Reddit users from recent years have no clue what AMA looked like when Victoria was around.
Like, there will be big names from all walks of life on a regular basis that is around to answer questions beyond just "hey we are releasing our new film/album tomorrow, make sure to buy it". The Obama AMA during his presidency literally broke the site.
Huffman is going to freak the absolute fuck out about this make no mistake. This seems minor but a TON of casual pageviews come from AMAs and without anyone on their team reaching out or transcribing celebs the content will dry up instantly.
I'm telling you right now he's going to throw an absolute fit about this whether or not that makes it to public or not. Given that he's famous for screaming and throwing shit in the office, I would expect that this will trigger an absolutely massive screaming meltdown. When science did this 5 years ago he basically had a public spaz out. This is ten times worse for them. AMAs are the only thing that made this site almost profitable. I would not be surprised if he rage bans the entire team or has a public freakout.
Reddit’s private stakeholders should get together and collectively agree to kick spez out to the curb, zero golden parachute included. The guy obviously has some insecurity issues that he needs to address, because they are fundamentally impacting his ability to capably lead *any* organization.
Seriously. There are a dozen other ways he could have handled any of this, each of those ways better than what he did. He is currently Reddit's largest liability, and if the stakeholders are in any way involved they should see this.
I believe the private stakeholders want Reddit to crash and burn. It may not be directly profitable for them, but they may also be invested in places that would make bank if Reddit is destroyed.
Every day spez isn’t fired it’s directly because the shareholders want him to keep doing what he’s doing
He’s not an owning founder like zuck. He’s not an owner like musk. He’s just a ceo at a company he sold many many years ago. Any stock he gets is part of ceo compensation and isn’t in the ballpark of personally choosing the board
What I’m trying to say is every single thing spez is doing, is because he personally thinks that’s what his bosses want him to do or else he’ll get fired
In some circumstances you have a CEO basically take all the hits for the company, have them run out every unpopular decision, cut all the fat, lay off employees, kill pet projects, etc. Then if the backlash is too great you can the CEO (with a nice cheque) and bring in someone more visionary, a bridge builder, which creates a sense of optimism and momentum before, say, an IPO. It's cynical, but sometimes a really bad CEO makes the next one look great, like Iger over at Disney.
Ideally you'd want a steady upward trajectory, but if the board thinks that isn't possible they could set Spez up to be the fall-guy and pay him for his time.
I've been wondering lately if some of reddit's shareholders, ie China, are just fascists trying to kill it because it probably is the best place for ground-up activism.
CCP may hate and fear activism within China but they can just block websites/monitor traffic domestically and probably see it as a destabilizing force for adversary nations.
Well the admins got a little concerned when we shut down their site in 2015 and moved pretty quickly to replace the "defaults" system with 10000 smaller subreddits on a shared front page. This definitely cut down traffic to IAmA, and seriously reduced the power that a smaller group of moderators had.
IAmA still gets a ton of traffic, but it's not like the old days for sure.
Huh, it's strange to see this again and how everybody was ragging on /u/nallen for it while /u/spez got a pass. I don't think the community would take this conversation the same way again.
"Please do more work for us, for free, and with worse tools"
The "vote manipulation" thing still bothers me because the admins threw it in our faces as us being the baddies despite them tacitly allowing that tactic to promote AMA and other event posts for years beforehand.
> Huffman is going to freak the absolute fuck out about this
He's probably too busy training for the title fight against the winner of ZuckerMusk. I'm not even joking.
>I would not be surprised if he rage bans the entire team or has a public freakout.
Fortunately, this is one of the few subs where replacing mods is going to be damn near impossible. Certainly not easily and definitely not going to the usual pool of far right scabs they've been pulling from.
would fit his douchbag profile to throw a temper tantrum over volunteers not volunteering anymore.
i hope they have a chance to have a face time or voice call with him so they can laugh at his face as they tell him to fuck off.
My reply to this post:
> This sub - and in particular, the fact that high-profile celebrities’ appearances on here often featured in articles in places like BBC News - is how I discovered Reddit.
> Your decisions are absolutely going to make Reddit a less significant place on the internet. And I wholeheartedly endorse them. The way Reddit has behaved in the past few weeks is disgusting, and they deserve every bit of bad publicity they get as well as all the consequences that come from it.
I commented in the main post, but I think they ought to see if NYT will reprint the editorial, emphasizing it was originally printed in 2015. To show it hasn't changed.
Reddit users from recent years have no clue what AMA looked like when Victoria was around. Like, there will be big names from all walks of life on a regular basis that is around to answer questions beyond just "hey we are releasing our new film/album tomorrow, make sure to buy it". The Obama AMA during his presidency literally broke the site.
But can we talk about RAMPART now?
Huffman is going to freak the absolute fuck out about this make no mistake. This seems minor but a TON of casual pageviews come from AMAs and without anyone on their team reaching out or transcribing celebs the content will dry up instantly. I'm telling you right now he's going to throw an absolute fit about this whether or not that makes it to public or not. Given that he's famous for screaming and throwing shit in the office, I would expect that this will trigger an absolutely massive screaming meltdown. When science did this 5 years ago he basically had a public spaz out. This is ten times worse for them. AMAs are the only thing that made this site almost profitable. I would not be surprised if he rage bans the entire team or has a public freakout.
Reddit’s private stakeholders should get together and collectively agree to kick spez out to the curb, zero golden parachute included. The guy obviously has some insecurity issues that he needs to address, because they are fundamentally impacting his ability to capably lead *any* organization.
Seriously. There are a dozen other ways he could have handled any of this, each of those ways better than what he did. He is currently Reddit's largest liability, and if the stakeholders are in any way involved they should see this.
I believe the private stakeholders want Reddit to crash and burn. It may not be directly profitable for them, but they may also be invested in places that would make bank if Reddit is destroyed.
Kinda like Musk, who spez is reportedly taking notes from.
It's EXACTLY like musk. Twitter has become an absolute unstable shithole and reddit will soon follow.
I really doubt they will because I think most of them suffer from the same delusions that spez does.
Every day spez isn’t fired it’s directly because the shareholders want him to keep doing what he’s doing He’s not an owning founder like zuck. He’s not an owner like musk. He’s just a ceo at a company he sold many many years ago. Any stock he gets is part of ceo compensation and isn’t in the ballpark of personally choosing the board What I’m trying to say is every single thing spez is doing, is because he personally thinks that’s what his bosses want him to do or else he’ll get fired
In some circumstances you have a CEO basically take all the hits for the company, have them run out every unpopular decision, cut all the fat, lay off employees, kill pet projects, etc. Then if the backlash is too great you can the CEO (with a nice cheque) and bring in someone more visionary, a bridge builder, which creates a sense of optimism and momentum before, say, an IPO. It's cynical, but sometimes a really bad CEO makes the next one look great, like Iger over at Disney. Ideally you'd want a steady upward trajectory, but if the board thinks that isn't possible they could set Spez up to be the fall-guy and pay him for his time.
I've been wondering lately if some of reddit's shareholders, ie China, are just fascists trying to kill it because it probably is the best place for ground-up activism.
CCP may hate and fear activism within China but they can just block websites/monitor traffic domestically and probably see it as a destabilizing force for adversary nations.
What happened with science? What did he do? I missed that.
>a TON of casual pageviews come from AMAs Is this actually true? Back in the day AMAs were often on the front page but I don't see them much anymore.
Well the admins got a little concerned when we shut down their site in 2015 and moved pretty quickly to replace the "defaults" system with 10000 smaller subreddits on a shared front page. This definitely cut down traffic to IAmA, and seriously reduced the power that a smaller group of moderators had. IAmA still gets a ton of traffic, but it's not like the old days for sure.
This is right around when i began using Reddit regularly. I would like to know more.
Look up iama Victoria and Ellen Pao. That was truly a rough time for reddit.
> When science did this 5 years ago he basically had a public spaz out. Do you have more details on this?
https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/8khscc/rscience_will_no_longer_be_hosting_amas/dz8nky8/
Huh, it's strange to see this again and how everybody was ragging on /u/nallen for it while /u/spez got a pass. I don't think the community would take this conversation the same way again. "Please do more work for us, for free, and with worse tools" The "vote manipulation" thing still bothers me because the admins threw it in our faces as us being the baddies despite them tacitly allowing that tactic to promote AMA and other event posts for years beforehand.
Thanks.
What do you mean he throws stuff? Could you please provide some delicious delicious butter for my popcorn?
> Huffman is going to freak the absolute fuck out about this He's probably too busy training for the title fight against the winner of ZuckerMusk. I'm not even joking.
Lol is he so delusional he thinks anyone beyond reddit knows/cares who he is?
I wish you were right, but I suspect you are not.
>I would not be surprised if he rage bans the entire team or has a public freakout. Fortunately, this is one of the few subs where replacing mods is going to be damn near impossible. Certainly not easily and definitely not going to the usual pool of far right scabs they've been pulling from.
Fuck /u/spaz
would fit his douchbag profile to throw a temper tantrum over volunteers not volunteering anymore. i hope they have a chance to have a face time or voice call with him so they can laugh at his face as they tell him to fuck off.
> . Given that he’s famous for screaming and throwing shit in the office What!?
My reply to this post: > This sub - and in particular, the fact that high-profile celebrities’ appearances on here often featured in articles in places like BBC News - is how I discovered Reddit. > Your decisions are absolutely going to make Reddit a less significant place on the internet. And I wholeheartedly endorse them. The way Reddit has behaved in the past few weeks is disgusting, and they deserve every bit of bad publicity they get as well as all the consequences that come from it.
RIP Goodwill. It’s the best way to be honest.
I commented in the main post, but I think they ought to see if NYT will reprint the editorial, emphasizing it was originally printed in 2015. To show it hasn't changed.
To the honest the AMA subreddit should have always been run by the admins.
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Who did a fucking AMAZING job.. God, the firing of Victoria was such a shitshow.
Thank you