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Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout “will pass” (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by EthicalAI@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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Dude this article gives me work PTSD. I hate working for CEOs and stupid fucking managers. Open source forever.

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[–] AMAMazing@aussie.zone 70 points 1 year ago (4 children)

r/programmerhumour announced they would go privately indefinitely cause of this. Here's hoping a lot more subreddits join in, and hoping u/spez regrets every dumb decision he's made in the pasts few months.

[–] EthicalAI@beehaw.org 44 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I never understood why they decided to come back Wednesday to begin with. Protests don’t work when you schedule an end date.

[–] BastingChemina@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago

It's a lower barrier to entry. It's much easier to get people/subreddit to join the protest if they know it's limited in time.

Then once they started the protest it's easier to extend it indefinitely.

[–] suredoood@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

Exactly. It’s like saying you’re going to go on strike for two days and then come back. Like, the employer will just feel more validated in their actions if you do that.

[–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 22 points 1 year ago

Fuck that bad luck Brian looking ass bitch.

That said, the more stupid shit he does, the more people find out about lemmy. Lessssgooooooo

[–] overlordror@beehaw.org 20 points 1 year ago

Digging in their heels like this just convinces me that I made the right decision as soon as Christian Selig went public with his post. This goes way deeper than just them not listening to moderators and app developers. The CEO of Reddit is willing to kill the platform if we don't get in line—fuck spez. I hope reddit dies a thousand deaths a day as people migrate to the fediverse that fits them best.

[–] AliceD@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Not wholly sure that spez self-reflects on anything enough to have regrets. Seems a bit to egotistical for that kinda thing frankly.