[coverband]

I thought they were already working with a very slim headcount? How the heck did they get to 2,000 employees?

[chippiewill]

Apparently they got a bit carried away after a fundraising round https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/9/22274077/reddit-funding-ro...

Astonishing really considering Reddit hasn't changed that much since back when they had like 100 employees.

[nullc]

> reddit hasn't changed that much

It's changed dramatically, but many of the visible changes are for the worse!

To error is human but to really screw things up requires significant manpower.

[freediverx]

Also when you consider the company generates none of the content and performs none of the content moderation.

[yunohn]

> Astonishing really considering Reddit hasn't changed that much

If I had a dollar for every “X is trivial” comment on HN…

[Pigalowda]

I guess Musk should have tried to buy Reddit first..