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Reddit Strike Has Started

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Re: Reddit Strike Has Started

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Post by P_I_Staker »

giantrobot wrote: post #597
jachee wrote: post #271

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It’s popular despite itself… but It’s not successful. One of the things Spez is whining about is that they’re not profitable.

They decided to chase TikTok and host a shitload of video content. Video storage and delivery is way more expensive than text-only or even text and images. Congratulations Reddit! You pulled in users with no good way to cover the costs of those users.

Do they even still have these programs? RPAN is dead, despite actually being somewhat different and refreshing.

Re: Reddit Strike Has Started

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Post by unclekev »

coufu wrote: post #389
ChocMontePy wrote: post #358

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I agree with you that the timeline is tight. Relay For Reddit has just announced their preliminary plan to offer a $2-3 a month paid version. They sound cautiously optimistic and are hoping for some flexibility on the tight timeline. This is in stark contrast to a week ago when they were very doom and gloom.

The doom and gloom honestly is mostly driven by Reddit’s leadership being incompetent. If Reddit leadership reached out and worked things out privately and in a productive manner with 3rd party app developers to create a plan and agree on reasonable timelines, none of this drama would have surfaced at this magnitude. Would people still be pissed at the API charges forcing apps to charge subscription fees? Probably. B…

> If Reddit leadership reached out and worked things out privately and in a productive manner with 3rd party app developers to create a plan and agree on reasonable timelines,

Well to be fair, that appears to be exactly what was happening until the dev of Apollo spat the dummy and turned it into a public mega drama before actually consulting with the users of his App on how much they'd be willing to pay.

Re: Reddit Strike Has Started

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Post by unclekev »

john-radio wrote: post #779
liberty-DNBWM wrote: post #777

This is ridiculous. I couldn't speak for all subreddits. But for some of the subreddits I loved, it just shows how ignorant, arrogant and dictatorial they are. Those moderators didn't contribute to the value of the subreddits. They don't provide any valuable content at all. How can they move subreddits to private without approval from creators? This is fucking ridiculous.

That's exactly the question that all of the rest of us have about the reddit admins demanding millions of dollars from the app developers with a month's worth of notice. Why on earth are you criticizing the moderators? Have you never heard of the concept of a strike?

> Why on earth are you criticizing the moderators?

Because 99 days out of 100 the majority of people including Redditors hate Reddit mods for being power tripping egomaniacs who actively censor any discussion that they don't agree with. It's a literal meme at this point how bad Reddit mods are - but today they are the 'heroes' because it suits the narrative.

It's amazing how many people have bought into the mods agenda regarding this whole 'strike'

Re: Reddit Strike Has Started

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Post by P_I_Staker »

hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #33
bstar77 wrote: post #21

Flashback to Digg.com... I hope the people currently in charge of Reddit know how that event played out... it was the single most significant stroke of luck a fledgling Reddit could have possibly hoped for.

They of course know (at the time of the mass Digg exodus Reddit specifically changed their alien icon to welcome Digg refugees), but the difference is that they are betting on the fact that right now there is no immediately obvious alternative, like Reddit was to Digg a decade ago.

Did the digg migration have anything to do with bad management or appeasing investors?

Re: Reddit Strike Has Started

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Post by P_I_Staker »

School-Cotton wrote: post #106
Loveaway wrote: post #81

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Not sure what the relation between YC and Reddit is these days, but wouldn't HN be in the prime position to take over? I feel all that is needed is to add sub-hn's. Reddit got Digg's business because Digg gambled away all of it's good will. That was a long time ago, Reddit since been going down the same path. Point is, all these companies are trying to monetize, generate profits, like they somehow responsible for the…

I’d be really sad if HN turned into Reddit, tbh.

Fear not, it's basically impossible for that to happen

Re: Reddit Strike Has Started

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Post by Black616Angel »

anthonypasq wrote: post #924
srslack wrote: post #921

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To be fair, Reddit's mobile app is comically bad, and the prospect of having to use it might be akin to amputating two limbs, for some.

it really isnt, supported by the fact 95% of people use the official app.

Okay, do you have numbers for that? (honest question) Most "statistics" I have seen were done via a reddit survey, which 3rd party apps can't do due to API-limitations. So all the users sying "yes I use a 3rd party app" did so either via their mobile or workstation browser (where you have to auth again) which is a hassle most people (me included) are not willing to take for some random reddit survey.

Re: Reddit Strike Has Started

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Post by revscat »

0xr0kk3r wrote: post #717
munchler wrote: post #700

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Many of us are quitting Reddit for good on June 30 when Apollo and the other third-party apps are killed. This week's strike is just a warning shot across Reddit's bow.

I don’t believe that for a hot minute. These peoples’ identities are so wrapped up in Reddit it’s be like amputating a limb. No way.

Who are you talking about, specifically? Name names. Otherwise this appears to be a straw man.

Re: Reddit Strike Has Started

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Post by P_I_Staker »

orev wrote: post #219
_b wrote: post #139

I think a "down-vote everything" strike could be highly successful. As long as enough users participate, it could cripple subs whose moderators didn't choose to participate. And it is fitting. Reddit is trying to charge its users for content and data created for free by its users, so why shouldn't users make that data junk for awhile to make a statement?

I suspect Reddit already has protections in place against this type of coordinated attack, as it would look exactly like when a whole sub (or 4chan) decides to brigade another sub for some other reason. There’s probably a hidden limit somewhere that when you downvote too many things at once, those vote become shadow-votes that don’t really count anymore.

"coordinated attach"... don't you think you're being a bit dramatic?
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