I love the platitudes about democracy and democratic values from Reddit’s dictator. He wants to pretend he just wants to let the users to decide, I’ll believe that when he puts his own job up for a vote among Reddit’s users.

Steve isn’t backing down, but cowardly mods certainly are!

Here are my takeaways. Correct me if I’m wrong.

1. Third party apps monetized Reddit better than Reddit did by actually making a profit, and spez seems pretty butthurt about it and wants it to stop.
2. Third party apps have better accessibility options, but jeez, guys, they’re working on it and you’ll have better accessibility!
3. Third party apps offer a better experience for the mods and users that use them, but jeez, c’mon! They’re working on that, too! Besides, look at all of these casual users who don’t care about that stuff!

I have had a Reddit account almost since the beginning. After seeing the way the CEO’s threats have started working and subreddits opening back up, I have decided to delete my Reddit account. Fuck them. My new home is here now.

His tone deaf approach has already led to heaps of people fleeing / reassessing their options. Wouldn’t of known about these sites if it weren’t for this prick

That entire interview is so full of shit.
“We’re perfectly willing to work with the folks who want to work with us, including figuring out what that transition period will look like. But I think a deadline forces people, us included, to negotiate that.”
Tell that to all the app devs that reached out to reddit only to be ignored and attempts to negotiate shot down.

Dude is such an abrasive shithead.

On the bright side, only reinforces my decision to never go back.

The way spez characterizes accessibility apps as exempt because they carry the cost of adding value to the Reddit experience while implying Apollo doesn’t do the same is disappointing. It’s obvious spez has it out for Apollo and RIF on a personal level, especially considering the transcripts Christian Selig shared.

The fact of the matter is, Apollo enhances the Reddit experience tremendously, and the official app and new UI don’t even get close to feature parity. And Christian has had to do the labor to make that happen.

The only thing I can assume now, because of the suddenness of it all and because of recent layoffs, is that Reddit is financially bleeding and this is a way to try to quickly appease investors.

Come on reddit lets show this guy whos in charge
#reddit #protest #opfightback
https://kbin.social/m/internet/t/37737/Lets-show-Reddits-CEO-who-s-in-charge

This guy can lick my hole. Look, I left Twitter after fourteen years of dedicated use, because of that clogstomping moron, Elon Musk. If Lead Paint Huffer-Man wants to be a greedy dick, I can leave Reddit, too. I was there for four years, but I’m more than willing to find a new place to hang out. Don’t test me, man! I shot my Neopet just to watch it die!

@Alba70r if reedit is really a democracy driven company, why so hard defending this just let the users vote, maybe only the premium subscribers or people that have been using it for years, just to prove it the sentiments yknow

Every once in a while in cities, there’s a protest. And I think that’s what we’re seeing exactly right now. We, even in disagreement, we appreciate that users can care enough to protest on Reddit, can protest on Reddit, and then our platform is really resilient enough to survive these things.

Oh yeah and if the authorities just ignore the protests out of greed than your city experiences braindrain. But like the politicians he doesn’t care about future problems as long as he can secure his bag of greed

Wow, this guy is an unbelievable prick.

He is just digging a deeper hole for himself.