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Re:Reddit CEO lashes out on protests, moderators and third-p... by fragmede on Friday June 16, 2023 @06:27PM (#36364808)
Seriously. Elon Musk might be able to pull something off but that doesn't mean you can, because you're not Elon Musk. Spez saw Musk do a thing and tried to copy him, only to find out that he isn't Elon Musk.
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Re:Reddit CEO lashes out on protests, moderators and third-p... by astrange on Friday June 16, 2023 @07:17PM (#36365293)
The problem is that it's not working for Elon either, Elon is just insulated from bad decisions because he can pay for them.
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Re:Reddit CEO lashes out on protests, moderators and third-p... by spicymaki on Friday June 16, 2023 @08:45PM (#36365943)
Are you sure he can pay? https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/judge-ruled-twit...
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Re:Reddit CEO lashes out on protests, moderators and third-p... by astrange on Friday June 16, 2023 @09:17PM (#36366186)
Refusing to pay your vendors is actually a surprisingly common (small) business strategy. Notice nobody else has shut them off yet, even GCP or their main office landlord.
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Re:Reddit CEO lashes out on protests, moderators and third-p... by brohee on Saturday June 17, 2023 @05:46AM (#36368729)
Translations briefly disappeared. I strongly suspect money wiring was involved in getting them back.
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Re:Reddit CEO lashes out on protests, moderators and third-p... by astrange on Saturday June 17, 2023 @05:52PM (#36375041)
They're still gone for me, but only maybe 75% of the time, so I suspect a bug that nobody has tried to fix.

(Especially because the way it fails involves a "(null)" string being returned instead of the translation.)

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Re:Reddit CEO lashes out on protests, moderators and third-p... by trogdor on Saturday June 17, 2023 @01:14PM (#36372173)
Wasn't an eviction order just issued in relation to their Boulder office?
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Re:Reddit CEO lashes out on protests, moderators and third-p... by astrange on Saturday June 17, 2023 @05:49PM (#36375019)
They weren't actually using that space, it's empty.
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Re:Reddit CEO lashes out on protests, moderators and third-p... by splendor_spoon on Friday June 16, 2023 @07:28PM (#36365387)
Even Elon is struggling to pull this off!
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Re:Reddit CEO lashes out on protests, moderators and third-p... by tric on Friday June 16, 2023 @07:58PM (#36365614)
> Elon Musk might be able to pull something off

If you're referring to the cost-cutting at Twitter the Reddit CEO referenced, there's no indication that Musk pulled it off. Twitter has likely damaged its reputation beyond repair.

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