• @thecdc1995
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    802 years ago

    Well there’s the problem

    Reddit, which is based in San Francisco, has in recent years tried to turn from a rough-and-tumble internet message board into a full-fledged social media business by adding executives and strengthening its advertising capabilities.

    • @[email protected]
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      462 years ago

      The financial shit heads weasel their way into everything and fuck it up on us. This is what I like about this setup here, from the ground up it doesn’t seem like it can be bought our and IPO’d.

      • @stochasticity
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        182 years ago

        Everything has to be increasingly profitable and it’s maddening.

        • @[email protected]
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          2 years ago

          Yeah, I don’t want to see humanity keep on going like this. The profit incentive in some ways can increase the speed at which something develops, but it feels like we’re outgrowing it now that we have so many good communication/collaboration tools.

          The profit squeeze on everything feels like it does more harm than good.

        • @MercuryUprising
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          32 years ago

          Because of greed. Not even just the founders, they could even be benevolent, but someone from the competition can just get greedy and attempt a buyout or try to cripple you by becoming bigger and constantly harassing your company. We have to bring back antitrust punishments and ban megamergers that have been running rampant.

        • Temple Square
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          22 years ago

          I know. Like why can’t “we have enough revenue to operate the business” be good enough?

          It’s either go big and go broke for these clowns.

      • @Eldritch
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        62 years ago

        not wholesale. any one of them could spin up an instance and try to monetize it. But they would never be able to shut the rest down or stop them.

        • Temple Square
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          52 years ago

          And if it got really spammy, we can just block that instance.

    • @ArtVandelay
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      112 years ago

      I once worked for a company that had a chief imagination officer. And yes, their business card said CIO.

      • @RGB3x3
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        72 years ago

        They must have been imagining they were important.

      • Manu
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        02 years ago

        It’s OT but I‘ve sent you a message a few days ago. Can you take a look and tell me wether you received it or not? Thank you!