To the contrary, if you embrace the name your opposition is going to try saddling it with anyway, you can focus on fighting for the substance of it, rather than what it's called.

Theoretically, at least.

Huffman has fully torpedoed any credibility he held before this fiasco. I don't trust any statements he could exert influence over.

Around 7 years on reddit. Transitioning out by month's end -- trying on different spaces/interfaces, checking Reddit only a little in the morning to see where my old subs are going/what they're doing. I was using the official app until this all went down, then I deleted it and switched to Apollo, so once that's done I'm fully out.

Only just got here, but liking the vibe so far

Hell, there's plenty of room between covering overhead and maximized profitability to not play the feudal lord the way Spez has been doing. There was room enough to be plenty comfortable, hoisted by the goodwill of a robust community, before he decided to burn that goodwill for warmth.

Most of the people I've seen talking about Reddit's position -- the vast majority of them -- want to make space for Reddit to make money. My leading assumption right now is that it just wasn't as much money as Spez wants.(not needs, wants)