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Slate article: "How CEO Steve Huffman went from being Reddit's co-founder to its much-needed savior at a difficult moment—and how he then became the villain..." (indieweb.social)

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took a deep dive into how CEO Steve Huffman went from being Reddit's co-founder to its much-needed savior at a difficult moment—and how he then became the villain at the center of Reddit's still-raging protests: https://slate.com/technology/2023/06/reddit-protests-steve-huffman-api-chaos.html

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[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

its much-needed savior at a difficult moment

The manufactured crisis that allowed him to return as "The Good Guy"?

Yeah, that one.

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

Been the villain this whole time

[–] Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm a bit out of the loop on that one, care to explain?

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

The brought in Elen Pao to implement all the changes they wanted to make. Spez "stepped back"

Pao received mountains of vitriol, was seen as the focus of the problems, despite being new to the position.

Spez them "stepped in" fired Pao (but kept the changes they wanted).

Spez was then "the good guy" looking out for reddit.