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Fark redesign is now live (2007)

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Re: Fark redesign is now live (2007)

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Post by dacryn »

boc wrote: post #12

I have a 14yo reddit account, and was a Digg user for years prior to that. While there were scandals like the HDDVD code stuff, ultimately the user-hostile Digg v4 redesign killed it for me- the day they forced it on everyone I never went back. Tonight watching all the subreddits go private is the first time I’ve ever felt like Reddit is the next to die. If anyone from reddit corporate is reading this, understand tha…

at this point, there is only 1 way to save reddit, and it's so drastic that they wont do it because the ones who need to do it are too blind or too far away

  * fire spez
  * promise a clear committed roadmap of mod tools
  * promise to review 3rd party API pricing, and delay the current rollout
It's literally the only way that will be accepted by the 1% that keep the site running (read the Ennui engine principle)

Re: Fark redesign is now live (2007)

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Post by zouhair »

boc wrote: post #12

I have a 14yo reddit account, and was a Digg user for years prior to that. While there were scandals like the HDDVD code stuff, ultimately the user-hostile Digg v4 redesign killed it for me- the day they forced it on everyone I never went back. Tonight watching all the subreddits go private is the first time I’ve ever felt like Reddit is the next to die. If anyone from reddit corporate is reading this, understand tha…

Lemmy and its instances could be it.

Re: Fark redesign is now live (2007)

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Post by littlestymaar »

rapsey wrote: post #32
nvy wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's patently obvious that they're just trying to drive up ad impression numbers on the app to inflate their financials before IPO/acquisition.

Reddit is still not profitable.

It's not trying to be. They only care about the value of the equity, not about profitability.

It'd pretty easy to be a profitable company with a $10 million turnover, but you're not going to be a unicorn this way. Founders and VC wants high return on their equity, and today being enormous without profitability is valued more than being reasonable and profitable.

Re: Fark redesign is now live (2007)

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Post by mrtksn »

boc wrote: post #12

I have a 14yo reddit account, and was a Digg user for years prior to that. While there were scandals like the HDDVD code stuff, ultimately the user-hostile Digg v4 redesign killed it for me- the day they forced it on everyone I never went back. Tonight watching all the subreddits go private is the first time I’ve ever felt like Reddit is the next to die. If anyone from reddit corporate is reading this, understand tha…

As much as I would like to believe that boycotts can work, I'm just too cynical after seeing all those boycotts doing nothing.

My old.reddit.com homepage hasn't change much. Missing is r/ProgrammerHumor but r/Programming is there, alongside with r/darksky, r/wallstreetbets etc.

All the porn seems to be there too, which might actually move some numbers if gone dark.

The only sub which I care and it's gone is r/StableDiffusion

Which leads me to believe that the boycott will remove only a subset of reddit users and we are about to see how much reddit cares about that subset.

Redesigns on the other hand can kill a site. That's the only thing I've seen many times killing a website.

Re: Fark redesign is now live (2007)

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Post by lionkor »

unglaublich wrote: post #57
sveme wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reddit is relying heavily on the voluntary work of moderators. Without them and power users that indirectly curate the content of subreddits, the site is toast. Reddit is not dying by alienating its user base; it might be if they are alienating their power users.

They probably used all that nice volunteering work to train a moderation model by now.

Pretty sure that would kill the platform

Re: Fark redesign is now live (2007)

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Post by OkGoDoIt »

1f60c wrote: post #19
rurban wrote: post #6

I like that you could use swear words by paying for it. > You can purchase FarkUnits for $10 for 100 FUs, or you can get a discount if you purchase in bulk. > Using it is easy. If you type a word with "fuck" or "shit" in your comment, a new button will pop up that says "Add Comment using SwearJar - 20FUs." Just click or tap that and those words won't be filtered to the customary 'fark' or 'shiat.'

This implies that the website is really called fuck.com (but censored), which is certainly … a choice.

But wasn’t that obvious? Fark is a cleaner, sillier way of saying f*ck.

Re: Fark redesign is now live (2007)

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Post by marban »

I was the creator of the OG Popurls which at the time was the #1 traffic driver for Reddit and Digg; and also created Twidroid the very first Android Twitter client which became one of the reasons for shutting down 3rd party apps after its acquisition. Since I'm a sucker for anything old-school Web, I've been working on a Digg 1.0 rehash for a while now so if any of you wants to beta test let me know.

Re: Fark redesign is now live (2007)

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Post by brodo »

libraryatnight wrote: post #55
jwrallie wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There were times like this in the past (the changes when Pao became CEO and later the censorship through quarantining of multiple subreddits came to my mind, but there were others). I think the main reason there was no exodus similar to Digg's is not due to good policy on Reddit's side (it became increasingly worse over time) but the lack of a competitor that could quickly scale to receive a migration without going d…

Anecdotal feeling alert: I think some people won't need an alternate. I am just letting reddit go. I don't get enough value from it to care of it exists anymore. I let Twitter go after the free speech absolutists super sensitive filter flagged me for saying I hope Microsoft burns for what a nightmare they've made their os (trying to help a non savvy user use a local account), I did the automated appeal assuming conte…

Using less social media is probably a good idea in general. Plus HN and lobsters can replace the technical reddit communities.

Re: Fark redesign is now live (2007)

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Post by Rebelgecko »

rapsey wrote: post #32
nvy wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's patently obvious that they're just trying to drive up ad impression numbers on the app to inflate their financials before IPO/acquisition.

Reddit is still not profitable.

Profit depends on 2 things, revenue and expenses. Reddit has tripled their headcount over the last few years so they can focus on new features like NFTs. If they were concerned about sustainable profitability, IMO they should've kept their headcount around 500 people and tried to grow revenue without totally blowing up their costs.
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