lemmonyJul 22, 2023

STOP saying “fuck u/spez” START saying “FIRE STEVE HUFFMAN”

https://lemmy.world/post/1994304

STOP saying “fuck u/spez” START saying “FIRE STEVE HUFFMAN” - Lemmy.world

“fuck u/spez” means absolutely nothing to anyone who isn’t familiar with Reddit, it’s just noise. “FIRE STEVE HUFFMAN” is a clear, actionable statement that has a clear target and goal and actually has meaning to people who don’t know what Reddit is (like say, a potential shareholder or investor) Idk where to put this since r/savethirdpartyapps got banned so post this wherever will get noise if you agree

Show threadPenguinJuiceJul 22, 2023
Lmao you sweet summer child. You think firing him will do shit? The company has cancer. They are trying to to public. Nothing is going to fix whats wrong with the company now. It's terminal.
Show threadEnigmaJul 22, 2023

Also, firing spez does nothing because this wasn’t spez’s decision.

If you look at the history of Reddit’s API, it had a fee until spez became CEO again and made it free. This was when the 3PA took off.

Being the CEO does not mean that you get to actually make major decisions for the company. Think of the CEO as the face of the board of directors. They are the ones that approve/deny major changes.

You want the board changed, not spez.

Show threadParadoxJul 22, 2023
Reddit’s API never had a fee, it was always free. Reddit was built in an era where there wasn’t really much difference between an API and the HTML view you see, they both had the same backend code, with minor differences on the presentation layer.
Show threadEnigma
This is false, look it up. The API had a fee until 2016.
Jul 23, 2023 at 1:02pmWeb
Show threadParadoxJul 23, 2023
I assure you it was false, as I worked there in 2010-2011, and built many bots and tools using said api thereafter. I never paid a cent, and none of the people using my bots did either