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Will this undermine most of what makes IAmA special? Probably. But Reddit leadership has all the funds they need to hire people to perform those extra tasks we formerly undertook as volunteer moderators, and we'd be happy to collaborate with them if they choose to do so.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Reddit fired Victoria because they didn’t want to spend any cash on this kind of thing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

They fired Victoria because they were trying to aggressively monetize IAmAs in ways that were going to fuck community interests, and Victoria pushed back. Think Rampart, except companies can pay to ensure that it doesn't become a PR fiasco, so it's guaranteed astroturf.

Reddit has been classy ever since.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Which makes no sense, because the high-profile AMAs she made happen certainly broadened reddit's public appeal by quite a bit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's the same logic they're still using: they want to monetize Reddit more aggressively, even if that kills its appeal and they have to brutalize their own community to do it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You’re right, of course, but the person you’re replying to is also correct in that the firing of Victoria years ago was an early indication that Reddit seems to have decided as a matter of principle that it will not under any circumstances pay anyone to manage content.

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

Idk...in another post it read that reddit has more than 2000 employees.

And they weren't willing to have one person on the payroll for their most famous format?