Lex FriedmanJun 12, 2023

I am enjoying the Reddit shit show.

I am also so glad I don't work at Reddit (for a lot of reasons).

I also really don't know their move if mods keep up the protest. (A big "if," of course.) The current leadership will be unwilling to cave, I suspect.

I can see the idea of “We goofed" post, but if it's true that (for example) Apollo costs them $20M/year (which is bonkers if true, and I'd like to know the delta of serving those same users off their own infrastructure directly)...

Show threadLex FriedmanJun 12, 2023
... but IF it's true, now what? We recant? We'll delay for three months? Six? We'll offer API access to any user willing to spend $1 a month? Really curious.
Show threadLex FriedmanJun 12, 2023

And yes, you could simply remove mods. But that seems fraught with risk (since the "new" mods could do the same thing, and you get a mass, revolt exodus...

I don't know. I'm glad their problems aren't my problems.

Show threadMartin Du4
@lexfri This is a huge pyramid of horse manure badly managed. Advils are surely flying high at Reddit HQ.
Jun 12, 2023 at 7:04pmWeb