I agree with the anger toward spez, but I think many of us are missing that he isn't a lone actor. He is solely the face. Based on his history, he doesn't have the skills to strongarm an entire company with the size and influence of Reddit. There's an entire board and team of assistants and consultants that are advising him. He is the face of a larger group that is pushing this movement, while he is mostly voicing that group's opinion. I really think that this understanding needs to spread among us because that group can merely change the face of the voice to continue their trajectory without any true change, causing us to be caught off guard and falling for their self-centered greed.

Right now, the Fediverse, specifically Lemmy and kbin, have a lot of momentum going due to recent events related to Apollo, spez's AMA, and the blackout. This momentum is capable of making the Fediverse a success stable alternative to Reddit, but it will only succeed if the pressure for it to succeed continues. However, while many of us here are dead set on never returning to Reddit, we need to hit a critical mass of determined refugees to sustain this movement. Therefore, all Reddit really needs to do is come out with some way of reducing that momentum for long enough to quell the movement. After that, they can go back to implementing their changes. While I don't have Reddit's finances available, I'm assuming they have or can access the financial means to slow the momentum down enough to quell the rebellion.

u/spez is Steve Huffman (if you even genuinely believe he's been running the account these days).

The u/spez account will likely die along with his position. Meanwhile, Steve Huffman will get a golden parachute and laugh all the way to the bank.

Do not forget his name is Steve Huffman. Also, do not forget that he used to be a mod of r/jailbait and is almost certainly a paedophile.

Agree completely, and fuck spez