Reddit's CEO said employees had a tendency to put big-picture idealism before business.

  • Reddit’s CEO said that when he returned in 2015, he had to remind employees to work hard.

  • There’s a tendency in the US tech industry to place idealism above hard work, he said.

  • Stern@lemmy.world
    252·
    1 day ago

    Was that the same idealism that led to the jailbait and creepshot subreddits being allowed to flourish? Or Covid misinfo? Deepfakes? The chimpire? Qanon? All that stuff definitely wasn’t operating clandestinely.

    • frezik@midwest.social
      4·
      23 hours ago

      I’ve heard from writeups from former employees that the internal culture is a perfect reflection of Reddit as a whole. Which says a lot.