After chatting privately with Reddit employees this week, I was surprised to hear that there isn’t as much internal opposition as I would have thought. My takeaway is that Huffman seems to, at least for now, have the backing of his troops. The vibe I’ve gotten is that, like Huffman, most believe this backlash will blow over. Internally, there has been a tone shift recently from leadership and a push to rein in costs, slow hiring, and get the business out of the red. These API changes are part of that.

“The company is largely behind Steve,” one senior employee told me Thursday. “I think the internal narrative feels pretty clear to everyone and there isn’t much controversy,” said another. “Makes me wonder if we just didn’t handle the comms / rollout as well as we could.”