The way reddit seems to be unable to implement useful and complex new features leads me to wonder what their development practices are like.
It's like they can only create simple new things, but more complicated stuff is beyond them. Complex features like moderator tools, rate limiting, accessibility, a working video player, and a rich text editor.
Are they only hiring the cheapest least experienced developers? Too few devs, or too many managers?
Has reddit ever had a good reputation in the tech world? I'd rather work a pornhub than reddit and would take a pay cut to work at all of the other big social media companies than reddit. The engineering team seems terrible looking at the website and all its iterations, you'd have to work for people who had hosted all of those repulsive subreddits, the company itself seems very unstable. Probably moot would be more successful IPOing 4chan.
4chan was very close to making a loss for every single year m00t was running it. It actually still might be; the only revenue stream is a "4chan pass" that users are actively derided for purchasing and a few individually-funded ads.
Hmmm… really makes you think, if you spend all day focused on the wrong things and hire based on your own biases you may not end up with a company full of A’s.
It's like they can only create simple new things, but more complicated stuff is beyond them. Complex features like moderator tools, rate limiting, accessibility, a working video player, and a rich text editor.
Are they only hiring the cheapest least experienced developers? Too few devs, or too many managers?