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• @arctictony.bsky.social Tony Haile on bluesky

  Dude might be taking the wrong lessons from the last few months

• @epro.social Emil Protalinski on bluesky

  More Reddit layoffs incoming?

• @notabigjerk Lauren on x

  more evidence for the theory that elon's handling of twitter has been wildly popular with a lot of c-suite executives who fantasize day-in and day-out about getting to treat their employees like he does https://twitter.com/...

• @_chuckyc Charlie Chapman on x

  🙄 Reddit to Apollo earlier this year “very very very intentional we are not Elon” Huffman today: “Musk's handling of Twitter... an example for Reddit to follow” https://twitter.com/... [image]

• @jakeformers Jacob on x

  Honestly the idea of Reddit tanking itself because the people in charge wanted to be like their idol Elon Musk is very on brand for Reddit. https://twitter.com/...

• @louisathelast Louisa on x

  How in the world does anyone look at what's happened here and think “great business model, let's do that” https://twitter.com/...

• @neonacho NoelNacho on x

  Incredible brain. Imagine seeing what happened at Twitter and thinking “yes, I also want this for the company I lead” https://twitter.com/...

• @erickfernandez Erick Fernandez on x

  So the Reddit CEO sees this as a success story. Wild stuff. https://twitter.com/... [image]

• @titterdaily @titterdaily on x

  “My takeaway from Elon at Twitter is we can build a really good business in this space at our scale”, Huffman said. Reddit's recent moves are widely believed to be motivated by a strong desire to attain profitability ahead of a planned IPO. More: https://www.nbcnews.com/...

• @benjamingoggin Ben Goggin on x

  NEW: Reddit CEO praises Elon Musk as protests rock the platform In an interview with @David_Ingram, Steve Huffman said he was inspired by Musk's cost-cutting and layoffs at Twitter https://www.nbcnews.com/...

• r/technology r on reddit

  Reddit CEO praises Elon Musk's cost-cutting as protests rock the platform

• r/NewsOfTheStupid r on reddit

  Reddit CEO praises Elon Musk's cost-cutting as protests rock platform

• r/LateStageCapitalism r on reddit

  Reddit CEO praises Elon Musk's cost-cutting as protests rock the platform

• r/apple r on reddit

  Reddit CEO praises Elon Musk's cost-cutting as protests rock the platform

• r/nottheonion r on reddit

  Reddit CEO praises Elon Musk's cost-cutting as protests rock the platform

• r/elonmusk r on reddit

  Reddit CEO praises Elon Musk as protests rock the platform

• @jakeliebert.com Jake on bluesky

  Another misstep in a comically badly executed policy change

• @mattbinder Matt Binder on x

  i thought Reddit CEO Steve Huffman came off bad in his interview with The Verge this new one with NBC News is disqualifying Reddit's unpopular changes were inspired by Elon Musk's layoffs & cost-cutting (like not paying bills) at Twitter. insane. https://www.nbcnews.com/... [imag…

• @anildash @anildash on x

  I've been trying to tell everyone, this is not a platform economics problem, this is just another example of CEO brainworms from the contagion of extremist tycoons shaping the discourse. https://twitter.com/...

• @eshear Emmett Shear on x

  I see the mods have entered the “finding out” part of the “fucking around” experience. This is what happens when you push someone who doesn't *want* to fight but who has vastly more leverage into a corner. Utterly predictable. https://www.reddit.com/...

• @5le Eli Schwartz on x

  Reddit corporate has been able to shrug off the most vile and hateful content posted by its users by saying it's ugc regulated by volunteer mods. Policing the mods might mean they now have to take responsibility for the darker side https://www.theverge.com/...

• @lordravenscraft Eric Ravenscraft on x

  strike all this, it's not even that reddit believes it's entitled to its users' data, reddit straight up believes it's entitled to its users free, unpaid labor: https://www.theverge.com/... I hope every subreddit that's dark now stays dark forever (or until reddit backs down)

• @nicholasadeleon Nicholas De Leon on x

  I have been online, more or less nonstop, since 1996, and this is the dumbest company I have ever seen. It's so awesome, I'm so jazzed right now. “We're communicating expectations.” Please spare me your HR drivel, it's people posting cat pics lmao. https://www.theverge.com/... [i…

• @anandsheth2 @anandsheth2 on x

  @Techmeme Curious why the mods - who are volunteers, are not asking for payment? They should be paid.

• @loganalogy Logan Turner on x

  Boogity-woogity, Protesting Subreddit mods got a note that they might be replaced. Faced with the threat of such anti-incumbency, some of the largest have opened with haste. https://www.techmeme.com/...

• @kennethdavid Kenneth Cheung on x

  Reddit threatens to remove mods who are protsting. https://www.theverge.com/... / these networks/platforms have all forgotten where the value of their product comes from. Mods and die hard supporters of your platform MAKE the platform experience. Strongarm tactics harm the very..…

• @andymanganelli Andrew Manganelli on x

  Yea yea this whole thing is totally just a blip on the radar and Reddit isn't even worried a little bit 🙄 This whole thing is a masterclass at how to piss off the user base that makes the entire website what it is. https://twitter.com/...

• @jakuuire Joseph-Albert on x

  Long term, I think the CEO gets removed, and Reddit reverses it's API decision https://twitter.com/...

• @vogon Yves Adele Fartlow on x

  we are at farkcon 2 here folks https://www.theverge.com/...

• @miarsato Mia Sato on x

  New from me and @jaypeters: Reddit is telling moderators of top subreddits to essentially open up or get replaced — and says it can help remove moderators who are “hindering reopening.” https://www.theverge.com/...

• @oneunderscore__ Ben Collins on x

  I like how the Reddit CEO thinks he can win a fight against nerds with nothing else to do. Good luck buddy. https://www.cnbc.com/...

• r/funny r on reddit

  Reddit, Inc. is intentionally killing off 3rd-party apps with exorbitant API call prices. …

• r/ModCoord r on reddit

  New admin post: “If a moderator team unanimously decides to stop moderating, we will invite new, active moderators[...]. …

• r/technology r on reddit

  Here's the note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don't reopen

• r/RedditAlternatives r on reddit

  Here's the note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don't reopen

• r/apple r on reddit

  Reddit says it won't force subreddits back open (but will it?)

• @redditmoments_ @redditmoments_ on x

  Reddit admins have apparently force opened r/funny a almost 50million user sub. You can make new posts but automod locks them as of now, so they may be organizing new mods. I'll post more info in the replies as I find them. [image]

• @robdenbleyker Rob DenBleyker on x

  the funniest part of the reddit blackout is that the mods are going on strike for a job they don't even get paid for. like, you're taking a break from doing unpaid work on behalf of millionaires. keep the subreddits closed forever, you've earned some time off my guys.

• @papapishu @papapishu on x

  It's become a meme that the Reddit CEO was a mod of r/jailbait, and people have pointed out you used to be able to just add people as mods as a joke, but that really overlooks being the CEO of a company that hosts r/jailbait for a really long time, like that's arguably worse.

• @mikesimonsen Mike Simonsen on x

  Subreddits need a land value tax. https://twitter.com/...

• @oceanbound Ana on x

  ProTip- when you are the CEO of a company that relies massively on free labor, maybe don't refer to those people doing the free labor as landed gentry 🤦🏻‍♀ ️ https://www.nbcnews.com/...

• @pt Parker on x

  Unprofitable company declares it will try to force out uppity volunteer moderation staff and has no ̶p̶l̶a̶n̶s̶ money to hire replacement. Bold strategy. https://twitter.com/... [image]

• @markets @markets on x

  Reddit says that most of the company's communities were operating as normal — four days after a protest shut down thousands of its online forums https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @tomnamako Tom Namako on x

  Reddit CEO slams protesters, says he'll change site rules @David_Ingram https://www.nbcnews.com/... via @nbcnews

• @mouleofficial Moule on x

  Steve Huffman really asked Elon Musk to hold his beer... https://www.nbcnews.com/...

• r/Destiny r on reddit

  Reddit CEO calls protest Mods ‘Landed Gentry’ holding subs hostage.  Plans to weaken mods and allow users to vote them out.

• r/boston r on reddit

  Reddit CEO slams protesters, says he'll change site rules

• r/True_Kentucky r on reddit

  Reddit CEO slams protest leaders, saying he'll change rules that favor ‘landed gentry’

• r/OakIslandDiscussion r on reddit

  Reddit might be going down the gurgler.  How the heck do we continue our battle against the made up stories of Oak Island if reddit goes under? …

• r/Drama r on reddit

  Who art thou landed gentry :-)

• 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'