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Re: Reddit Doubles Down

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Post by entropie »

graeme wrote: post #25
candiddevmike wrote: post #4

I wonder how long until Google delists them in search results.

Google should buy Reddit instead. Not that different from owning Youtube. And they'd ensure their search results remain full of good, text based content. Lot of people have complained that Google search is worse today without Reddit. If Reddit management kills the communities which produce the text posts it could have a real negative impact on Google. Meanwhile Google's text and video ad network could probably moneti…

> Lot of people have complained that Google search is worse today without Reddit. If Reddit management kills the communities which produce the text posts it could have a real negative impact on Google.

That is actually really true.

Also reddit is a great (if not the actual best existing right now?) source for training AI models.

Re: Reddit Doubles Down

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Post by ktosobcy »

graeme wrote: post #25
candiddevmike wrote: post #4

I wonder how long until Google delists them in search results.

Google should buy Reddit instead. Not that different from owning Youtube. And they'd ensure their search results remain full of good, text based content. Lot of people have complained that Google search is worse today without Reddit. If Reddit management kills the communities which produce the text posts it could have a real negative impact on Google. Meanwhile Google's text and video ad network could probably moneti…

They already bought Deja News, and then virtually killed usenet so no, thank you, google can go DoBadThingsToThemselves...

Re: Reddit Doubles Down

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Post by CSMastermind »

> A number of Snoos have been working around the clock, adapting to infrastructure strains, engaging with communities, and responding to the myriad of issues related to this blackout

I find a CEO referring to their employees as 'Snoos' to be offputting personally.

I'm sure it's meant to be a fun and inclusive term but the guy is sending out a pretty serious email that ends in, "I am sorry to say this, but please be mindful of wearing Reddit gear in public. Some folks are really upset, and we don’t want you to be the object of their frustrations."

The tone strikes me as weird for this message and I feel like the term 'Snoo' is infantizing at best?

Maybe I'm alone, it just feels super weird to hear that coming from someone with the title of CEO at a company of more than 100 people

Re: Reddit Doubles Down

#66

Post by ekanes »

CommitSyn wrote: post #44
givemeethekeys wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anyone else remember the giant exodus from Digg.com to Reddit? No one I know talks about Digg.com any more. But hey, maybe it is profitable.

Sure. But there was reddit.com for people to migrate to. Let's see the 99% figure out the fediverse.

This change will be slower, but it seems a truth that in life, inside a company and in communities, there are some people who do much more work / have more influence than others. If the best / brightest / most helpful etc people leave, there's rarely much more than a shell left.

I think the Fediverse will slowly pick up steam, and perhaps rival reddit in 5 or 10 years. Which is fine. One long-term advantage of the Fediverse is that it's more immune to corporate shenanigans. And ultimately, for all of us, this is a long game.

Re: Reddit Doubles Down

#67

Post by Aeolun »

graeme wrote: post #25
candiddevmike wrote: post #4

I wonder how long until Google delists them in search results.

Google should buy Reddit instead. Not that different from owning Youtube. And they'd ensure their search results remain full of good, text based content. Lot of people have complained that Google search is worse today without Reddit. If Reddit management kills the communities which produce the text posts it could have a real negative impact on Google. Meanwhile Google's text and video ad network could probably moneti…

I see. You want to see Reddit shut down somewhere over the next 3 years.

Re: Reddit Doubles Down

#68

Post by ent101 »

I highly suspect anything critical of Reddit is being flagged to death on HN. This post was #1 with more than 100 upvotes in 39 minutes. Now it keeps going lower and lower.

Re: Reddit Doubles Down

#69

Post by ktosobcy »

monero-xmr wrote: post #6

I’m just annoyed the local community group I primarily use Reddit for is dark. I don’t see why this helps anyone. Reddit is a private company, go someplace else. I think 99% of users don’t care, or don’t care enough to do anything substantial. Just move on.

So, to follow your advice: go somewhere and find another local group, noone is preventing you from...

Re: Reddit Doubles Down

#70

Post by whatsuphotdog »

paxys wrote: post #49

It will be interesting to see the eventual outcome of this saga. I have already seen backlash against the backlash in many subs. /r/NBA, which was mentioned in the article, had a poll one day before the blackout and made the decision based on 8000 votes (out of a total 8+ million members). Casual users were not happy to find out that they would have nowhere to discuss the most important game of the season, and the mo…

>Will Reddit as a business be better off without these users? Also maybe. There's definitely a case to be made that the community would benefit from more casual participation minus power tripping and over moderation from the top 0.01%.

Casual participation doesn't get the job done.

The idea that reddit would benefit without these users is just a complete misunderstanding of what reddit is and what creates reddit's value.

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