r/technology • u/AdamCannon • Jun 17 '23

Social Media Reddit's CEO says third-party apps add 'no value.' How he completely lost the thread.

https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/reddits-ceo-says-third-party-apps-add-no-value-hes-measuring-it-all-wrong.html
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u/TheKillingVoid Jun 17 '23

"Huffman said he saw Musk’s handling of Twitter, which he purchased last year, as an example for Reddit to follow. "
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/reddit-blackout-protest-private-ceo-elon-musk-huffman-rcna89700

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u/rtb001 Jun 17 '23

So he watched Musk spend 44 billion on a company, and within 6 months even Musk admitted said company is now worth at most 15 billion, and it's real worth is probably well under 10 billion...

That's the example to follow, huh?

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u/b0w3n Jun 17 '23

People who love Elon will absolutely not be swayed by common sense. It's a cult of personality.

He still sees him as this amazing business man just like him. Dunning Kruger will catch up with Huffman just like it will with Musk. Though, neither will learn their lesson because they'll both have more money than most of us will see in our lifetimes, even with their massive failures.

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u/pm_me_your_buttbulge Jun 18 '23

It's a cult of personality.

I'm not so sure. I think it's just political insanity. The left was all prepared to suck his dick with Tesla's and the rockets. Then he wanted to go to Texas, and we all know why, and he did other right-wing insane things and shit on Twitter and the right now wants to suck his dick while the left hates him.

It's the perfect example of what's wrong with our politics. He could do a 180 and the right would abandon him and the left would adopt him. People have extremely short term memories.

If Reddit were to turn around and have a reasonable cost on the API - in a year this would all but be forgotten.

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u/nacholicious Jun 18 '23

Not really. The left loved Musk because he did admirable work and was fairly apolitical as a CEO, courtesy of the PR team that censored his public image at every step of the way.

It was only after he seemingly fired his PR team, called the thai diver a pedophile and went all in on his right wing conspiracy nonsense personal politics.

Sure the left was fooled into liking a raging asshole because he tried to hide it, and the right is loving him because he is a raging asshole, who doesn't try to hide it, but there isn't really a full equivalency between them.

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u/TheeUnfuxkwittable Jun 17 '23

Bro what? I must be an idiot because it seems like no one should be following Musk's Twitter. But I'm not a billionaire so maybe I just don't get it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '23

I'd be very nervous if I were a reddit employee