Recent searches
Search options
Passing semi-obvious thought: it’s not really Reddit leadership the Reddit community needs to scare; it’s investors.
It seems to me that has tactical implications.
1/4
In particular, browbeating the CEO isn’t going to accomplish that much. He doesn’t have to care if people on the Internet are mad at him.
He •does• have to care if his precious IPO goes down the toilet.
2/4
It would be marvelous if one result of the Twitter and Reddit fiascos were online communities acquiring both willingness and organizing capacity to burn online spaces to the ground when they go bad.
Today, if tech execs worry about users, it's losing market share, competitive edge, lock-in. But I don’t think they worry about their users organizing to actively destroy their product in response to their decisions. Imagine if they did.
3/4
@inthehands
This is so good I might have to pledge fealty to you.
@noondlyt
Pledge fealty to human decency, and you’ll find me standing beside you.
@inthehands
That was done a long time ago.
Your post is the first that I have come across that aligns with my thought process about social media.