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Reddit’s CEO Debuts As A Billionaire 20 Years After Cofounding The Company (www.forbes.com)

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“Q3 was a strong quarter,” Huffman said on Thursday’s earnings call, in which he lauded Reddit as being “for humans by humans” and seemed to take a subtle dig at AI slop (the low-quality AI content clogging corners of the internet): “Reddit is in a unique position; we’re not trying to be the next anything. We’re focused on being the best version of ourselves and what the internet needs most: a place where people can connect on almost any topic and find genuinely useful information.”

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

this calls for a celebration

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

I’m more likely to find humans on grindr than Reddit at this point.

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 day ago

rip aaron swartz

[–] boogiebored@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Worst coming out ever.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago

Fuck Spez

[–] peaceful_world_view@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Fuck reddit and it's CEO.

[–] datavoid@sh.itjust.works 111 points 3 days ago

Not a single mention of Swartz in the article. Absolute scum

[–] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 113 points 3 days ago (1 children)

he lauded Reddit as being “for humans by humans” and seemed to take a subtle dig at AI slop (the low-quality AI content clogging corners of the internet)

That's pretty funny coming from the CEO of a platform that was already overrun by low-effort bots even before AI slop became a thing...

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

not to mention whose recent valuations have basically been about selling their data to train models which will be used to make AI slop

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 15 points 2 days ago

Yep. Shutting down the API was 100% because they were angry they got scraped and didn't get money.

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 198 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And all he had to do was fuck over everyone who helped him get there. His co-founder and users most of all

Peak US

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 85 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And his narcissism is rewarded with extreme wealth and power.

Peak capitalism.

[–] blahblahblah@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 days ago

Ah, yes. The Steve Jobs model. Find someone with true talent, attach yourself to them like a lamprey, and slyly fuck them over at every turn until you are at the top with all the money.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 177 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The wrong founder died, unfortunately.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 113 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Died due to criminal prosecution for something Meta was able to get away with Scott-free.

God damn America.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It’s scot free tbh. A scot is a tax or fine

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Thank you for not being dishonest about that.

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wait was he the guy that hosted all of those academic articles and was prosecuted for it, the killed himself?

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

He hooked his laptop up to school servers and was copying all the data on them.

https://fedi.video/w/6mc8MBSTGCpSC4YoZZi5r6

[–] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

(1) Swartz didn't share the files. Maybe he would have but when he earlier slurped the legal library it was to provide an indexing capability.

(2) He wasn't a founder of Reddit (but was an early developer).

The excellent documentary on him is online for free (watch it before it gets taken down): https://youtu.be/9vz06QO3UkQ

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago

I didn't say he shared the files. I linked to the documentary in the comment you replied to, but on PeerTube.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago

Bleak.

But you're not wrong. Motherfuckers.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Aaron wasn’t a founder. He came on 6-12 months after spaz brought reddit to market

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 220 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (8 children)

If you wanna rise in the West, you better be evil.

RIP Aaron Schwartz. 🙏

[–] qualia@lemmy.world 63 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

RIP Aaron Schwartz. 🙏

Is he related to Aaron Swartz?

Edit: Peak documentary of his life (free) for those unfamiliar. 🥹

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[–] edible_funk@lemmy.world 130 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Spez was the mod of a pedo sub. He's also a white supremacist piece of dogshit.

[–] Lawnman23@lemmy.world 48 points 3 days ago

Fuck spez.

[–] VeryInterestingTable@jlai.lu 50 points 3 days ago

Success doesn't ring at your door by chance. First you have to demonstrate how horrible you are and how you can contribute to make humanity worse.

[–] FahrenheitGhost@lemmy.world 149 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Fuck you /u/spez.

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 81 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Or fuck /u/spez, for short

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[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 92 points 3 days ago

Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 73 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The moderator of r/jailbait?

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Worth mentioning that at that time you could add anyone as moderator and they wouldn't even know or decline the mod rights.

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That just means he fits in with the rest of them.

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[–] unconsciousvoidling@sh.itjust.works 101 points 3 days ago

Fucking parasite. I wish him nothing but the worst.

[–] far_university1990@reddthat.com 6 points 2 days ago

Spez ist ein Hurensohn

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 69 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"Thanks for all the unpaid work mods!"

Lol he'd never thank the plebeians.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They can't afford to pay so many mods! You're crazy! /s

Now, if you'll excuse him ... he's buying a new yacht.

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[–] DrCake@lemmy.world 88 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For humans by humans

Could have fooled me

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago

For bots, by bots

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Ooh a debutante. Does he get a fancy dress and a coming out party? How exactly do you get jumped into that club?

[–] PlanterTree@discuss.tchncs.de 48 points 3 days ago (12 children)

The previous moderator r/jailbait is now a billionaire.

idk what jailbait is. And do not want to know lol.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago

Redditors: "Billionaires shouldn't exist!"

Also redditors: Helps make latest billionaire...

[–] zaugofficial@lemmings.world 29 points 3 days ago

Fuck reddit, fuck censorship, and fuck advertising.

Also fuck all the dumbasses that disagree.

[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago

Fuck you, Spaz.

[–] theherk@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago

Greedy little pig boy

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