[natbennett]

Patreon just does this every few years. At least Jack Conte didn’t post a video of himself crying about it this time.

[arm32]

For anyone wondering, I looked it up and even managed not to mindlessly delegate it to an LLM—you're welcome!

First layoff was in 2022, 17%, claimed reason: economic downturn.

That was the last layoff.

So by "every few years" you mean, a single time a few years ago, yea.

Buckle in, our economy is flushing!

[cyber-dragon]

oh but he did - just in the conext of AI instead of his workers:

https://youtu.be/17_HcR95YBc

timestamp(s): ~33min and ~41mins

[ryandrake]

Kind of tone deaf of him to post a somber layoff message below his open-mouth laugh-smiling profile picture.

[jadar]

Lol imagine if he had changed his profile pic just for this. I don't think that would make him look any better.

[lelandfe]

An accompanying photo of the executive team saddened by the news sounds like just what folks need

[arm32]

He needs to be frowning and wearing all white.

[arm32]

His smile really says, "I'm so happy, healthy and am quite fond of my life while making music with my really cool celebrity friends!"

[Barbing]

It was small enough I didn’t mind.

The page-blocking newsletter modal wasn’t disabled - boo.