Technology

It truly was a dumpster fire. A part of me did wish he would backtrack but he just doubled down.

It's telling that they're not even willing to work with the third-party Reddit apps. They could be true money makers for Reddit, or at the least, a way to minimize Reddit's losses.

Also, doubling down and deciding that the subreddits that will be going dark in protest mean nothing. He's said as much in the past that the moderators are expendable, though, so it would not be a surprise if Reddit administration or spez personally decides to usurp those mod teams.

I had extremely low expectations, and this was somehow worse lol

It's gone pretty much as you'd expect:

#1 doubling down on everything and saying "I'm sorry that you were upset about this"

#2 ignoring the untrue allegations he made about the convo with a 3rd party developer and calling him out for having recorded the convo instead

I'm not sure I even care what he says at this point. The damage is done, his hand has been played, and we all know the type of person(s) he / they are and their end goal. Good riddance. I truly hope everyone comes this way, I can't lie, Reddit was my go-to for information that I could rely on and get honest feedback from the "public at large". The more I think about this the more I realize just how useful it was as a tool as much as it was for conversation.

This should end well.

Unless they announce they're going to undo the pricing changes completely, I don't see myself using reddit anymore.

Oh wow Spez is still CEO? I thought he resigned after he edited that user's comment without permission or whatever. Really kept a low profile since.

I always felt that part of the allure of Reddit was that it was semi-anonymous. Now that I see they're taking the route of Facebook and the like I'm running for the door.

I feel like asking "Do you have a security system?"

I would be shocked if he answered more than 5-10 cherry-picked questions.

I wonder if the downvotes will equal that of the EA Battlefront discussion. That was legendary.

Honestly, no one gives or should give a shit about this guy.