▲ 288 ▼ Reddit faces content quality concerns after its Great Mod Purge (arstechnica.com) submitted 3 years ago by Vent@lemm.ee to c/reddit@lemmy.ml 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 27 points 3 years ago (2 children) Doing what is morally correct does not make you money. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dhork@lemmy.world 36 points 3 years ago Let's not overdo it, it's not like Reddit was a pinnacle of moral virtue before the Mod changes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 24 points 3 years ago (1 child) They were doing mostly okay before with premium and donations. It's just that they want even more money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] athos77@kbin.social 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) The weird thing is that if spez hadn't spent tens of millions of dollars on things that reddit kept telling him they didn't want - reddit crypto, reddit NFTs, etc - they likely would've been profitable way before now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theneverfox@pawb.social 7 points 3 years ago Yeah, they could've been profitable a long time ago if they grew the staff slowly and kept their head down But they wouldn't be Facebook level profitable. Their investors don't care much about them being profitable, they want 100x or bust permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dhork@lemmy.world 36 points 3 years ago Let's not overdo it, it's not like Reddit was a pinnacle of moral virtue before the Mod changes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 24 points 3 years ago (1 child) They were doing mostly okay before with premium and donations. It's just that they want even more money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] athos77@kbin.social 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) The weird thing is that if spez hadn't spent tens of millions of dollars on things that reddit kept telling him they didn't want - reddit crypto, reddit NFTs, etc - they likely would've been profitable way before now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theneverfox@pawb.social 7 points 3 years ago Yeah, they could've been profitable a long time ago if they grew the staff slowly and kept their head down But they wouldn't be Facebook level profitable. Their investors don't care much about them being profitable, they want 100x or bust permalink fedilink source parent
[–] athos77@kbin.social 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) The weird thing is that if spez hadn't spent tens of millions of dollars on things that reddit kept telling him they didn't want - reddit crypto, reddit NFTs, etc - they likely would've been profitable way before now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theneverfox@pawb.social 7 points 3 years ago Yeah, they could've been profitable a long time ago if they grew the staff slowly and kept their head down But they wouldn't be Facebook level profitable. Their investors don't care much about them being profitable, they want 100x or bust permalink fedilink source parent
[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 7 points 3 years ago Yeah, they could've been profitable a long time ago if they grew the staff slowly and kept their head down But they wouldn't be Facebook level profitable. Their investors don't care much about them being profitable, they want 100x or bust permalink fedilink source parent