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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman isn’t backing down: our full interview (www.theverge.com)

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“The blackouts are not representative of the greater Reddit community.” Or so he says. Also:

Q: So you’re saying that Apollo, RIF, Sync, they don’t add value to Reddit?

A: Not as much as they take. No way.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like how he's finally admitted this was pretty much about the third party apps, but has done so in the most stupidest, roundabout way possible.

Anyone who is even remotely competent could've figured out a way to keep third party apps and make money (having apps only login for monthly-subscription paying reddit users like Spotify, half the cost of the APIs, buyout third party apps) but no, Huffman has to have it his way.

And people at Reddit trying to spin this as the people protesting inconvenieincing a glorified forum board, massive eye rolls. Felt like DARVO all over again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That’s perhaps the most frustrating part. There are numerous ways they could have handled this that at worst would have resulted in a few people whining about it and then moving on.

Even if he had just shut the fuck up for a few days, most subs would probably be up by now. But no, his fragile ego couldn’t handle it, so he decided to go on a personal crusade against the very people who are working for free to keep the site running.

Without the mods and power users, Reddit has barely any value whatsoever.