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In other news, Reddit CEO confirms status as clueless ass-clown.

“We absolutely must ship what we said we would.”

He forgot to add 'Otherwise I'll miss my big IPO payday and that can't happen'

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[–] krismitka@fedia.io 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Can we get a choice quote from the Digg CEO in 2010 saying something similar?

https://d3.harvard.edu/platform-rctom/submission/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-rise-and-fall-of-digg-com-5-will-shock-you/

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/digg-v4

Love this one:

"Soon after Digg released previews of its new version, Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian posted on his personal blog an open letter to Rose[17], where he speculated that "this new version of digg reeks of VC meddling", and that it is "cobbling together features from more popular sites and departing from the core of digg," which, as he quotes Rose's statement from Digg's debut in 2004[18], "give the power back to the people.""