Hmm, I wonder if this announcement comes on the heels of momentum where users are not renewing the gold subscriptions. I'm not sure of that and I'm purely speculating, but I think the average initial subscription amount was about $10 and those would expiring around now. Just guessing.
This sort of action would be a good way for CN to rope back in any doubters that their $$ will benefit the site.
edit: I know they indeed beefed up investments in hardware and I was referring to hiring more devs.
That or maybe the users are renewing, giving reddit some confidence to make a long term commitment by hiring, rather than spending the subscription money on hardware.
This sort of action would be a good way for CN to rope back in any doubters that their $$ will benefit the site.
edit: I know they indeed beefed up investments in hardware and I was referring to hiring more devs.