The moderators of Reddit’s IAmA community are significantly reducing the amount of work they do to help solicit and coordinate AMAs with celebrities and high-profile individuals.

  • Sam@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Honestly this is one of those things I’d be fine leaving on reddit. Celebrity worship is gross, and it was never very interesting. 5-6 simple questions answered, promotion of their new book/movie/show, and peace out.

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      1 year ago

      I still fondly remember the days of Victoria helping with facilitating the AMAs. She had a great rapport with all the celebrities and really helped with getting good answers to questions from the community.

      I consider her termination to be the moment Reddit started going down the route of putting potential profits above the needs of the community.

      • MinusPi (she/they)
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        1 year ago

        I had completely forgotten about that. This whole thing has been a really slow burn.

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          1 year ago

          And of course, as par for Reddit, it was one of the founders and then-chairman Alexis Ohanian behind it all and screwing the users. I’d like to think Aaron Swartz would be pissed and disappointed but unfortunately we’ll never know.

    • Arodg25@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Not me, bring it over here, I don’t read many but when I do I’d prefer it to be here now