Chainweasel@lemmy.world to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoReddit CEO warns employees not to wear Reddit swag in public as users revoltwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down10
arrow-up1158arrow-down1external-linkReddit CEO warns employees not to wear Reddit swag in public as users revoltwww.businessinsider.comChainweasel@lemmy.world to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squareKushan@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years agoBut as defences go, it’s a pretty braindead one - the very people Spez is trying to demonise is his userbase. Why would you invest in a company that has such dangerous users?
minus-squareim stuff@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agosame reason this all started in the first place, unlike you and me spez sees reddit as entirely independent of its community to this guy, community is a tool that can be balanced and leveraged rather than central to his brand’s identity
But as defences go, it’s a pretty braindead one - the very people Spez is trying to demonise is his userbase. Why would you invest in a company that has such dangerous users?
same reason this all started in the first place, unlike you and me spez sees reddit as entirely independent of its community
to this guy, community is a tool that can be balanced and leveraged rather than central to his brand’s identity