I always assumed this was the case. One of the richest men in the world with an ego this fragile would definitely have his own propaganda campaign.
Interesting that by killing twitter and with Reddit dying off, he’s robbing himself of the ability to spin anything that’s said about him.
It feels like we’re minutes away from most of the content on the internet being generated by AI and most of it being consumed by bots.
People will die. It’ll be 109 here on Wednesday. It’s not even go outside without a water break weather, let alone work.
According to the internet spez’s net worth is 8 to 10 million dollars. Even if that’s wildly incorrect, he isn’t even worth an amount of money Musk loses or gains in a few minutes of a normal day.
This looks like it’s PA Dutch style pot pie, which is basically a stew. It looks pretty normal except they made the dough squares smaller and shredded the chicken to make it less of a choking hazard. This ladle full doesn’t seem to have many potatoes or carrots, though they might limit them to keep the choking hazard down.
This is normally a super hearty meal and very filling. I make a big pot of it in the winter and you basically need a nap after eating it.
This is really it. There are people who create content and then there are casual browsers. I personally browsed reddit casually for years before even commenting and then actually posting. I could look at it on my lunch break or something but I didn’t have the time to really get into it, and there are a lot of people who are exactly like I was. It’s also just a little intimidating for new people to take that leap because it feels like you’re going to be torn apart.
During the time that I was just browsing, I would frequently encounter dips in quality. Like nothing actually worthwhile was happening. Nothing I wanted to click on or engage with, so I’d just bounce after a minute or so. I pulled up Reddit in an incognito browser yesterday and it was exactly like that. Modern day facebook level content was weaved all through the front page.
I honestly cannot think of a dumber move by a company than this. This is Circuit City div-x dvd player level dumb. Not even the debacle with Cricut approaches this.
They are all going to leave eventually. If this utter disdain for the users and mods is before the ipo, then everything after will be much worse. It is inevitable now that the quality of content will decrease, and that’s the thing that will doom them. Even if they fire Huffman and walk this back, the damage is done. They can’t draw in new users on a more than decade old product, so their only choice is to change the product to appeal to new users. Today that means going left or right. The users and mods that stay are writing graffiti on the walls in a flooding city.
I’ve been wondering which social media platform was going to fold like a house of cards, completely unable to make money or attract investors. Reddit was at the bottom of that list, but here we are.
Elongated has a rabid fan base built around what were perceived to be real accomplishments towards the betterment of mankind. That’s not true, of course, but he’s also actually wildly, wildly rich.
By contrast I have yet to find a single person who supports Spez or even likes him at all. His accomplishments, real or imagined, are nothing. He’s rich but so, so, so much less rich that the contrast is like comparing our moon to the sun.
This is like a kid with a plastic butter knife comparing himself to John Wayne Gacy.
I’ve been reading more and playing my back catalog of games. I’m enjoying having a little less doom and gloom in my life.
I quit Twitter years ago and now when I go back it just doesn’t appeal to me at all. I already feel that way with Reddit mostly because Spez really created bad blood. I will miss the people but I don’t trust him and I don’t want him to make a single dollar off of me.
This is the richest part of all of it. They’re taking tools away from people with no time frame for replacements. I’ve been using Reddit for 16 years and the only things I’ve ever seen them ship are new Reddit, rewards, premium, and avatars. The fact that it’s 2023 and they have accessibility issues is appalling. If they can’t handle screen readers then mod tools ain’t coming.
Maybe try Picross? I don’t know how exciting that would be for a kid but I love it.
I bought some pre-cut led dimming stickers on a sheet. Any new electronics that come into my house get one. As someone who likes to sleep in near complete darkness it’s a must have.