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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: 'It's time we grow up and behave like an adult company' (www.npr.org)
submitted 2 years ago by SonNeedGym to c/[email protected]
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Disappointed that NPR didn't elaborate more on how Huffman truly fucked over Christian Selig.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

@BlueForestDev The issue that they realize but are not saying out loud, is that small but vocal group is the glue that is holding Reddit together.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I don't think so. For some individual subs this might be true (like apolloapp lol), but reddit has gotten too big to fail like this. IF they fail it will be a slow decline and not at all like Digg.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Wouldn't be shocked by this. Twitter is / was this way. A small percentage of the userbase was responsible for most of the high quality content that drove engagement. Even before Musk's buyout, the leadership was concerned that this group was leaving in numbers and not coming back.

Quality matters, and Twitter was (rightly) concerned that they were losing their quality posters. I think there's a real chance of that happening to Reddit too.