I wrote about how Reddit’s years of making users responsible for content creation, moderation, and product development came back to haunt it today. https://www.platformer.news/p/reddit-goes-dark
Reddit goes dark

As it moves to shut down third-party apps, the site’s self-governing ethos comes back to haunt it

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@caseynewton Any thoughts on the inconsistencies in what Huffman seems to say is the issue versus what they're actually implementing?

For example, there's zero chance that Apollo itself costs "tens of millions" to support, but Huffman seems to be maniacally focused on Apollo. He also seems to act like the $500k/yr Apollo makes is somehow a material amount to Reddit.

@caseynewton If you do end up actually getting someone at Reddit to talk, maybe ask them why Huffman's plan to double workforce 2 years ago culminated in this nonsensible product strategy.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/9/22274077/reddit-funding-round-250-million-double-employees-investment

Reddit to double employees after raising $250 million

Reddit will double the number of employees it has over the course of this year to around 1,400 after raising $250 million in a new funding round. The company currently has around 700 employees.

The Verge
@caseynewton Maybe also ask why they weren't able to grow DAU after raising $250m. 👀