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Reddit isn't profitable, despite having more than 50 million daily active users. In preparation for an IPO, CEO Steve Huffman put the platform's API

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[–] [email protected] 121 points 2 years ago (34 children)

The blatant astroturfing is what really icked me out. From day one of the API changes, it was clear that Reddit had spun up the spin machine and had begun to misrepresent the issues.

The main one was how they tried to push the "they just want the API for free", "we're entitled to charge for our services" narrative.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Yes, I loved it when Christian Selig let Hoffman (fuck spez) know his lies were exposed because he (Christian) had recorded their conversation.. and provided proof. Would love a video of Hoffman's reaction.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Hoffman’s reaction

Care to share a link if you have it readily available? Otherwise I can hunt around for it :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Not sure one even exists, but would love if it did.

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