Two9ASpez's AMA is live, the shitshow begins
what a shitshow. I just saw his communicate
10 mins in, one answer which has -119 score...
teoriaWOW, where is it? I cent even find it
cwagnerGo to his account, it's linked in all the comments. He seems deluded, like he actually feels he is right.
The irony is that the website is so borked right now that I can only access his profile and comments via the Apollo app…
undefined> nswered one question. I imagine that might be all he does. What a shit show - what does he even expect to do
here: https://www.reddit.com/user/spez
Might be easiest to find any comments on his user page: https://teddit.net/u/spez
The thread is going to be a shitshow.
primalmotionIt's an AMABIWAA (Ask Me Anything, But I Won't Answer Anything)
blujanHe's answered one question. I imagine that might be all he does. What a shit show - what does he even expect to do
bouncingAlmost 20 minutes in, and he's written 3 responses, each about a paragraph.
I'm guessing it's not going well.
clgohAnswers must be vetted by lawyers.
He then answered a question on the Apollo dev situation and my god, he just dug the hole deeper. He has no idea the public perception of him and reddit at the moment, and then he continues to slander the Apollo dev with no facts or anything to back up that Apollo dev did anything wrong.
For NBA fans, he's got some real Steve Kerr energy there too, more concerned about the recording of the call than anything else, like when the video of Dramond punching Poole came out.
Spez on Christian (Apollo dev)
His “joke” is the least of our issues. His behavior and communications with us has been all over the place—saying one thing to us while saying something completely different externally; recording and leaking a private phone call—to the point where I don’t know how we could do business with him.
Spez is a fucking joke
BarbarianCheck the response from /u/iamthatis. Absolutely savage.
https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/145bram/comment/jnk5inf/?context=3
I'm really hoping this is the comment to break the downvoted record
What is the record?
Pretty sure it was EA's "feeling of accomplishment" comment.
https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsBattlefront/comments/7cff0b/seriously_i_paid_80_to_have_vader_locked/dppum98/
https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsBattlefront/comments/7cff0b/seriously_i_paid_80_to_have_vader_locked/dppum98/
Good god, thatll take time to beat
albinanigansAt the time of my comment, it has been deleted...
derivatorWhat was it?
I loved the commentary on that exchange from hackernews.
""" fwlr 8 minutes ago | prev | next [–]
The rule that you shouldn’t build your business on someone else’s API obviously applies here and in the end Reddit is of course justified in choosing to shut out third party apps. But I must say it is simply hilarious that their exorbitant new price was so absurd that when devs quoted it back to them as a buyout rate, Reddit felt like they were being blackmailed. I mean that’s literally getting offended at your own number. """
He's right. If you think the golden goose lays $x/yr and the guy offers it at $.5x and it offends you, you've got a problem with yourself.
ScrubblesWhat an asshole. Still trying to ruin iamthatis.
For fuck's sake dude, sorry that you wanted to only quietly out that you're an asshole and he made sure we all know what a giant, gaping asshole you are.
WHEN I AM AN ASSHOLE I HAVE THE EXPECTATION THAT OTHER PEOPLE KEEP IT PRIVATE
BackOnMyBSspez is a straight up narcissist that uses the same playbook as the rest. it's so evident with the gaslighting, blame-shifting, and smear campaign. at this point, anything he says should be understood to be a tactical play in gaining control by seeming powerful, "on your side," or requiring pity as a victim. his mind is deranged, so he has no other capacity.
Positive is the overwhelming number of people not falling for it and calling him out on it. It's amazing, doesn't matter politics, religion, sexual identity, everyone is fully united in saying "fuck spez"
He just answered a question about their accessibility issues with basically "oh we're working on it". Come the fuck on dude that shit needed to be in place before you did all this and to be frank reddit's got a history of lying about that stuff too.
lemillionsocksKinda wish the peanut gallery would stop posting a little bit. Like a little engagement is one thing but this literally already has more than 2,000 posts in 20 minutes of people piling on and going "uhuh!" "yeah!" "HE WONT DO IT!" "He hasnt answered to this complicated post yet".
Like it's so much noise that when and if he does inevitably reply to things it will be buried.
I'll admit to a little shitposting in the AMA thread to be fair, but mostly to promote Fediverse alternatives where people are asking where they can go.
Youre going god's work. That said I imagine that kind of content will be buried under the thousands of people posting "fuck spez"
I'm actually seeing a fair number of people linking or mentioning Lemmy, there may be traction...
HrBingROne thought is that awards etc for certain comments push in to the top when sorting by hot, I believe. Just a guess though.
Austin-PhilpI mean, you can just look at spez's profile to see what he's repsonded to. That's where I've been looking.
As for the awards thing, for some reason reddit has always done that. I'd bet 99% of the gold spez has gotten over the years was given in anger, which makes no sense to me, but it's something they always do
The Apollo dev is once again threatening spez: https://teddit.net/r/reddit/comments/145bram/addressing_the_community_about_changes_to_our_api/jnk4oz4/
TeaHandsThat guy is a menace!
NickLOL.
At what point will the Apollo dev /u/iamthis have enough evidence to sue Spez for Defamation?
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/legal/personal-injury/defamation-lawsuit-guide/
untilyouarrivedYou can tell that he is absolutely furious at the attention that Apollo has gotten.
Yeah he seems incredibly bitter.
I mentioned lemmy and got shadowbanned
Haha pathetic. Let's see if that also works for me.
Anyone noticing slowdowns and timeouts? Overloaded? Or slowing access?
ag_roberston_authorProbably just thousands of angry Redditors accessing the thread at once.
Im definitely getting something of the sort
iNeedScissors67This guy is such a weasel, holy shit. He comes off as incredibly bitter.
You just know every comment is being vetted by legal, marketing, and PR. Coward. Can't say anything without corporate double speak
BetoSo glad I deleted my account yesterday.
MoreCoffeeConsidering doing the same after 14 years of using reddit. End of an era I suppose. I think Lemmy has a ton of potential though.
I'm right there with you. 9+ years of reddit.
This is definitely one of the AMA's of all time lmao
7.4k comments already, this is mad
density51 minutes later 13143 comments
"We’ll continue to be profit-driven until profits arrive. Unlike some of the 3P apps, we are not profitable."
Almost understandable but did they really think this was the way to put it?
Sounds like a skill issue, Mr. CEO
"I am bad at my job"
oooohhkkkkay
zinklogHe really sound like 'fuck it I'll just improvise and get this shit over with' from his answers.
PunsNRosesSpez comes off as a narcissistic little pissbaby. Blaming the apps/devs that made Reddit what it is, rather than actually looking at ways to make the site better for everyone.
Power corrupts, this should probably be expected on every centralised service
Blame-shifting is a tenet of narcissism. They can't be grandiose and entitled without it.
I think anyone surprised by Spez's behavior now have not actually read anything about him before