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"To be fair" (not that he needs it) the question (he answered, out of 10 in the comment) was poor

> How do you address the concerns of users who feel that Reddit has become increasingly profit-driven and less focused on community engagement?

Reddit is a company. It's profit driven. I don't think that's surprising or shameful.

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> How do you address the concerns of users who feel that Reddit has become increasingly profit-driven and less focused on community engagement?

Had he a modicum of awareness regarding the question, he would have also addressed the community engagement part of the question - to users, the most important part of the question.

"The community built our platform and we'll never forget that or make engagement unpleasant. We need your engagement." Had he said that, and then segued to profit, he at least would not have been betrayed by his predetermined inflexibility.

I think Reddit probably had a path to making a modest profit, but investors don't want the 2x dog. Now they're probably going to do the social media equivalent of selling the copper wiring from the walls.

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