ever read I have never seen a ceo so pissed off and losing it https://www.theverge.com/...
  • @mirandareinert Miranda on x
    me when people on indieheads were calling me annoying and i couldn't do anything about it https://twitter.com/...
  • @rjcc Richard Lawler on x
    I feel like the sign that someone doesn't respect you is when they try to sell you NFTs https://twitter.com/...
  • @yoda Drew Olanoff on x
    never go full elon https://twitter.com/...
  • @dorseyshaw Dorsey Shaw on x
    Yeah well users should be able to vote out executives https://twitter.com/...
  • @jeremypgordon Jeremy Gordon on x
    Instigating a trench war against lifelong posters... do not see this going well https://twitter.com/...
  • @cooperlund Cooper Lund on x
    Tech companies used to be run by people who were heralded as visionaries, now they're run by rich losers who are mad at the mods https://twitter.com/...
  • @durjoy Ace Bhattacharjya on x
    Someone needs to tell the Reddit Board that they're killing the GOLDEN GOOSE! Feels like Digg all over again. https://www.theverge.com/...
  • @nkulw Noah Kulwin on x
    Lol Reddit is only going to get more fun over the next two weeks https://twitter.com/...
  • @rjonesy Ryan Jones on x
    Spez released his offensive. 🍿 “Never designed to support 3rd-party apps” https://www.theverge.com/... Threaten to remove Mods https://www.macrumors.com/... Slams protest leaders https://www.nbcnews.com/...
  • @iboudreau Ian Boudreau on x
    It also wasn't designed to pay dividends to shareholders https://twitter.com/...
  • @trevmckendrick Trevor McKendrick on x
    .@8Spez betting on the majority of Reddit's userbase being reasonable takes huge guts & is IMO a very good bet https://www.nbcnews.com/...
  • @david_ingram David Ingram on x
    New from me: I interviewed Reddit CEO Steve Huffman today about the protest that has made much of the site inaccessible this week. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
  • @bobbyallyn Bobby Allyn on x
    NEW: In his 1st interview since the boycott, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman tells NPR the protest has not changed the company's plan to start charging for data. Story from me + @NPRinskeep “I think it's time we grow up and behave like an adult company” https://www.npr.org/...
  • r/portugueses r on reddit
    Reddit Ameaça Remover Moderadores de Sub-Reddits em blackout
  • r/technology r on reddit
    Reddit is in crisis as prominent moderators loudly protest the company's treatment of developers
  • r/Freethought r on reddit
    Reddit's CEO really wants you to know that he doesn't care about your feedback
  • r/LateStageCapitalism r on reddit
    Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts
  • r/theworldnews r on reddit
    Reddit's CEO really wants you to know that he doesn't care about your feedback
  • r/gadgets r on reddit
    Reddit's CEO really wants you to know he doesn't care about your feedback
  • r/SteamDeck r on reddit
    Reddit CEO Steve Huffman isn't backing down ||  Sighs at mods: This is related to the sub in that I'm pointing out we should continue the blackout. …
  • r/Anarcho_Capitalism r on reddit
    Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Blackouts
  • r/conspiracy r on reddit
    Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Blackouts
  • r/BoostForReddit r on reddit
    Reddit's CEO really wants you to know that he doesn't care about your feedback
  • r/Quebec r on reddit
    Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts
  • r/inthenews r on reddit
    Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: 'It's time we grow up and behave like an adult company'
  • r/Conservative r on reddit
    Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts
  • r/NewOrleans r on reddit
    Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: 'It's time we grow up and behave like an adult company'
  • r/technology r on reddit
    Reddit's CEO really wants you to know that he doesn't care about your feedback
  • r/TwoBestFriendsPlay r on reddit
    Reddit CEO: “Better make it easier for the people to vote out those ‘Landed Gentry’ Moderators they don't like”
  • r/ObsidianMD r on reddit
    Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts
  • r/ConservativeKiwi r on reddit
    The landed gentry on ToS...
  • r/APIcalypse r on reddit
    Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts
  • r/Romania r on reddit
    Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts(Articol în engleză pt că nu am găsit în română)
  • r/AutisticWithADHD r on reddit
    Nothing audhd specific, but relevant since we participated in the blackout: Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts.
  • r/hyderabad r on reddit
    Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts
  • r/neutralnews r on reddit
    Reddit CEO slams protesters, says he'll change site rules
  • r/Quebec r on reddit
    Reddit CEO slams protest leaders, calls them ‘landed gentry’
  • r/VRchat r on reddit
    (article) Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts
  • r/neoliberal r on reddit
    Reddit CEO Steve Huffman isn't backing down: our full interview
  • r/RedditAlternatives r on reddit
    Reddit CEO Steve Huffman isn't backing down: our full interview
  • r/SVSeeker_Free r on reddit
    Reddit CEO slams protesters, says he'll change site rules to let subreddit users vote moderators out.
  • r/RedditAlternatives r on reddit
    “Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts”
  • r/modclub r on reddit
    Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts
  • r/skeptic r on reddit
    Reddit CEO slams protest leaders, saying he'll change rules that favor ‘landed gentry’
  • r/InternetBrasil r on reddit
    Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts
  • r/dezwo r on reddit
    Reddit droht, Moderatoren von Subreddits zu entfernen, die sich weiterhin an Apollo-bezogenen Blackouts beteiligen
  • r/auckland r on reddit
    Reddit CEO slams protest leaders, saying he'll change rules that favor ‘landed gentry’
  • r/hackernews r on reddit
    Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators from Subreddits Continuing Blackouts
  • r/technology r on reddit
    Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: Reddit ‘was never designed to support third-party apps’ - The Verge
  • r/TrueAnon r on reddit
    Reddit CEO slams protesters, says he'll change site rules.  Huffman said in an interview that he plans to institute rules changes …
  • r/walkaway r on reddit
    Reddit CEO slams protesters, says he'll change site rules
  • r/news r on reddit
    Reddit CEO slams protest leaders, calls them ‘landed gentry’
  • r/truenews r on reddit
    Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: 'It's time we grow up and behave like an adult company'
  • r/Save3rdPartyApps r on reddit
    This guy....
  • r/NPR r on reddit
    Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: 'It's time we grow up and behave like an adult company'