Reddit CEO (/u/spez) is going to hold a AMA about the API update

locking this since the AMA is now live. go over here to discuss it so your comments aren't lost!

Bracing myself for the [deleted] [deleted] [deleted] everywhere.

He will only answer planted questions. Mark my words.

He has serious guts to be doing an AMA.

Unless he's using this opportunity to repeal the API changes or officially resign as CEO and put somebody more competent in charge, I don't see this going well.

Spez should honestly learn to read the room.

That's gonna be a disaster. I'm waiting to see how he spins the "why did you lie about your interactions with the Apollo dev?" questions.

Oh that's gonna go well for him /s

Even before the API debacle, Reddit has had some serious issue, and every one of those issues is u/spez. He can't just fight his way through this. The incentive to leave has always been there, and now he's pushing us over the edge, and he's gonna try to win us back with some empty words.

Reddit CEO, u/spez, will be here tomorrow to host an AMA about the latest API updates, including accessibility, mod bots, and third-party mod tools.

Note how they somehow left out 3rd party apps. Just mod stuff and accessibility.

Probably a typo.

(But really how many corporate meetings and emails were passed around to agree on that copy you think, it's gonna be lawyers all-hands-on-deck tomorrow, probably one of the most expensive AMAs ever with all of those billable hours)

It’s pretty much guaranteed that AMA is going to go over very, very poorly. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out people aren’t happy about this! I’d think of this as a “why bother” situation usually but I get the feeling spez is looking for attention/validation.

spez is a clown

I think we're all getting a little distracted here, let's refocus on Rampart...I mean, API pricing...

This is going to be a SHIT SHOW.

Man, this whole API thing really makes me think of how much of a shithole the web is, still after all those years.

I basically have to buy a keyboardless laptop with an awkward resolution if I have to buy a smartphone, all because the software for it is less than optimized crap that mostly just spies on you for the sake of ad revenue, and then leaves garbage all over the system it barely ever cleans up. A wonderful package for a multi-core, multi-threaded CPU paired with at least 3 GB RAM (if that's even enough today) that you almost certainly can't use with any comfort to browse the web because almost no one who pays big money to their devs cares that these devs build a proper mobile version of the website - which is part of nearly every webdev interview anyway, and for what, just to make me download the app anyway? What a fucking joke, honestly.

Web on desktop is just as much of a disgrace for all the bloat.

I’m sure it’ll go well, everyone will have a great time, and /u/spez will do everything he can to make Reddit even better!

Hahahahaha no just kidding. He’s going to get absolutely flamed and duck the hard questions, which I have no doubt will be most of them. At this point I’m not sure if it’s a worse look for him to offer his weak justifications to an enraged community or not respond at all.

To me, the recorded calls from Christian are damning evidence that this isn’t a matter of fair compensation from users on 3rd party apps. They literally just set out to kill them and are doing it in the most disingenuous way possible.

Can someone please set up c/fuckspez, and scrape every comment from reddit today that contains the words "fuck /u/spez"?

Comedy gold in the making

What's the betting he'll back down in some way (which was the plan all along)? That way they'll get what they originally wanted but will look as if they've "listened".

I'm not sure I believe that will happen though, tbh.

I wasn't planning on going back to Reddit, but I don't think I'll be able to resist watching the dumpster fire 🔥

Oh this should be some top tier entertainment. I’ll go back to Reddit for a day to join the fun!

Oh man, I'm making popcorn for this, it's going to be a complete trainwreck.

It's not on Lemmy? Guess I won't see it then.

LMAO

I'm sure it's gonna be an absolute disaster. I can't even fathom why they would think this is a good idea right now. Probably some roundabout bullshit about pleasing investors.

I’m guessing he’s going to brute force through it and try to justify their behavior. Should be interesting for popcorn’s sake!

This sort of circus is what happens with communities led by corporate greed. I’m taking a deep breath and I’m letting go.

The thread is here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/145bram/addressing_the_community_about_changes_to_our_api/

Probably following the Apollo announce. Good luck with that, it's probably too late.

Reddit tanking could push people to a more decentralized and neutral use of the internet. I can only hope!

Finding questions he actually answered in this thread is quite difficult, so it's easier to just look at his comments: https://www.reddit.com/user/spez/comments/

How is hearing the same thing from the most hated person on Reddit meant to do anything but further aggregate users?

Free lemmy marketing I guess.

It will be a dumpster fire. 🗑️🔥

Any idea what time this is supposed to begin?

Waiting around for the shitshow. Reddit has been dying way before this API change. Moderation has been absolute shit and he has done nothing about it.

I don't think this will end well... People are going to grill him, which he honestly deserves.

Oh that is going to be quality entertainment.

I can't imagine this going well at all. In fact, I'll be avoiding the whole thing, and y'all probably should too. We wouldn't want to get accused of brigading and give spez an easy out, after all.

@thomas It's too late

Too late. I just deleted everthing

Do we know when this is supposed to start?

It's gonna be filled with bullshit

"We're right, you're wrong, cope and cry about, thanks for coming" type of AMA incoming, along with the fan favorite nothing burger with lame ass excuses on the side

As comrade Diatlov said, "not bad, not terrible" (in u/spez words).

BRB, I'm going to grab some popcorn

Oh, this is going to be fun to watch. Better get some popcorn ready. My guess is that 99% of the comments will be about the move to kill all 3rd party apps and mod tools. Those comments will of course be upvoted to the top and then ignored by spez.