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[–] andrew@lemmy.munsell.io 1 points 1 year ago

We absolutely must ship what we said we would

This absolute blind faith that what roadmap they have set for themselves is "right" is not a sign of good leadership. Maybe they are right and these protests are meaningless in terms of business metrics, but that is not what Steve is saying here. He is dead set on the path he created, outside metrics be damned

Maybe Reddit won't fail now, but if I were on the board I would be paying close attention to how Steve is leading Reddit through this period and consider whether his complete dismissal of user feedback is a good model for a company preparing for an IPO.

Ignoring their users wholesale will eventually come back to bite them in a meaningful way.