Apollo dev on the memo: https://social.vivaldi.net/@christianselig@mastodon.social/110538676922452606
Spez says the blackout is no big deal and will blow over by Wednesday. Spez also says people are so pissed off they will randomly attack people in the streets wearing Reddit gear. So either people don’t care and everything will be back to normal soon, or people are in a blind rage about the API changes and prone to random acts of violence. Which is it?
Notice Spez doesn’t go so far as to claim there have been any specific threats or incidents of violence. There is no evidence or justification supporting his warning. He is just 100% throwing that in there for the headline. Reddit has gotten bad press all week, Spez thinks pretending to be a victim of the rabid reddit mob (which is simultaneously full of keyboard warriors who will accept defeat by tomorrow) will get him some sympathy in the press. The dude is pathetic.
Just to be fair, and I’m not advocating for that shitbag, it takes a single prick with a brick to smack someone across the head. It’s just numbers game - there’s a lot of people exposed to the situation and not all of them are well in their heads.
I mean have you seen any of those Karen videos? Not a pleasant experience to be on receiving end. So yeah, idk if the leak was intentional (it feels like it) but considering the situation I would have also been cautious if I were a reddit employee.
I don’t think that’s fair in this case. That’s definitely a valid train of thought in the face or receiving online death threats - almost all of these could be assumed to be fake, but it only takes one real one - but here Steve Huffman isn’t referring to any specific threats to reddit staff and is instead just shit stirring.
Playing the classic victim card.
creating a sense of siege, danger, us-against-them to pull everyone tighter into the fold. wow!
Wait, where do they wear Reddit gears? How does that even work?
I also have stuff with my companies logo on it that I wear outside of work. It is not too far fetched that people wear Reddit gear outside of work.
I don’t believe there have been any indicators of threat however lmao.
Calling those you disagree with violent and unreasonable is a tale as old as time. Also note that supposedly Reddit has begun taking over private subs and replacing mods
My big takeaway was him saying there had been no financial impact yet which I guess is easy to claim when you already aren’t profitable…
He’s gone full is vs them mentality. He needs to be fired yesterday.
To be fair, any sufficiently large community (50+ million) is bound to have some people in it with poor judgment who will take their reaction too far.
If I was a Reddit employee right now, I would probably not be openly advertising it. This is probably good advice, regardless of how you feel about corporate Reddit’s actions and policies.
Also, let’s not make the same mistake of thinking Spez is the sole source of this trouble and him stepping down will magically make all of this go away. Reddit is rotten with greed and that ultimately stems from the investors. Nothing changed with Elen Pao’s firing, and little will ultimately change with regards to monetization of user data if Spez is replaced.
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Sounds like Reddit hired Trump’s ex-lawyers after they quit.
I mean he’s an asshat but you do understand that there are definitely people who would commit acts of violence for this, right? Like that is a thing, I’m sure most of the employees have recieved death threats.
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I highly doubt most EEs have experienced death threats
If you’re so sure why didn’t the CEO mention any of these death threats?
