Fishshake@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoSpez trying to explain how Reddit is losing members to an open-source alternativelemmy.worldimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1472arrow-down16
arrow-up1466arrow-down1imageSpez trying to explain how Reddit is losing members to an open-source alternativelemmy.worldFishshake@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squarecuriosityLynx@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·1 year agoAt this point, spez resigning wouldn’t cut it. Reddit would need to be made into a non-profit a la Wikipedia and be managed by a trust.
minus-squarenevernevermore@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoThis option makes the most sense, which is why it will never happen
minus-squarebobs_monkey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoNevermind that their investors aren’t about to let them alter course with a looming IPO payday.
minus-squarecollegefurtrader@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoUnless… all the advertisers pull out, the IPO fails, reddit goes bankrupt, and “we” buy out the company with a gofundme.
minus-squareMushuChupacabra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI can’t commit to anything above non-zero. But at the same time, getting me to come back sounds more like a reddit problem than a me problem.
minus-squarecuriosityLynx@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoOh I’m not saying I’d rejoin Reddit if that happened, only that that’s what would be required for me to consider it in the first place.
At this point, spez resigning wouldn’t cut it. Reddit would need to be made into a non-profit a la Wikipedia and be managed by a trust.
This option makes the most sense, which is why it will never happen
Nevermind that their investors aren’t about to let them alter course with a looming IPO payday.
Unless… all the advertisers pull out, the IPO fails, reddit goes bankrupt, and “we” buy out the company with a gofundme.
I can’t commit to anything above non-zero. But at the same time, getting me to come back sounds more like a reddit problem than a me problem.
Oh I’m not saying I’d rejoin Reddit if that happened, only that that’s what would be required for me to consider it in the first place.