Yeah, we have “every great fortune” truisms to that effect. I just can’t help feeling that his case is special. Somehow even worse than Zuck. Haven’t put my finger on it.

Maybe it’s because what he fed into the monetization machine was community itself? Or because it was such a direct betrayal of the open ethos at the core of the original platform? I’m not sure.

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 2 points 19 hours ago

It's special bc Reddit had a lot of close-knit communities that felt like they were more than just another social network. Facebook was always just some company building things, but Reddit seemed like it really was about the people. Spez looked at that and said he'd rather just have a lot of money. I mean... has he even done anything interesting with his money?

btw I don't mean to bring you down, but billionaires always have hangers-on who honestly think the billionaire is some kind of genius and who genuinely want to be just like them, even apart from catching what few scraps they might get off the table.