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I am Steve Huffman, the new CEO of Reddit. AMA. (2015)

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Re: I am Steve Huffman, the new CEO of Reddit. AMA. (2015)

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Post by 9erdelta »

bittercynic wrote: post #8

I think reddit has run its course for me, and I don't think they're losing anything of value when I stop browsing. I've been using old. for years, and always been pretty strict about blocking ads. In the past few years, it's been getting less and less enjoyable for me, and since I stopped visiting on Monday, I've been feeling better, and I don't think I'll be going back. Reddit is saving a little on bandwidth since I…

Similar for me. I exclusively used reddit via old. or apollo, and mostly just lurked. I have some good memories of some communities there but by and large it's not something I enjoy anymore. For community I'm on discord, for being in the loop I'm on twitter and HN.

Re: I am Steve Huffman, the new CEO of Reddit. AMA. (2015)

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Post by deaddodo »

bittercynic wrote: post #8

I think reddit has run its course for me, and I don't think they're losing anything of value when I stop browsing. I've been using old. for years, and always been pretty strict about blocking ads. In the past few years, it's been getting less and less enjoyable for me, and since I stopped visiting on Monday, I've been feeling better, and I don't think I'll be going back. Reddit is saving a little on bandwidth since I…

> In the past few years, it's been getting less and less enjoyable for me, and since I stopped visiting on Monday, I've been feeling better, and I don't think I'll be going back.

The reddit experience I've had in the last few days is actually the best I've had since I signed up 12-13 years ago. All the smaller niche subreddits I forgot about are back to front and center, all the community interaction is on AskReddit, answers, etc again and the overall communal aspect is back. It reminds me of how much the site has really changed and, like you, I'll probably be gone once it goes back to normal.

Re: I am Steve Huffman, the new CEO of Reddit. AMA. (2015)

#13

Post by echelon »

faeyanpiraat wrote: post #4
kaladin-jasnah wrote: post #3

It's fascinating to see how his responses have changed to be more out-of-touch so dramatically since he did this AMA and now. Not knowing too much about how Reddit has changed over the years, I wonder what the timeline is for his change.

Money corrupts, I guess?

Steve Huffman exited once before. Did he get equity to return again as CEO?

I don't understand why he'd return instead of starting something new.

Re: I am Steve Huffman, the new CEO of Reddit. AMA. (2015)

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Post by baby »

kaladin-jasnah wrote: post #3

It's fascinating to see how his responses have changed to be more out-of-touch so dramatically since he did this AMA and now. Not knowing too much about how Reddit has changed over the years, I wonder what the timeline is for his change.

My guess is that with massive communities like that, good feedback is lost in the ocean of shitty users overreacting. At some point you build up a shield and can't really have meaningful interactions with your users. I bet this is what happened with Facebook.

Re: I am Steve Huffman, the new CEO of Reddit. AMA. (2015)

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Post by whyenot »

echelon wrote: post #13
faeyanpiraat wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Money corrupts, I guess?

Steve Huffman exited once before. Did he get equity to return again as CEO? I don't understand why he'd return instead of starting something new.

Hipmunk wasn’t doing well and Reddit had just chewed through two different CEOs. Maybe he needed somewhere to go, and was up for a challenge?

Re: I am Steve Huffman, the new CEO of Reddit. AMA. (2015)

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Post by babyshake »

baby wrote: post #14
kaladin-jasnah wrote: post #3

It's fascinating to see how his responses have changed to be more out-of-touch so dramatically since he did this AMA and now. Not knowing too much about how Reddit has changed over the years, I wonder what the timeline is for his change.

My guess is that with massive communities like that, good feedback is lost in the ocean of shitty users overreacting. At some point you build up a shield and can't really have meaningful interactions with your users. I bet this is what happened with Facebook.

This also happens frequently with celebrities and pop stars. I'm impressed by the likes of Taylor Swift who at least appear to have a genuine love for their fans despite what must be a lot of pretty crazy behavior on the part of the most extreme fans.

Re: I am Steve Huffman, the new CEO of Reddit. AMA. (2015)

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Post by Y_Y »

meepmorp wrote: post #10
lobochrome wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a private company. What else was it supposed to be about? Distributing VC money to users?

You could run a company that sustains itself and its employees, maybe makes a modest profit. You could just make something valuable that people like and want to use, and have that mostly be the end goal. You probably won't get incredibly rich, though.

That sounds great, but I feel like the VC firms that would allow you to start up in the first place aren't going to go for it.

Re: I am Steve Huffman, the new CEO of Reddit. AMA. (2015)

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Post by bcrosby95 »

deaddodo wrote: post #12
bittercynic wrote: post #8

I think reddit has run its course for me, and I don't think they're losing anything of value when I stop browsing. I've been using old. for years, and always been pretty strict about blocking ads. In the past few years, it's been getting less and less enjoyable for me, and since I stopped visiting on Monday, I've been feeling better, and I don't think I'll be going back. Reddit is saving a little on bandwidth since I…

> In the past few years, it's been getting less and less enjoyable for me, and since I stopped visiting on Monday, I've been feeling better, and I don't think I'll be going back. The reddit experience I've had in the last few days is actually the best I've had since I signed up 12-13 years ago. All the smaller niche subreddits I forgot about are back to front and center, all the community interaction is on AskReddit,…

Why will Reddit going back to normal stop you from enjoying the smaller subreddits? I use Reddit all the time and literally never see anything from those monstrous multi million user subreddits.

Re: I am Steve Huffman, the new CEO of Reddit. AMA. (2015)

#20

Post by AmericanOP »

"Are there any specific plans for the Alien Blue app that you can share?"

> "I have lots of ideas! But, I'm sad to say, I don't want to publicize them here until I've got more support internally. It's shitty if you're on a product/dev team to come into work and find everything's been upended without any of your input."

Took three years but now we know the answer.

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