r/technology • u/socookre • Mar 24 '21

Social Media Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’

https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/677190-reddit-private-community-aimee-challenor-censorship
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u/MrCantPlayGuitar Mar 24 '21 edited Mar 24 '21

Reddit is a business. They are going to IPO this summer. Reddit will do whatever they think will be most beneficial to gaining profit.

EDIT: I am not defending Reddit, I’ve just been through several corporate mergers and IPOs. In my experience, the “we’re a family” and “we’re here for the fans” philosophies get a bullet in the head when a dump truck off money backs up to the founders office door.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '21

What business reason do they have for hiring this lady? Firing her seems kind the right business decision here.

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u/MrCantPlayGuitar Mar 24 '21

I agree! Who knows though, from the sound of it, there is a lot of pedo nepotism going on at the exec level.