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Remember when Spez said it was "It's time we grow up and behave like an adult company"? Apparently, that means paying himself $193 million and single-handedly tanking Reddit's profitability right b... (www.npr.org)
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Remember when Spez said it was "It's time we grow up and behave like an adult company"? Apparently, that means paying himself $193 million and single-handedly tanking Reddit's profitability right b...::undefined

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[–] db2 71 points 10 months ago (12 children)

There was only one worth a damn.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz

[–] Radicaldog 19 points 10 months ago (10 children)

The myth of Aaron Swartz continues...

He was a big proponent of free speech absolutism. He'd have been more than happy with the jailbait subs, watchpeopledie, fatpeoplehate etc. I really don't think he deserves a free pass just because Reddit wasn't enshittifying while he was around, as it was in a growth phase. It had other problems which needed resolution.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

WPD has it's place and there was nowhere on the internet that was nearly as sanitized as it was on reddit compared to other gore sites.

That morbid curiosity in my twenties helped me through a lot.

[–] Radicaldog 4 points 10 months ago

I guess it's the one I care least about that I listed. Substitute in the overtly racist subreddits, if you wish, as they surely didn't deserve a platform.

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