Here's my comment [1] from 3 days ago on the announcement on HN:
> It seems reasonablly likely this is inspired partially by the pivotal tone-setting role that Reddit - entirely organically - played in the outpour of support for Luigi Mangione. It's widely known that big tech CEOs are all in shared WhatsApp (or Signal) groups, and especially social media platforms are very attentive to the opinions of their powerful friends, both governmental and non-governmental. There's no doubt that a lot of them will have reached out to Reddit leadership after that event.
Don't take this as justification, it's anything but that. Purely a look at their motivations and timing.
> Don't take this as justification, it's anything but that. Purely a look at their motivations and timing.
I'm not happy I was completely spot on, I'm sad this wasn't a more widely shared prescience.
> It seems reasonablly likely this is inspired partially by the pivotal tone-setting role that Reddit - entirely organically - played in the outpour of support for Luigi Mangione. It's widely known that big tech CEOs are all in shared WhatsApp (or Signal) groups, and especially social media platforms are very attentive to the opinions of their powerful friends, both governmental and non-governmental. There's no doubt that a lot of them will have reached out to Reddit leadership after that event. Don't take this as justification, it's anything but that. Purely a look at their motivations and timing.
> Don't take this as justification, it's anything but that. Purely a look at their motivations and timing.
I'm not happy I was completely spot on, I'm sad this wasn't a more widely shared prescience.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43278099