Reddit Welcomes Michael Seibel to Board of Directors

Post by Apocryphon » Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 1:58 AM UTC

whatshisface wrote: post #58

henryfjordan wrote: post #53

Why stick to the insular Silicon Valley club and not get someone who's devoted their life to civil rights? There are a ton of community activists who could actually bring a fresh perspective. EDIT: I do not mean to question his particular qualifications or his commitment to change, only to comment on the fact that it could have been someone from a different walk of life. Tech leadership in Silicon Valley does not app…

Presumably the duties of a Silicon Valley board member would center on running a Silicon Valley company, which a Silicon Valley CEO would be uniquely qualified to do.

Post by bigiain » Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 2:02 AM UTC

hnzix wrote: post #101

ProAm wrote: post #71

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What more is there to do with reddit? All their new ideas in the last 5 years have been poached from other social sites that did it first. It will always be a cesspool in the same manner that twitter and facebook with always be cesspools but that's more a reflection on society than management. They will always be pawns in the bot game, political game and advertising/sponsorship game because they are conduits only. No…

> Nothing good comes out of reddit that is not put into reddit from the outside. The good that comes from inside Reddit is the curation, as much as everyone likes to complain about it. They have become more proactive about banning hate and grief subreddits and have a system for reporting and shadowbanning bad faith individuals. If anything one could argue they come down a little too hard on borderline controversial s…

Post by bigiain » Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 2:05 AM UTC

zaksoup wrote: post #96

godzillabrennus wrote: post #81

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Let me know when you figure out how to build a social network that can profit from social good. These days, profit and social good are rarely aligned.

This reads to me as a stunning indictment of social networks and profit more than it does a defense of Reddit's board choice and their potential motivations.

Post by kgin » Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 2:08 AM UTC

jstgord wrote: post #87

Dear Reddit, for the love of Mike .. PLEASE treat reddit as a web-first platform. You are killing the golden goose by trying to force people toward the app - by gradually removing features and usability from the mobile web site and constantly reminding people they "should" use the app. I don't want reddit as an 'app', I want reddit to be readable/scrollable on mobile and web without any form of coercion.

Post by kgin » Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 2:13 AM UTC

tmpz22 wrote: post #22

I struggle to see any successful path for reddit that doesn’t devolve into being more like Facebook. Godspeed to the new CEO and I look forward to hearing their vision for the company.