“fuck u/spez” means absolutely nothing to anyone who isn’t familiar with Reddit, it’s just noise.

“FIRE STEVE HUFFMAN” is a clear, actionable statement that has a clear target and goal and actually has meaning to people who don’t know what Reddit is (like say, a potential shareholder or investor)

Idk where to put this since r/savethirdpartyapps got banned so post this wherever will get noise if you agree

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    We need to just let reddit die as a sign to all other executives that their customers are the ones who hold the cards.

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      We weren’t the customers. We were the content creators. We gave the site value that was then sold to advertisers, as the cost of keeping the platform running.

      Thinking of platforms like reddit as businesses is the inherent problem in the first place. Running ads or having some premium features should only be for the purposes of maintaining the site. The second the people running it decide that it’s time to start making profit for themselves is the moment it dies.

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        That’s why I deleted all of my data before leaving. I’m not letting reddit keep my contributions to add to their value. I hope everyone here has done the same.

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      We need to just let reddit die as a sign to all other executives that their customers are the ones who hold the cards.

      The same thing could have been said about Digg. They are too stupid. Companies start out small, and have stars in their eyes instead of money bags, and talk about how they want to be different and want to do good for the world. Then once they grow beyond a certain size, they became the same evil shit as any other corporation. It happens time and time again, and it will continue happening.

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      Reddit’s customers do hold the cards. Users are the product, advertisers (and now, potential investors) are the actual customers.