▲ 305 ▼ Reddit communities with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely (www.theverge.com) submitted 3 years ago by red@feddit.de to c/technology@beehaw.org 252 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) That's because spazzy spez didn't think his internal memo would leak. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EvilColeslaw@beehaw.org 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children) Nah I think it's clear he wanted it to leak. He's just an egomaniac who thinks he's actually a good leader. That section of the memo was for investor confidence. (It'll pass, no revenue effect so far, etc.) The other part about warning employees not to wear Reddit gear in public for fear of violence was meant for the press and for the uninformed, to try to garner sympathy and paint the protestors as bad actors. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Obvious tactic, paint the other side as violent and you'll get sympathy. Won't someone please think of the corporation. Make no mistake, spez would love to see someone in a reddit tshirt beat up on the street. He'd be able to plaster that everywhere he could showing how sad his side is permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] j4k3@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) A false flag is a typical right wing move. I can picture spez doing it. He should pick some kid name Aaron just to make it that much more spiteful. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] riper_banana@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I dislike u/spez as much as the next guy, but man, that's dark. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 3 points 3 years ago I mean there is a lot of money riding on this. I've seen people getting killed for 3 grand. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HQC@beehaw.org 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's working, too. The Forbes article which I saw posted either here or on Kbin didn't even push back on Huffman's claim that traffic from LLMs was the reason for the price hike, and I haven't seen any big publication use the audio or transcripts showing a slam-dunk case of slander (or libel, whichever one applies to text) against the Apollo developer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EvilColeslaw@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago* The problem with the libel/slander is unless it falls into a few categories of what's called per se defamation, you're required to prove damages. (From the libel's/slander's damage to your reputation, not from something like Reddit's API change destroying his business.) permalink fedilink source parent [–] GraceGH@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago The other part about warning employees not to wear Reddit gear in public for fear of violence was meant for the press and for the uninformed, to try to garner sympathy and paint the protestors as bad actors. Glad people aren't blind to this obvious ploy. When LGBT violence is at an all time high I don't think you need to be worried about wearing a reddit shirt. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EvilColeslaw@beehaw.org 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children) Nah I think it's clear he wanted it to leak. He's just an egomaniac who thinks he's actually a good leader. That section of the memo was for investor confidence. (It'll pass, no revenue effect so far, etc.) The other part about warning employees not to wear Reddit gear in public for fear of violence was meant for the press and for the uninformed, to try to garner sympathy and paint the protestors as bad actors. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Obvious tactic, paint the other side as violent and you'll get sympathy. Won't someone please think of the corporation. Make no mistake, spez would love to see someone in a reddit tshirt beat up on the street. He'd be able to plaster that everywhere he could showing how sad his side is permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] j4k3@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) A false flag is a typical right wing move. I can picture spez doing it. He should pick some kid name Aaron just to make it that much more spiteful. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] riper_banana@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I dislike u/spez as much as the next guy, but man, that's dark. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 3 points 3 years ago I mean there is a lot of money riding on this. I've seen people getting killed for 3 grand. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HQC@beehaw.org 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's working, too. The Forbes article which I saw posted either here or on Kbin didn't even push back on Huffman's claim that traffic from LLMs was the reason for the price hike, and I haven't seen any big publication use the audio or transcripts showing a slam-dunk case of slander (or libel, whichever one applies to text) against the Apollo developer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EvilColeslaw@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago* The problem with the libel/slander is unless it falls into a few categories of what's called per se defamation, you're required to prove damages. (From the libel's/slander's damage to your reputation, not from something like Reddit's API change destroying his business.) permalink fedilink source parent [–] GraceGH@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago The other part about warning employees not to wear Reddit gear in public for fear of violence was meant for the press and for the uninformed, to try to garner sympathy and paint the protestors as bad actors. Glad people aren't blind to this obvious ploy. When LGBT violence is at an all time high I don't think you need to be worried about wearing a reddit shirt. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Obvious tactic, paint the other side as violent and you'll get sympathy. Won't someone please think of the corporation. Make no mistake, spez would love to see someone in a reddit tshirt beat up on the street. He'd be able to plaster that everywhere he could showing how sad his side is permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] j4k3@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) A false flag is a typical right wing move. I can picture spez doing it. He should pick some kid name Aaron just to make it that much more spiteful. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] riper_banana@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I dislike u/spez as much as the next guy, but man, that's dark. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 3 points 3 years ago I mean there is a lot of money riding on this. I've seen people getting killed for 3 grand. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HQC@beehaw.org 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's working, too. The Forbes article which I saw posted either here or on Kbin didn't even push back on Huffman's claim that traffic from LLMs was the reason for the price hike, and I haven't seen any big publication use the audio or transcripts showing a slam-dunk case of slander (or libel, whichever one applies to text) against the Apollo developer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EvilColeslaw@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago* The problem with the libel/slander is unless it falls into a few categories of what's called per se defamation, you're required to prove damages. (From the libel's/slander's damage to your reputation, not from something like Reddit's API change destroying his business.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) A false flag is a typical right wing move. I can picture spez doing it. He should pick some kid name Aaron just to make it that much more spiteful. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] riper_banana@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I dislike u/spez as much as the next guy, but man, that's dark. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 3 points 3 years ago I mean there is a lot of money riding on this. I've seen people getting killed for 3 grand. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] riper_banana@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I dislike u/spez as much as the next guy, but man, that's dark. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 3 points 3 years ago I mean there is a lot of money riding on this. I've seen people getting killed for 3 grand. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 3 points 3 years ago I mean there is a lot of money riding on this. I've seen people getting killed for 3 grand. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HQC@beehaw.org 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's working, too. The Forbes article which I saw posted either here or on Kbin didn't even push back on Huffman's claim that traffic from LLMs was the reason for the price hike, and I haven't seen any big publication use the audio or transcripts showing a slam-dunk case of slander (or libel, whichever one applies to text) against the Apollo developer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EvilColeslaw@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago* The problem with the libel/slander is unless it falls into a few categories of what's called per se defamation, you're required to prove damages. (From the libel's/slander's damage to your reputation, not from something like Reddit's API change destroying his business.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EvilColeslaw@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago* The problem with the libel/slander is unless it falls into a few categories of what's called per se defamation, you're required to prove damages. (From the libel's/slander's damage to your reputation, not from something like Reddit's API change destroying his business.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GraceGH@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago The other part about warning employees not to wear Reddit gear in public for fear of violence was meant for the press and for the uninformed, to try to garner sympathy and paint the protestors as bad actors. Glad people aren't blind to this obvious ploy. When LGBT violence is at an all time high I don't think you need to be worried about wearing a reddit shirt. permalink fedilink source parent