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I seriously hope Reddit board does not fire their CEO. Group bullying should not work in this case. This is not a matter of life and death. If some users are upset with the Reddit way, nothing is to stop them from creating an alternative. If they fear most people won't follow, then perhaps their opinion is that of a minority.

When someone owns a platform, they can run it as they please. No one is being woken up at gun point and forced to use Reddit.

If the users win in this case (where we do not have the details to know whether they have treated others unfairly), it will simply be like paying a ransom and not expecting the receiver to come back for more.

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> No one is being woken up at gun point and forced to use Reddit.

you can say that kind of things for ALL services out there. And even about the country you live in ("dont like your president? Just move somewhere else!").

There is a fine line between phrasing a demand and bullying. It's not because protests are led by minorities that they should be ignored altogether.

Are there examples in which any of Reddit changes have affected someone's well being? If not then Reddit can do as they please with their property. The market will decide whether they are right or wrong.

> The market will decide whether they are right or wrong.

There is no need to antagonize Reddit. It's a fine service that has many uses. Asking for improvements/changes is part of the normal process of having a discussion - if every single time we had a problem with something we had to create a new solution that would be a serious waste of time for everyone involved. Don't re-invent the wheel, just try to fix it first.

Side-point; there are many people who aren't actually allowed to leave their country. Its a very Eurocentric viewpoint to just assume everyone has complete autonomy and the resources necessary to relocate. "Don't like your President" isn't a valid reason for political asylum either.

> there are many people who aren't actually allowed to leave their country.

Sure - even from a Eurocentric perspective it's easier said than done (language barriers, etc...). Yet there's a number of people who always say this kind of things.

Changing countries takes significant effort that could require job changes, visas, citizenship tests, etc. Changing websites doesn't require anything more than a click. Comparing the two is idiotic.

It's not a comparison, it's a parallel. If you go down that line of thinking that's the kind of things you would say when someone complains about their country's ruler. And I have heard it many times.

The CEO is doing the board's bidding. Reddit just raised $50 million. The board is controlled by investors. They don't see the current state of Reddit as a good (profitable) thing.

Maybe reddit or social networks are inherently hostile against any corporate sponsorship or making money because it brings censorship and lowers trust of the content.

> Maybe reddit or social networks are inherently hostile against any corporate sponsorship or making money because it brings censorship and lowers trust of the content.

Other social networks are certainly profitable (ex. Facebook).

For reference, Reddit raised $50m in Series B funding in Sept 2014. They also provided $40m in Series A funding to Imgur.

I'm not doubting you but can you please tell me how you know this? Also, is there a canonical source of info about reddit's finances and BoD details? The only info I seem to find is in random reddit and HN comments with no links to back it up.

What I'm most interested in is whether reddit has finally managed to get in the black and who's on the board.

It's all documented on Crunchbase: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/reddit

Reddit isn't publicly traded, so they have no obligation to discuss their financials or leadership makeup, which is why nothing but their funding is public.

She's an interim CEO. Her days are numbered anyway.

well according to a former employee who was also recently sacked when asked about that she replied ""You'll have to pry this position from my cold, dead hands!!!"

https://i.imgur.com/cOw7LvF.jpg

> group bullying

oh, you mean capitalism?

Its not bullying when money is involved

the worst is the admin of /r/crappydesign shutting down his sub and all of its content just because he believes in "the cause". The teenager part of reddit is destroying reddit for all the rest of us...

It'd be interesting to see how few mods are involved. There's a lot of overlap betweens moderators - a small number of people mod many large groups.

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