In the interview, Huffman also praised the cost-cutting by Twitter owner Elon Musk, calling the reduced headcount there an example of how a social media site can be without the massive revenue of a company like Google.

I mean, wtf

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

calling the reduced headcount there an example of how a social media site can be without the massive revenue of a company like Google.

My brother in Christ, you raised the head count

[–] ElectricCattleman@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Right? It's like wikipedia tripling their paid staff, then complaining that they aren't getting enough donations to break even.

[–] LawnMooser@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

He wishes he were elon musk, or that his company was as influential as twitter, but in the end it's just a tool for open access forums and most users seem to dislike the site-wide policy and the disrespect for the free contribution to the site. Most social media companies would appreciate the loyalty towards those subreddits that both users and mods use to show, and in that regard those are the real value of the platform.

The arrogance behind those messages seems to imply that he sees users as a product, and it is what he misunderstood: this is the true value behind the social media, the human users, the network effect and so on. So reddit is largely wasting this underutilised potential.

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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Users ARE the product - the trick is to make using the site attractive enough that they'll stick with it regardless.

[–] GrandMoffFartin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Elongated has a rabid fan base built around what were perceived to be real accomplishments towards the betterment of mankind. That's not true, of course, but he's also actually wildly, wildly rich.

By contrast I have yet to find a single person who supports Spez or even likes him at all. His accomplishments, real or imagined, are nothing. He's rich but so, so, so much less rich that the contrast is like comparing our moon to the sun.

This is like a kid with a plastic butter knife comparing himself to John Wayne Gacy.