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Steve Huffman (Reddit) | TNW Conference | Inside the Biggest Online Community

18K views · May 28, 2016 · 16:34 · 0 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2016–2018

A fireside chat at TNW Conference where Reddit CEO Steve Huffman discusses Reddit's growth, user engagement and monetisation plans.

Why Hacker News points people here: HN uses it mostly critically, as evidence of Huffman's attitude toward user data and community trust.

What Hacker News said 4

CriticaljsprogrammerJul 2016

“It really puts this interview with Steve in some context”

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It is all kinds of shady. The policy says that if material changes are made to the policy, special notice, including sending notifications, will be made. As I noted, even the policy change announcement does not include a mention of this material change. Why is this feature being prioritized and snuck in, while the most significant announcement from their last raise (that users will receive 10% of the raise) seems to have been all but forgotten? It really puts this interview with Steve in some context: this video

in “Reddit now tracks all outbound link clicks by default, existing users opted in” · view on HN
CriticalEJTHNov 2016

“Pretty obnoxious person to be honest.”

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Eh. Not exactly the personality fit for running a comminity site such as reddit: this video Pretty obnoxious person to be honest.

in “Reddit’s CEO edited comments that criticized him” · view on HN
CriticalpatrickkNov 2016

“His offhand remark about knowing people's interests showed a real lack of judgement as well”

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His offhand remark about knowing people's interests showed a real lack of judgement as well (even if he was 100% not serious the reaction from the interviewer is telling): link Link to relevant video section: this video

in “Deleting the golang subreddit” · view on HN
CriticalbluegreyredOct 2018

“Reminds me of this”

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Reminds me of this: this video "We know all of your interests. Not just your interests you are willing to declare publicly on Facebook – we know your dark secrets, we know everything… (laughs)"