“A very small percentage of the users are power users, and they generate the content, they generate the value and they perform a lot of the free moderation,”

15 points

While I’d like to see a positive change from Reddit from the blackout, I don’t see them changing their ways.

Even if they did, I have 0 trust that it’d stay that way.

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I think they’re in a more sensitive situation this time, compared to the past.

they’re about to submit an IPO, so having a riot in their own service is damaging them economically.

although I’m not really sure the management can actually understand it.

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8 points

I don’t have confidence in their management at all.

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7 points

C-Levels are normally pretty oblivious to anything that isn’t presented to them in a spreadsheet with lines going up and to the right. “Any publicity is good publicity” - Tone-deaf executives probably

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6 points

Especially after that AMA that Spez gave.

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7 points

I can’t even call that an AMA. It appeared that he had pre-prepared answers for certain questions, and nothing else.

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6 points

Less of an AMA, more of a AMOTQABMPT. Ask Me Only The Questions Approved By My PR Team (but I still managed to fuck up.)

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2 points

Maybe the questions were prepared as well.

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8 points

Getting picked up by NBC seems like a big step. National attention? Jailbait didn’t close until Anderson Cooper picked it up. So I wonder if this changes anything.

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4 points

It was all over the BBC this morning

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1 point

The more visibility the better.

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The truth is, news agencies have leaned heavily on Reddit themselves as they’ve cut costs. So Reddit going down probably affected all the news agencies more than it affected regular people.

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8 points

Love how the news article cited some random anonymous Reditor.

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