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Full memo transcript of u/Spez to reddit employees
(lemmy.world)
Hi Snoos,
Starting last night, about a thousand subreddits have gone private. We do anticipate many of them will come back by Wednesday, as many have said as much. While we knew this was coming, it is a challenge nevertheless and we have our work cut out for us. A number of Snoos have been working around the clock, adapting to infrastructure strains, engaging with communities, and responding to the myriad of issues related to this blackout. Thank you, team.
We have not seen any significant revenue impact so far and we will continue to monitor.
There’s a lot of noise with this one. Among the noisiest we’ve seen. Please know that our teams are on it, and like all blowups on Reddit, this one will pass as well. The most important things we can do right now are stay focused, adapt to challenges, and keep moving forward. We absolutely must ship what we said we would. The only long term solution is improving our product, and in the short term we have a few upcoming critical mod tool launches we need to nail.
While the two biggest third-party apps, Apollo and RIF, along with a couple others, have said they plan to shut down at the end of the month, we are still in conversation with some of the others. And as I mentioned in my post last week, we will exempt accessibility-focused apps and so far have agreements with RedReader and Dystopia.
I am sorry to say this, but please be mindful of wearing Reddit gear in public. Some folks are really upset, and we don’t want you to be the object of their frustrations.
Again, we’ll get through it. Thank you to all of you for helping us do so.
@chocolatine wow, they really seem concerned about it.
I wouldn't take it as face value, it reads more like a deliberate leak to the press, than an actual email to employees.
Not that warming people not to identify themselves as Reddit employees isn't a sensible message, emotions are high and it only takes one crazy person.
@flibbertigibbet it does seem to be a pretty legitimate warning tho. I mean, you wouldn't want wearing a visible Reddit T-shirt or something right now.
Exactly. Hopefully he has actually said that to his people and not just leaked it to the press.
As a person who has a friend that is employed by Reddit directly, I can confirm that this email was sent out to employees, and not just the press.