llama comments on There is no moral high ground for Reddit as it seeks to capitalise on user data

There is no moral high ground for Reddit as it seeks to capitalise on user data | John Naughton (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 3 years ago by Rozinante@sh.itjust.works to c/main@sh.itjust.works

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CEO Steve Huffman says tech giants should not be able to trawl Reddit’s huge store of data for free. But that information came from users, not the company

[–] llama@midwest.social 29 points 3 years ago (4 children)

Oh you built this community through your own time moderating, posting, upvoting and commenting? Cool we're gonna sell it to Vanguard for a few billy and pocket the profits! And, here's a list of approved content you're allowed to post now. Hard pass bro nobody cares about your IPO when we built your company.

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[–] panopticchaos@sh.itjust.works 41 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Look, u/spez has been very clear about this, he’s not threatening anyone, he is just ensuring we only talk about Rampart. You know for the users.

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[–] Sir_Digby@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago

He only cares about money. Fuck u/spez

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[–] Harry@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago

That is pretty much the gist of it. Reddit profited off the free labor of its users. Now they are disrespecting them. That is not going to end well.

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[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago

Every time Paint Hufferman opens his mouth I want to down an IPA. I think I'm going to die of alcohol poisoning.

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