From the article, emphasis mine:
“Will this undermine most of what makes IAmA special? Probably,” the moderators wrote. “But Reddit leadership has all the funds they need to hire people to perform those extra tasks we formerly undertook as volunteer moderators, and we’d be happy to collaborate with them if they choose to do so.”
I think they're wrong. I don't think Reddit has the funds.
They can just take it out of the c-suite salaries
Yeah exactly — Reddit hasn’t been profitable ever. Probably explains why they fired the person who actually was hired to do celebrity AMAs and leaving it to volunteers. Celebrity AMAs are probably one of the better ways to attract attention, but of course are pretty expensive.
Oh well.
Well since I deleted my reddit account, I don't really mind. Fuck reddit
Spez and co underestimated the degree to which they're reliant on good will.
Nice post, but can we get back to talking about Rampart?
I was under the impression iAMA was pretty much dead after Victoria was fired. Has any AMA of note occured there since then?
How does that make any sense? A celebrity AMA is like a form of advertisement. I sincerely doubt money ever changed hands between anyone, especially with volunteer moderators at the helm. The celebrity gets to schmooze about their latest project, and Reddit got extra clicks.
Didn't this already happen, like years ago? They don't learn.
oh no, anyway