Money and rules around said money. Reddit might not be profitable but it’s still a business. They have a team of people who’s job is to make sure the business continues. Spez can do a lot of stuff but he’d have a rebellion if he tried to press the off button. And he’d have a lot of debts.
Money is a trivial obstacle to overcome for many people. There’s nothing stopping Elon from deleting every tweet, for example, because Twitter is no longer public and it is genuinely his property.
What’s stopping Reddit from just nuking it and deleting all the posts in one day?
Money and rules around said money. Reddit might not be profitable but it’s still a business. They have a team of people who’s job is to make sure the business continues. Spez can do a lot of stuff but he’d have a rebellion if he tried to press the off button. And he’d have a lot of debts.
Money is a trivial obstacle to overcome for many people. There’s nothing stopping Elon from deleting every tweet, for example, because Twitter is no longer public and it is genuinely his property.
“Lehman Brothers might not be profitable but it’s still a business”
Also, search LLC.
Considering the current state of affairs, if Reddit nuked all posts they’d restore them in a day or two lol