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You somehow missed the many instances of claims by Huffman contradicted by evidence given in the article?
Huffman:
> [Developers] are mad because they used to get something for free, and now it’s going to be not free.
Article:
> I expressed this willingness to pay many times throughout phone calls and emails, for instance here's one on literally the very first phone call:
>> "I'm honestly looking forward to the pricing and the stuff you're rolling out provided it's enough to keep me with a job. You guys seem nothing but reasonable, so I'm looking to finding out more."
Huffman:
> Reddit is Fun, he never wanted to talk to us
Article:
> The Reddit is Fun developer shared emails with The Verge showing how he outlined many suggestions to Reddit, none of which were listened to
Huffman:
> Apollo threatened us, said they’ll “make it easy” if Reddit gave them $10 million. This guy behind the scenes is coercing us. He's threatening us.
Article:
> I recorded the phone call and can show this to be false, to the extent that Reddit even apologized four times for misinterpreting it:
>> Reddit [during the same call] : "That's a complete misinterpretation on my end. I apologize. I apologize immediately."
AFAICS this is exactly what "debunking" looks like.
A drama created by Reddit's leadership and made worse by their lies (something dumb to do when recordings or emails can be made public).
to your second point, reddit tolerates these kind of rants/events because drama creates traffic, and, amusingly, people are giving that post awards.. which is money straight into reddit’s pocket.