Isn't the core problem with Reddit that the company "Reddit" is completely divorced from the thing that is Reddit?

They all put on their suits and go to work under the Reddit logo, with a pretty receptionist answering a constantly ringing phone, and people talking in hushed whispers in the echoing marble foyer...

... while the actually community of Reddit, it is more like the back lot at Glastonbury, with deeply rutted and muddy tracks instead of paved roads, most of the people are covered in their own shit and mud and frying ballz on a cocktail of adderall and molly and rockstars, while sleeping in wet tents for 30 minutes a night, and trying desperately to get a look at titties or grope any girl who may be passing by, all while sneering at the Juggalos on the other side of the fence, who are identical except for the facepaint.

This is the central problem of "Reddit" and trying to take a community-powered web site into the business world. It only makes sense in some sort of Phil Spector Studio 54 coke-addled 1970's version of the world where Lemmy is still a roadie and Joan Jett and her friends are handed around like party favors.

Reddit is not, and will never be a legitimate business. It's too much of a shithole for that.

RIP r/astronomy.