Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says the company used to be so idealistic that people were 'not working very hard'

https://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-employees-werent-working-hard-ceo-steve-huffman-said-2025-5

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God forbid tech employees are idealist when they need to push company value

modernangel@sh.itjust.works · 37 pts · 1y

It used to be so idealistic that he was a r/Jailbait mod and no investors saw that as toxic until newsmedia publicized that

Bort@sh.itjust.works · 33 pts · 1y

fuck spez.

Geetnerd@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 1y

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HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y

Not anymore though. Right, Spez?

Idealism is out the window and he's cracking that whip

3dmvr@lemm.ee · 21 pts · 1y (1 reply)

People not working hard and procrastinating is why reddits userbase even exists

3dmvr@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 1y

Modern internets wild, just built off ppls contributions for free, they get all the money and control, we get to do free labor and get told how we're lazy

haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com · 17 pts · 1y

Fuck spez

Doomsider@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y

Says the loser that does fuck all everyday.

Dillenger69@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y

Attitudes like his are the reason reddit is dying. Sure, the users are there but the soul is gone.

drmoose@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y

Lmao and now reddit hasn't made anything of significance since thePlace. Literally couldn't name a single change or update that means anything. They're just removing stuff and adding colorful pantaloons for your imaginary alien

DarkShaggy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y

That was back when I wanted to be a redditor....

ProfHillbilly@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

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lennybird@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

For those who haven't heard, Digg is poetically making a comeback, with a team-up between Kevin Rose and Alex Ohanian no less. They bought Digg back a couple months ago and are going back to something closer to the old Digg.

Konstant@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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lennybird@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

How so?

His departure from Reddit in 2020 preceded the major API destruction that pretty much falls exclusively on Huffman to my knowledge. As a bonus Ohanian to his credit on leaving:

On June 5, 2020, Ohanian resigned from Reddit's board, asking to be replaced by a Black candidate in response to the murder of George Floyd.[2] Days later, Michael Seibel, an African-American entrepreneur, was named a Reddit board member.

C1pher@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Hes a creep, nothing else. Creep that got lucky and got his business "partner" to commit suicide so he can own everything.

blargle@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y

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