yes. and they were all fairly intelligent. you could make the argument that they are out of touch but steve actually uses this site sometimes and has to know how spiteful the userbase is especially after the updates he posted and the constant stream of "frick spez"
Several avenues they can develop, honestly. Somewhere between sociopaths, high functioning autism (CTO), or the worst ladder climbing sycophants you've ever witnessed.
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sociopath: Steve Huffman
ladder climber: Ellen Pao
high functioning autism: Yishan Wong
"Hmm, if we move the reddit offices out of San Fransico hustle and bustle it would be optimal and the company would save $$$$$$$!"
"NOOO LIVING IN VIBRANT SAN FRAN FRICKING CISCO IS MY IDENTITY YOU DUMB NERD-- WE REFUSE!!!"
"but... it would be cheaper... for the company.. and all the employees? :( Save money? Do-- do you like money?"
<- le reddit board
or at least that's what I picture happening
Yishan was also big mad about the reddit userbase calling him a loser and him not being able to do shit about anything EVER so he just... quit coming to work. Then Ellen Pao floated to the top
The best talent does go to the Bay. Part of that logic (beyond H1B shenanigans) is you can also play companies off one another when you don't get that promotion, raise, or whatever. Vicious cycle, but can't fault the players.
Reddit has always been run by mouth breathers. is probably the smartest one in the room over there.
Which is why it was kinda shocking when reddit started doing some of the things any competent company would've done years ago, like get rid of third party apps and stop hosting tons of gore and porn on a site that's trying to attract advertisers.
I refuse to buy into the le heckin dumb ceo narrative.
you refuse to buy that someone who can't turn a profit monetizing a site that's basically just text and some links is not the brightest bulb in the room?
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begs the question, why tf did they do it in the first place when they had to know this would happen
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Steve Huffman huff glue
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I refuse to buy into the le heckin dumb ceo narrative. something else is afoot
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Have you met the average senior officer of any company
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yes. and they were all fairly intelligent. you could make the argument that they are out of touch but steve actually uses this site sometimes and has to know how spiteful the userbase is especially after the updates he posted and the constant stream of "frick spez"
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Several avenues they can develop, honestly. Somewhere between sociopaths, high functioning autism (CTO), or the worst ladder climbing sycophants you've ever witnessed.
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no doubt, you have to have a certain personality to make it there. but they are for the most part not dumb
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Absolutely. Should you also despise them? Yes. Such is the corporate world.
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These people are more than capable of being intelligent and making good decisions, they just have to be the right kind of narcissistic sociopath.
The problem comes when they have a weak character structure and instead choose to be moronic and spiteful.
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sociopath: Steve Huffman
ladder climber: Ellen Pao
high functioning autism: Yishan Wong
or at least that's what I picture happening
Yishan was also big mad about the reddit userbase calling him a loser and him not being able to do shit about anything EVER so he just... quit coming to work.
Then Ellen Pao floated to the top 
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The best talent does go to the Bay. Part of that logic (beyond H1B shenanigans) is you can also play companies off one another when you don't get that promotion, raise, or whatever. Vicious cycle, but can't fault the players.
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yeah he just wanted to move to a cheap edge of the area though
within crappy commute distance, just not in San Francisco
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least r-slurred leftoid. try being a senior officer of a successful company if it's so braindead easy. oh wait you can't
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lmao "projection" is what you're going to reply with? jesus go back to reddit
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Reddit has always been run by mouth breathers.
is probably the smartest one in the room over there.
Which is why it was kinda shocking when reddit started doing some of the things any competent company would've done years ago, like get rid of third party apps and stop hosting tons of gore and porn on a site that's trying to attract advertisers.
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you refuse
to buy that someone who can't turn a profit monetizing a site that's basically just text and some links is not the brightest bulb in the room?
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I refuse to believe that more than half of the people spouting this bullshit are smarter than him and could do any better
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Distraction and engagement metrics.
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engagement sure but Idk about distraction, if anything it brought more attention to the mods hissy fit
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I didn't say it was a GOOD plan.
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Attention? Sure, maybe. Actionable? A bunch of users gave them engagement to pointlessly sneed with bots.
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I think you're agreeing with me?
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I am, just adding chadmins are laughing all the way home.
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FALSE. Chadmins have ascended above laughing by their shamanistic cultivations (lexapro + amphetamines)
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Europeans literally battled American NEETS 24 hours a day to post a pixel. Reddit absolutely won here.
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it did a pretty
poor job at distraction
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Boosting MAU for the eventual IPO
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I guess getting people to set up their own bots to paint pixels is cheaper than buying bots yourself.
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