It does make you work harder... at finding some other job:-P.

Right? Sharpening focus and working together have zero to do with how many people you employ.

This was about profits. It's always about profits.

At least not without a golden parachute.

The execs I know yell at people. They somehow get rewarded for having temper tantrums.

That may have been true during the lavish times of ZIRP, but I wouldn't expect to see this dance any longer, at least until money is cheap/free again.

You hit the nail on the head.

I see this so many places - nobody asks “how big does this company need to be”? This is the problem with public companies - they are caught in an endless growth trap. Private businesses at least get to a point where a) growth has to happen sustainably because often there isn’t endless money available to invest and b) once you’ve got one private jet, as owners, do you really need another?

Reddit was no different. Maybe it would have been better for us all if it was a much smaller team and just careful tendered like a garden that had filled its plot.

Probably trying everything they could to get more $$$ but it didn't work out so.... bye.

They coordinate to create a glut and push all their wages down. Computer touching wagies and so socially stunted they'll never form effective union. If they did, they would jusy defect out of greed.

Also twitch. Yuck...

Probably some great devs on the market for anyone hiring though.

And gut the r&d budget. That's future CEO's problem.

You don't. Gamers, are generally happy to bow to their corporate overlords for some reason.

Source: am a gamer. And I admit I do put up with some of that bullshit too.

They're going to dedicate their entire next year's budget to introduce a new kind of emoji, though.

Mobile UI is atrocious after the recent upgrade a couple months ago. Wish I could go back.

Sorry to say it, but it has always sucked.

I mean, I wouldn’t exactly call a company with 1000 employees “small”. It’s not the behemoth that something like Google is, but like… that’s a good chunk of people.

If a free tier is offered, why would you be a leech? It’s calculated in their business and free users indirectly bring revenue (the more free users they have, the more they can convert). This concept of being a leech is so alien to me.

I dont understand it either. I would happily donate to signal yearly like 10-15€, but 5 every month? No, thats just too much sorry.

What's really an insult are ad-based tiers from streaming services where they make money from both you and people advertising to you.

As far as self hosted I’ve heard a lot about matrix but haven’t tried it. Maybe I’ll give it a shot this weekend.

https://matrix.org/

There’s also telegram, slack, etc if you want something else commercial.

Microsoft Roblox ripped off Discord and branded it as Guilded GG. Features-wise for audio and game streaming, they offer higher quality than Discord for free.

Is there any chance you'll get your group of friends to move to "MS Teams for gamers"? anything other than Discord? No chance.

Edited: Correction that Guilded is owned by Roblox, not MS.