▲ 29 ▼ Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout “will pass” (www.theverge.com) submitted 3 years ago by EthicalAI@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org 35 comments fedilink hide all child comments Dude this article gives me work PTSD. I hate working for CEOs and stupid fucking managers. Open source forever.
[–] EthicalAI@beehaw.org [S] 0 points 3 years ago (3 children) Idk how this is possible either, almost every sub I subscribe to is black, why would that not impact rev? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Shhalahr@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago Two days isn't significant enough to register as a real change. Especially since I assume most advertisers have ongoing contracts based on longer periods. If you want to see an actual revenue impact, the blackout has to go long enough that advertisers have time to start scaling back or even withdrawing from the platform. permalink fedilink source parent [–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago* If everyone who's not using reddit was already using a 3P ad free app, it's possible they're saving money on bandwidth while still serving the same number of ads to the remainder who are still getting on permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dee@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Well, considering the phone calls with the apollo dev, his trustworthiness is already shot. I would be very surprised if this didn't affect revenue seeing how there's thousands of people not buying awards now. That's not even getting into ad views. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Shhalahr@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago Two days isn't significant enough to register as a real change. Especially since I assume most advertisers have ongoing contracts based on longer periods. If you want to see an actual revenue impact, the blackout has to go long enough that advertisers have time to start scaling back or even withdrawing from the platform. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago* If everyone who's not using reddit was already using a 3P ad free app, it's possible they're saving money on bandwidth while still serving the same number of ads to the remainder who are still getting on permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dee@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Well, considering the phone calls with the apollo dev, his trustworthiness is already shot. I would be very surprised if this didn't affect revenue seeing how there's thousands of people not buying awards now. That's not even getting into ad views. permalink fedilink source parent