I wonder how many moderators may adjust their protest time frame as a result of this comment…

  • e l f
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    221 year ago

    Wasn’t this goober just saying reddit wasn’t profitable? What revenue lol?

    • @[email protected]
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      141 year ago

      Profits are revenue minus expenses. If all the revenue goes into garbage like nfts and new reddit (or up spez’s nose) there can be a lot of revenue but no profit.

      • e l f
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        31 year ago

        Ah, well said. Thanks for clarifying!

  • Maeqa
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    161 year ago

    Makes me wonder what reddit’s usage stats will be in late July or early August once things settle into whatever normal they’re going to be. I can’t imagine they can pull good mod tools out of their asses quickly enough to combat the spam that’ll undoubtedly crop up without automod, etc.

    I think the question is whether this move will ultimately annoy the regular casual lurkers enough. Will it make an impact on reddit’s stats and reputation or not?

    • @[email protected]
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      81 year ago

      A flood of spam posts hawking cryptocurrency and hot singles in your area might even look on the usage metrics for a while

    • @[email protected]
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      71 year ago

      They’ll probably just plug Automod into OpenAI’s content moderation API or something if too much spam piles up

      • Maeqa
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        91 year ago

        Oh dear gods, that is the most horrible idea I have heard in my life and yet I somehow fully expect that kind of bullshit.

        • @[email protected]
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          61 year ago

          AI content moderation will be chump change if they get enough takers on this new API pricing. Plus they’re wanting to IPO at a time when every Fortune 500 is jumping on the AI bandwagon in quarterly reports, so I’d be surprised if they don’t already have teams researching this internally.

      • @ArtVandelay
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        41 year ago

        Would be hilarious if open AI decided to up their API cost 1000x for Reddit

  • @[email protected]
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    131 year ago

    I mean he’s not really wrong some subs are already opening back up, without indefinite closure nothings going to really change

    • @halo5OP
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      41 year ago

      I agree. I think that the whole movement should move to indefinite closure. If anything, it gives us a reason to pop some popcorn!

  • godless
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    81 year ago

    Exactly what a struggling CEO is expected to say to keep employees from jumping ship.

    • BOMBS
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      31 year ago

      in other news, my ex has totally moved on based on all social media posts about her moving on.

  • zach
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    1 year ago

    I mean, he’s right. They have their work cut out for them though. They’ll need to be on top of things especially regarding moderation, otherwise they will probably continue to bleed users.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      They never really had real moderation to begin with, just random volunteers that they gave way too much power to, which is going to be a big problem when they go public. They’ll be under a lot more public and government scrutiny.

      • zach
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        21 year ago

        This is a good point. Well, they either have a plan or we’re going to witness a top 20 website fail in real time.

    • DreamySweet
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      71 year ago

      Revenue and profits aren’t the same thing. Profits are what is left of the revenue after expenses are paid.

      • BOMBS
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        31 year ago

        true, but that’s like telling a crew of a sinking ship, “guys, i know a lot have abandoned ship, but we’re still good on buckets.”

      • @halo5OP
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        11 year ago

        Which tells me he’s probably not that good at his job (which should be maintaining a balance between the two IMO)…