They successfully navigated a system that was more likely than not highly stacked in their favor thanks to their rich family and the other people like them that they know. They then horde all the wealth while other people who can’t get their teeth fixed or decent medical treatment applaud them from the slums. It’s pretty depressing how this is all considered normal thanks to right-wing influence on social media.

See, that’s the thing. I’m not a fan of Musk or Spez, and I never claimed to be.

Ultimately I think Elon Musk gets a ludicrous amount of attention.

My whole point was that (a) it seems like Spez doesn’t care, which really begs the question of how much energy this is worth investing in and (b) people in his position often get what they want (money) because they have to deal with this exact kind of situation.

If Reddit dies, it dies, and I’ll consider myself wrong. If Spez totally gets owned and loses, great!

Either way, I think it’s ok to move on.

I also wouldn’t be surprised if they expected this reaction.

Anyway, Lemmy is fine; it’s a nice alternative. I’d rather just let Reddit go in whatever direction it ends up going in than keep getting angry about it.

I’m glad that there is an alternative. Maybe we can try and learn from Reddit and do what we can to prevent Lemmy from going in that direction, yeah?

Fuck off, Steve