Agreed. This and the recent controversy around the HyperSocial CEO posting an emotional layoff post on LinkedIn makes me wonder if the new trend in layoffs is to try to make us relate more with the CEO than the laid off employees and take some heat off them.
Sounds like someone is in serious need of an ego check.
> Are we supposed to know who Jack is?
I should imagine the people that blog post is relevant to know who he is, yes.
Patreon's creator and CEO.
Ask the person who posted the Instagram post at HN instead of the Patreon's official blog's post.
AFAICT, he told the team separately, and is just using IG to announce publicly. I don't see how that is any worse than the usual dry press release.
Because companies like Patreon come and go. They know it, we know it. So they grasp at straws for a fleeting moment of popularity.
Wait a little longer and they'll be announced on TikTok
Its because Instagram is for self promotion.
This is legitimate feeling, maybe because not all your employees might have Instagram. We can't assume it wasn't also done on internal channels, though?