Advance, the company that controls Reddit, would be wise to replace the CEO whose mismanagement and arrogance has led moderators of thousands of subreddits to go private in protest.
Put someone in place who realizes that the communities made the service in every way that matters.
Maybe Advance is hoping the protestors will go weak-kneed (as so many people on Twitter have done, sadly) and return.
Moderators, please, please don't back down on this. Stay dark.
(Corrected re extent of strike..)
@dangillmor Everything I know about life in the C-suite would fill... a matchbook. Maybe. If I write big.
With that in mind: What are the odds a CEO (like Huffman) would undertake such a radical change, such an extreme new direction, without coordinating with his own superiors?
Do we have any reason to think this whole situation isn't the result of marching orders coming directly from Advance? What would that look like? Might we expect Reddit execs to make a halfhearted AMA barely defending a policy they disagree with?
Dan Gillmor
Western Infidels
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