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Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

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Post by eclipxe »

nols wrote: post #110
eclipxe wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pao ruined reddit unfortunately. Time for an alternative.

Spare us, Reddit's been mismanaged for long before Ms Pao started there. Just look at Alexis Ohanian's (kn0thing) comments[0]. Not to mention the celeb nudes debacle, which was allowed then disallowed and announced by a sysadmin [1]. And the then CEO Yishan Wong publicly fighting with a former employee [2]. Then we can go way back to /r/jailbait and the Violentacrez affair, the only mod to be awarded a golden trophy…

The tide changed with Pao. All of those were roadblocks, but never had the community turned so swiftly against the admins until Pao arrived. There's an entire subreddit dedicated to denigrating Pao. kn0thing has had missteps but generally has had the respect of the community. The community largely does not respect Pao.

Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

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Post by ljk »

blhack wrote: post #33

It's kindof astonishing what is happening over at reddit right now. "The internet" has it's own culture, and the people running reddit right now (one of the places where this culture is the strongest, imo), seem to have no idea how to interface with it. It honestly feels like it got taken over by silicon valley middle management marketing types or something, and now they just can't seem to figure out why the users ke…

Another important contributors of reddit: Aaron Swartz A documentary about him - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vz06QO3UkQ

Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

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Post by jasonlotito »

stefantalpalaru wrote: post #47
delroth wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You've picked the wrong example here though. /r/science has hosted many AMAs in the past, so they are directly impacted.

Did I? Can't /r/science keep on functioning without AMAs through an intermediary in New York that's supposed to read questions and type answers for the supposedly smart scientists doing those Q&A sessions?

> Can't /r/science keep on functioning

Clearly the people best suited to answer this question do not think they will be able to do what they have been doing.

Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

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Post by socrates1998 »

I get that Reddit is a business, but I don't get how they are handling their business right now.

They are pissing off the user base while not making any money.

Did they think a "lose/lose" solution was the direction to go in?

Regardless, they are just really fucking things up.

They can't seem to figure out what they are doing.

Do they even have a plan?

Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

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Post by [deleted] »

zobzu wrote: post #128
nols wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Spare us, Reddit's been mismanaged for long before Ms Pao started there. Just look at Alexis Ohanian's (kn0thing) comments[0]. Not to mention the celeb nudes debacle, which was allowed then disallowed and announced by a sysadmin [1]. And the then CEO Yishan Wong publicly fighting with a former employee [2]. Then we can go way back to /r/jailbait and the Violentacrez affair, the only mod to be awarded a golden trophy…

im not sure if it matters what happened in the past per se... its the amount, the type, etc.: once something start to be massively as "bad" and the content is generated by those users seeing it as "bad" it just stops being what it was. It's like saying Firefox or IE aren't good browser. IE is a pretty good browser nowaday, but that's an unpopular opinion. It feels like reddit is going to reach this point now...

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Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

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Post by oh_sigh »

kelukelugames wrote: post #125
oh_sigh wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How about you describe it for us, instead of making us hunt down one of approximately 600 people in the world.

That's a good ask. I wasn't trying to be snarky. I really don't understand it that well and I don't think it means as much coming from an Asian person. And honestly I'm not comfortable arguing about it on a public forum.

Well, I didn't take it for being snarky. I also don't want to engage in any kind of argument, I just want to hear about the point you were trying to make. You even said it was "something us Internet commenters don't often realize", so this would be a great forum to share the viewpoint, since it is almost by definition filled with internetters

Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

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Post by jasonlotito »

nothis wrote: post #160
blhack wrote: post #33

It's kindof astonishing what is happening over at reddit right now. "The internet" has it's own culture, and the people running reddit right now (one of the places where this culture is the strongest, imo), seem to have no idea how to interface with it. It honestly feels like it got taken over by silicon valley middle management marketing types or something, and now they just can't seem to figure out why the users ke…

Honestly, though... isn't this just a total overreaction? I get that Victoria getting fired was bad for /r/IAMA (which once WASN'T a celebrity PR stop) but how does setting the whole damn subreddit to private help anyone? Like, I'm seriously asking. How? The "solidarity" thing also makes my eyes roll because I don't fully get how a place like /r/AskReddit is affected by this, at all. Reddit's admins have always taken…

> I get that Victoria getting fired was bad for /r/IAMA

And a number of other subreddits, all fairly large, and all now without a way to fulfill promises made because of this. You don't get it, because if you did, you'd realize why it was more than just /r/IAMA.

So, you should do some reading until you do understand it, because right now, everything you just said screams ignorance.

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