Comment by FinalMantasyX on 06/07/2015 at 18:16 UTC

Yeah, backpedaling already. Truly appalling. Seriously, just name ONE feature we can expect by the end of this quarter. One specific feature, and who is working on it, and a promise that it will be released and functional.

Comment by XavierSimmons at 06/07/2015 at 18:26 UTC

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Is that any different than every management commitment ever made *for* software developers?

Comment by curiiouscat at 06/07/2015 at 20:09 UTC

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People were freaking out about needing answers. They still are. It was dumb, but they were under a lot of pressure.

Comment by romulusnr at 06/07/2015 at 18:41 UTC

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They just made promises they couldn't keep to shut everyone the fuck up as the site bled money. Gotta corral the sheep, and one way to do that is to promise the moon. Hopefully they won't notice months later when you deliver them a small rock. Or perhaps you'll have already dealt with them all separately till then.

Comment by FireandLife at 06/07/2015 at 19:54 UTC

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Well that was pretty fucking stupid, wasn't it?

It sort of was, but /u/kn0ting was in full disaster control at that point and wanted to get something across. He did promise those dates (ends of Q3 and Q4 specifically), but the actual details weren't set in stone. And he didn't have a chance to consult his entire staff and engineering team either. Stupid, but I don't think he had much alternative TBH.

Honestly any positive change at all is an improvement from the past. I'd also like to point out that /u/KrispyKrackers has proven herself to be an amazing admin and highly skilled community manager. One of her (I imagine most difficult) jobs is to act as a messenger between those who run Reddit (mainly the engineers and management) and the mods/users. If the engineers know something is impossible, blackouts and protests aren't going to change that. And most importantly, I'd rather find out now than at the set deadline.

Comment by WarrenPuff_It at 06/07/2015 at 19:17 UTC

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This is just frustrating. I think this solidifies why this site is no longer the community we came here for, and it's been taken in a wrong direction.

Comment by SeeShark at 06/07/2015 at 20:49 UTC

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They weren't the ones who promised them, if I understand correctly.

Comment by Cacafuego2 at 06/07/2015 at 21:02 UTC

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I don't know if I blame them for trying to get people SOME estimate since everyone was clamoring for one. But not having something approaching a plan and timetable for it after all these years is pretty awful.

Comment by JohnStamosBRAH at 06/07/2015 at 19:07 UTC

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I think she means that it was promised by the mods of /r/askreddit