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Steve Hoffman is claiming some Redditors may harass and target employees in public in his internal memo; an attempt to distract from his fuck-up.

https://lemmy.world/post/105264

Steve Hoffman is claiming some Redditors may harass and target employees in public in his internal memo; an attempt to distract from his fuck-up. - Lemmy.world

Apollo dev on the memo: https://social.vivaldi.net/@[email protected]/110538676922452606 [https://social.vivaldi.net/@[email protected]/110538676922452606]

Jun 13, 2023 at 8:35pmWeb
Show threadthemoonisacheeseJun 13, 2023
I mean he's an asshat but you do understand that there are definitely people who would commit acts of violence for this, right? Like that is a thing, I'm sure most of the employees have recieved death threats.
Show threadmiraclechalkJun 13, 2023
My big takeaway was him saying there had been no financial impact yet which I guess is easy to claim when you already aren't profitable...
Show threadNevermindNoMindJun 13, 2023

Spez says the blackout is no big deal and will blow over by Wednesday. Spez also says people are so pissed off they will randomly attack people in the streets wearing Reddit gear. So either people don't care and everything will be back to normal soon, or people are in a blind rage about the API changes and prone to random acts of violence. Which is it?

Notice Spez doesn't go so far as to claim there have been any specific threats or incidents of violence. There is no evidence or justification supporting his warning. He is just 100% throwing that in there for the headline. Reddit has gotten bad press all week, Spez thinks pretending to be a victim of the rabid reddit mob (which is simultaneously full of keyboard warriors who will accept defeat by tomorrow) will get him some sympathy in the press. The dude is pathetic.

Show threadqprimedJun 13, 2023
creating a sense of siege, danger, us-against-them to pull everyone tighter into the fold. wow!
Show threadElmiHaltJun 13, 2023

Just to be fair, and I'm not advocating for that shitbag, it takes a single prick with a brick to smack someone across the head. It's just numbers game - there's a lot of people exposed to the situation and not all of them are well in their heads.

I mean have you seen any of those Karen videos? Not a pleasant experience to be on receiving end. So yeah, idk if the leak was intentional (it feels like it) but considering the situation I would have also been cautious if I were a reddit employee.

Show threadhakaseJun 13, 2023
Calling those you disagree with violent and unreasonable is a tale as old as time. Also note that supposedly Reddit has begun taking over private subs and replacing mods
Tsutsuku (he/they) (@[email protected])

#redditmigration #reddit One of my friends is a mod of a very large subreddit that went private for the blackout. Last night she received a message saying that she had been stripped of her moderator rights and the subreddit was taken public again. To be very clear, the subreddit members had specifically voted in favor of going private. It seems like reddit will stoop lower and lower to try and break the blackout. I'm seething.

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