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by NoboruWataya 527 days ago
Mullenweg, Zuckerberg, Musk, whoever runs Reddit now... there's no shortage of CEOs happy to enshittify their platforms.
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Have you seen Reddit's recent stock prices? Bemoan enshtification if you want, but management's decision to include many long term users in the IPO and decisions since then have made many loyal redditors a lot of money ($34 -> $164.82).
"Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders."

https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a16995

That's exactly part of the problem
I think that's the point, no?
Stock prices do not help me find fixes for my 3d printer.
But they can [organically] suggest a great replacement to purchase!