Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

Judging from the comment thread[1], it looks like that's already happening.

The top rated comment starts, "As someone who donated..."

And from the second highest comment, 'I will not be "donating" money to a corporation which has shown no real initiative in growing the site.'

That said, I think any drama would just be background noise for the vast majority of users. People go to reddit for entertaining links and funny or interesting comments. Drama doesn't threaten that.

[1] http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/cotz3/this_wa...




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: