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Comment by blhack | Hacker News Reader

IMHO, this is a major, major loss for reddit. Jedberg, I know you read HN -- you were a hugely important part of that community; any time there was about to be a user revolt, it seemed like a red-lettered Jedberg would pop up in the thread to calm everybody down.

I don't think you were technically a community manager (were you?) but you did a damn good job at it anyway.

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Thank you. That really means a lot to me.

Good, man. You deserve every word of praise that you get, especially for keeping that site running with the team you had (5, was it? And you were the only SA?).

Good luck at whatever it is that you decide to do :)

Thank you. That's very kind of you.

The most dire time was right after raldi left, when I had just two tech people, a programmer and a sysadmin.

jedberg - Its sad to see you go, I remember when you came on at reddit. Whats next for you?

Right now I'm going to enjoy the nice summer weather and take care of some things that I've been neglecting for a while.

Then we'll see where the wind takes me. :) The last paragraph of the blog post has details.

Good luck on whatever you do in the future and thanks for the family time, effort and sanity invested into reddit.

jedberg was officially the sysadmin. but when you have a staff of ~5, everybody kind of fills all the roles no matter what their title is.

I'll second that.

While it was certainly a loss when the other guys left, I definitely felt this one the most simply because jedberg was always popping up in the community, and seemed more visible than the other admins, though I'm sure the impact is also deepened because losing jedberg means the old guard have all moved on now. He made an excellent whipping boy, and played the role quite well.

Jeremy, you have my sincere thanks for helping make reddit such a welcoming and entertaining environment. I wish you nothing but success in your future endeavours.

Thank you very much. Your kind words are appreciated.

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