“I am willing to work with Reddit.”
  •  dog   ( @hellothisisdog@yiffit.net ) English
    3•1 year ago

    spez lied? no way, not spez, the same butthole who keeps lying about 3rd party developers, spitting in the face of mods, and destroying communities on reddit in the name of the almighty dollar. couldn’t be that guy 🙄

  •  Alue42   ( @Alue42@kbin.social ) 
    3•1 year ago

    So RIF was paying a revenue share from 2012-2016 (Reddit ended the contract when spez took control). It’s clearly not about the money. It’s about the data, controlling the experience, and knowing what you are looking at.

  •  Veedems   ( @Veedems@kbin.social ) 
    2•1 year ago

    I just don’t understand the purpose of this guy’s interview tour and insistence on trying to make the developers the villain. It would simply be better for the brand if he said absolutely nothing.

    •  christophski   ( @christophski@feddit.uk ) 
      1•1 year ago

      They are trying to be the next Instagram. Developers are not a core part of any other large platform - Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, snap etc. So reddit does not care about them. They want to lock the platform down so they can make more money.

    •  Rising5315   ( @Rising5315@kbin.social ) 
      0•1 year ago

      Because the controversy is drumming up news. He’s the face of that and it’s all for the IPO.

      No publicity is bad publicity and all that, but he’s also getting ahead of all the other news so that anyone possible investors might be interested.

      None of this is for us anymore. Not us the former users, the current users or us “regular people”. He and his handlers are trying to drum up publicity for big money.

      •  EvilColeslaw   ( @EvilColeslaw@kbin.social ) 
        1•1 year ago

        Publicity and trying to get ahead of the message are one thing. But on the other hand, he’s telling blatant lies that are easily refuted with audio recordings, transcripts, the actual e-mails, etc. I’m guessing there’s actually some revenue impact already for him to go from “It’ll pass” to this freakout they’re having over there.

  •  s_s   ( @s_s@lemmy.one ) English
    1•1 year ago

    I’d say the dude has to be on a bender at this point, but what’s he really have to lose by lying about this?

    It’s not like we all thought he was a pillar of moral fortitude or something.

  •  XPost3000   ( @XPost3000@lemmy.ml ) English
    1•1 year ago

    Shu also tells me that RIF was paying a “sizable revenue share” to Reddit beginning in 2012, which was during Yishan Wong’s tenure as CEO.

    Shu says Reddit terminated the agreement in 2016 — which was the year after Huffman took over as CEO.

    Bruh, RIF was already paying reddit until Reddit said “no”, but now reddits like “um actually it just happens to be expensive to run an app like Reddit”

  •  CoffeeNerd   ( @CoffeeNerd@kbin.social ) 
    0•1 year ago

    Honestly, this idiot just doesn’t make sense. I know that he’s looking to increase revenue by any means but all his actions are making sure this quarter will be their worst in a while. I’d be surprised if he’s not fired very soon.