“What I’m suggesting as a pathway out is actually more democracy,” he said. “We’ve got some old, legacy decisions on how communities are run that we need to kind of work our way out of.”
Later on…
“I would like subreddits to be able to be businesses if they choose,” he said, adding that’s “another conversation, but I think that’s the next frontier of Reddit.”
Which one is it? Will Reddit be a libertarian bastion of free speech and democracy, or will it be a digital platform for businesses? A subreddit run as a business cannot be democratic. I wouldn’t even care, he can make Reddit whatever he wants it to be — but he’s either dishonest or stupid if he doesn’t see the glaring contradiction (probably the former).