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Reddit Files to Go Public, Reveals That It Paid CEO $193 Million Last Year::Nineteen years since its founding, the social media site is finally going public.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 30 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I don't get what as CEO he even actually does. When was the last time Reddit had any major update?

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 9 months ago (2 children)

well there was the update that removed the open api, and the update that made half the site require using the app

[–] ahal@lemmy.ca 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget the update to the privacy policy so they can sell more of your data

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Also the one time when spez updated someone's comment directly in the database.

[–] Dlayknee@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Pretty sure that was more than one time

[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 10 points 9 months ago

And they removed awards replacing them with super upvotes

[–] force@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

The CEO just influences PR decisions and says stupid stuff online, they don't actually do anything for the company