Reddit calls for “a few new mods” after axing, polarizing some of its best : reddit

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Reddit calls for “a few new mods” after axing, polarizing some of its best (arstechnica.com)

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[–] Piers@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But like... Why not have those 2000 employees generate some actual reasonable value if you're paying them anyway. Reddit externally seems like a business with 200 poorly organised employees. How were they squandering that manpower so spectacularly? Were they doing it on purpose somehow? Like a military unit firing endless rounds at nothing at the end of the year to make sure they don't get their allocation cut for next year?

[–] Serinus@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, I'm sure they were all doing stuff. It just wasn't necessarily stuff that's easy to monetize.

There's a reason Reddit's reliability has shot up over the past decade despite ever increasing popularity. Plus there's all the dumb shit they added like the bullshit awards.