spez is the shitty CEO of reddit that turned from building a community for sharing into a money greedy pig. You're a spez if you disregard the majority of your communities input and put yourself first.
Spez did an AMA where he only answered 14 questions then accused the creator of Apollo for blackmailing him
by DogDavid June 12, 2023
Adjective
Describes an especially (espezially) shitty person. Specifically when their shitty behaviour is related to their fragile ego.
Origin:
Steve Huffman (username "spez"), the CEO of Reddit, decided, in 2023, to sell out the website to advertisers and investors, in effect destroying communities for hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions of people. In response to protest on the site, Huffman implemented measures such as site-wide filtering of comments criticising him, coercion / not-so-subtle threatening of moderators etc.
Describes an especially (espezially) shitty person. Specifically when their shitty behaviour is related to their fragile ego.
Origin:
Steve Huffman (username "spez"), the CEO of Reddit, decided, in 2023, to sell out the website to advertisers and investors, in effect destroying communities for hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions of people. In response to protest on the site, Huffman implemented measures such as site-wide filtering of comments criticising him, coercion / not-so-subtle threatening of moderators etc.
Adam : I think rich corporations deserve to dominate the world and own slaves.
Peter: I respectfully don't agree with your opinion.
Adam: *Pistolwhips Peter*
Random passerby: That Adam guy is such a spez...
Peter: I respectfully don't agree with your opinion.
Adam: *Pistolwhips Peter*
Random passerby: That Adam guy is such a spez...
by notjasonmomoa June 21, 2023
To edit a post on r/the_donald. Replaced the word/button for "edit" after Reddit CEO, Spez, admitted to modifying users' posts on r/the_donald subreddit.
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