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Re: Jedberg leaves reddit

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Post by recoiledsnake »

jcol wrote: post #28
ivanbernat wrote: post #6

A guy with so much knowledge about running such a huge site probably has hundreds of job offers. Best of luck Jedberg, wish you all the best!

Reddit has quite a few stability/uptime problems. Probably not his fault, but a scary prospect nonetheless. EDIT: Did I get downvoted by someone who thinks Reddit is stable? It clearly isn't and anyone who thinks otherwise is dreaming. I guess I'll stop going against the HN hivemind just to keep my account in good standing. This place feels more like Reddit every day.

I think it's off base to blame someone that has meager personnel running such a highly trafficked site, especially since Conde Nast is/was reluctant to hire more. Read his blogs on his dedication to putting out fires. He didn't get enough resources to manage the complexity. I think most of HN's readers would hire him in a heartbeat, if they only got the chance.

This is the reason that you're getting downvoted, not because people think it's stable.

Re: Jedberg leaves reddit

#42

Post by drivebyacct2 »

blhack wrote: post #34
staunch wrote: post #25

From someone that spent years sysadmining very high traffic systems: Well done sir. Well done. Been using Reddit since launch. Somewhat nervous that the new people running Reddit will get overrun by the corporate overlords now that they see the "hockey stick" traffic charts. I can see some bean counter doing the math: Slap 4 teeth whitening ads on every page = 4 ad impressions * 1.2 billion page views = 4.8 billion a…

I've said it before, so I apologize for repeating myself, but it shocks me (shocks!) that reddit doesn't append affiliate IDs to all of the outbound links to amazon that are generated. I've probably made well over $100 in purchases just in the last few months via links I've seen on reddit. ("Can you recommend a good book on welding/bicycles/iOS dev/etc.") Hopefully they don't do what you're suggesting, because I thin…

Ads are one thing. Manipulating user content for profit is seedy

Re: Jedberg leaves reddit

#43

Post by blhack »

jcol wrote: post #28
ivanbernat wrote: post #6

A guy with so much knowledge about running such a huge site probably has hundreds of job offers. Best of luck Jedberg, wish you all the best!

Reddit has quite a few stability/uptime problems. Probably not his fault, but a scary prospect nonetheless. EDIT: Did I get downvoted by someone who thinks Reddit is stable? It clearly isn't and anyone who thinks otherwise is dreaming. I guess I'll stop going against the HN hivemind just to keep my account in good standing. This place feels more like Reddit every day.

jcol -- you've been here for 10 days, and in that time you've contributed stuff like this:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2601356

Linking to a bunch of "let me google that for you"? That's about the least productive answer you can give some one (not to mention it's incredibly rude, and incredibly unwelcoming to somebody asking a question); come on...

Not to be a jerk, maybe you have more than one account or something, but I don't really know that you can start getting angry at the HN community for not being up to your standards just yet.

Re: Jedberg leaves reddit

#44

Post by cglace »

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #42
blhack wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've said it before, so I apologize for repeating myself, but it shocks me (shocks!) that reddit doesn't append affiliate IDs to all of the outbound links to amazon that are generated. I've probably made well over $100 in purchases just in the last few months via links I've seen on reddit. ("Can you recommend a good book on welding/bicycles/iOS dev/etc.") Hopefully they don't do what you're suggesting, because I thin…

Ads are one thing. Manipulating user content for profit is seedy

As long as they are being sent to the same endpoint I don't see the problem.

Re: Jedberg leaves reddit

#45

Post by blhack »

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #42
blhack wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've said it before, so I apologize for repeating myself, but it shocks me (shocks!) that reddit doesn't append affiliate IDs to all of the outbound links to amazon that are generated. I've probably made well over $100 in purchases just in the last few months via links I've seen on reddit. ("Can you recommend a good book on welding/bicycles/iOS dev/etc.") Hopefully they don't do what you're suggesting, because I thin…

Ads are one thing. Manipulating user content for profit is seedy

How is this manipulating user content?

Re: Jedberg leaves reddit

#46

Post by dailo10 »

runinit wrote: post #18
eggbrain wrote: post #9

The biggest question I have is: why are so many people leaving Reddit? Over the past few months, the site has grown continuously yet the people that have been the driving force of the site seem to be leaving just as the site is hitting its peak. What has changed?

I think Jedberg is leaving because he values his marriage over reddit. He kinda hints at that in his blog post.

He has one of the most difficult, stressful jobs scaling one of the most heavily trafficked sites in the world.

And I'm sure the bitching and moaning whenever there's downtime doesn't help.

Re: Jedberg leaves reddit

#47

Post by AgentConundrum »

blhack wrote: post #5

IMHO, this is a major, major loss for reddit. Jedberg, I know you read HN -- you were a hugely important part of that community; any time there was about to be a user revolt, it seemed like a red-lettered Jedberg would pop up in the thread to calm everybody down. I don't think you were technically a community manager (were you?) but you did a damn good job at it anyway.

I'll second that.

While it was certainly a loss when the other guys left, I definitely felt this one the most simply because jedberg was always popping up in the community, and seemed more visible than the other admins, though I'm sure the impact is also deepened because losing jedberg means the old guard have all moved on now. He made an excellent whipping boy, and played the role quite well.

Jeremy, you have my sincere thanks for helping make reddit such a welcoming and entertaining environment. I wish you nothing but success in your future endeavours.

Re: Jedberg leaves reddit

#48

Post by Ixiaus »

emmett wrote: post #31
kacy wrote: post #4

He was employee number one and I think the last remaining link to the founding team (not sure). I've got a lot of respect for him, especially after meeting him in person when I toured the office earlier this year. His commute was over 2 hours each day, and he had to deal with all the scaling issues with amazon almost single-handedly, not to mention the Saturday nights that were devoted to keeping the site up. I wish…

Jedberg was not on the founding team of Reddit. The founding team of reddit was Steve Huffman (spez) and Alexis Ohanian (kn0thing). Jedberg was their first hire after acquisition, though they'd acquired two other team members via merger (Chris Slowe and Aaron Swartz) prior to that.

"He was employee number one and I think the last remaining link to the founding team"

Re: Jedberg leaves reddit

#49

Post by emmett »

Ixiaus wrote: post #48
emmett wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Jedberg was not on the founding team of Reddit. The founding team of reddit was Steve Huffman (spez) and Alexis Ohanian (kn0thing). Jedberg was their first hire after acquisition, though they'd acquired two other team members via merger (Chris Slowe and Aaron Swartz) prior to that.

"He was employee number one and I think the last remaining link to the founding team"

Not what it said when I commented ;-)

Re: Jedberg leaves reddit

#50

Post by noarchy »

jcol wrote: post #28
ivanbernat wrote: post #6

A guy with so much knowledge about running such a huge site probably has hundreds of job offers. Best of luck Jedberg, wish you all the best!

Reddit has quite a few stability/uptime problems. Probably not his fault, but a scary prospect nonetheless. EDIT: Did I get downvoted by someone who thinks Reddit is stable? It clearly isn't and anyone who thinks otherwise is dreaming. I guess I'll stop going against the HN hivemind just to keep my account in good standing. This place feels more like Reddit every day.

Just an observation: people on HN who complain about being downvoted rarely see their comments get out of the "grey" zone.
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