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Re: Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

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Post by schlauerfox » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 9:40 PM UTC

xyst wrote: post #50

Good. This works out for everybody except the brain dead C-level executives that tried to bully indie app developers. - regular people get a break from their echo chambers - VOLUNTEER mods get a break - journalists get their news article The only loser here is the corporation side. Significant loss of value from decreased user activity. Subsequent loss of revenue. Inability to extract as much value from the users dat…

a certain reddit-astroturfing restaurant with a big campaign launching, must be less than pleased.

Re: Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

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Post by predictabl3 » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 9:40 PM UTC

bastijn wrote: post #242

predictabl3 wrote: post #205

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Honest question, what is so bad about the Reddit app that you would give up browsing the content you like? I don't appreciate being lied to, treated like less than garbage? And I'm certainly not going to keep contributing to a platform that does that to me? Especially when this stuff is only going to get worse as they "march towards profitability"? I gotta log off. I don't know if ppl here are young, naive, or if it…

People are there of all types, no matter their age. My take is feeling offended is a choice. Personally, I just let it slide off and continue my life. Life's to short to get offended by these things. But we are different and that's fine.

I'm not offended, I just don't really see a reason to build community or amass knowledge on platforms that demonstrate they no longer give a hot toot about the community that made them.

Re: Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

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Post by Animats » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 9:40 PM UTC

vbezhenar wrote: post #91

Is there some alternative reddits? I don’t care about this stupid protest and I’m sure many users as well.

That's a good question. If you want a discussion group, and you don't need Reddit for discovery, where to go?

Re: Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

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Post by dirtyid » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 9:40 PM UTC

SirMaster wrote: post #157

xyst wrote: post #50

Good. This works out for everybody except the brain dead C-level executives that tried to bully indie app developers. - regular people get a break from their echo chambers - VOLUNTEER mods get a break - journalists get their news article The only loser here is the corporation side. Significant loss of value from decreased user activity. Subsequent loss of revenue. Inability to extract as much value from the users dat…

I don't think that's the only losers. As a mod I am getting messages from regular users who are desperate to see posts that have likely troubleshooting answers to problems they are having at work. Reddit is kind of a critical technical resource for some people and this is really hurting them at least right now.

Shopping for a phone plan last few days have been pretty annoying.

Re: Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

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Post by seydor » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 9:40 PM UTC

kibwen wrote: post #108

themagician wrote: post #32

Great opportunity for people to create derivative subreddits without oppressive mods.

What makes you think that new mods would be any less oppressive than old mods?

Its statistically more likely than not replacing them.

In democratic places they replace people for a reason

Re: Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

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Post by s1k3s » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 9:41 PM UTC

WheatMillington wrote: post #199

s1k3s wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn't work out for everybody. Lots of high quality communities outside of reddit have been invaded by people looking for an alternative and as a result they are now fighting massive traffic spikes, spam or the general reddit hive-mind taking over their discussion.

Do you have any examples?

HN

Re: Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

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Post by neals » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 9:42 PM UTC

Anybody, just give something to read or look at that is not reddit,but had new mildly interesting content often. I'll remove Reddit and never look back...

Re: Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

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Post by jwagenet » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 9:42 PM UTC

majormajor wrote: post #140

CincinnatiMan wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your view is a little simplistic. There is plenty of useful information on Reddit. I'm a big fan of home-related subs for example, where a lot of trade-knowledgeable people seem to hang out. There is a wealth of information on subs like r/DIY, r/HomeImprovement, r/paint, r/woodworking, etc.

I've often wondered why people use Reddit for stuff like this since the information and conversation management and organizational tools seem vastly inferior to most any pre-Reddit forum software. My current working theory is largely that internet search is just broken. It's easier to search for subreddit once you're on Reddit than to wade out into the sea of SEO crap and try to find a live, reliable format on the br…

Reddit also largely offers a uniform browsing experience, single starting point, and single log in. The comment tree can be easier to have side conversations in and although subreddit names sometimes fall in this trap, hobby forums had/have all kinds of whacky names which make discovery hard. Reddit primarily lacks the in comment photo display of old style forums.

Re: Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

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Post by tiffanyg » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 9:43 PM UTC

xyst wrote: post #50

Good. This works out for everybody except the brain dead C-level executives that tried to bully indie app developers. - regular people get a break from their echo chambers - VOLUNTEER mods get a break - journalists get their news article The only loser here is the corporation side. Significant loss of value from decreased user activity. Subsequent loss of revenue. Inability to extract as much value from the users dat…

Agreed - good.

Huffman / Reddit Inc. have misread this repeatedly. Just saw he's reportedly assured staff it will "blow over" and "hasn't hurt revenue".

Wrong move.

Completely avoidable PR disaster, and until the ego(s) driving all of this step back, they'll just keep making the situation worse.

I will be extending my blackout on the site indefinitely.

Just one of the dumbest PR / corporate comms debacles I've seen. Almost as though the Reddit execs saw what Twitter is doing and said "hold my beer".

Re: Reddit subs with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

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Post by snuxoll » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 9:43 PM UTC

ThomW wrote: post #18

... until they just take over the moderation of their largest communities and this whole thing ends. I mean what's so magical about the moderation of something like r/videos other than the mods being free labor for Reddit?

Reddit is already complaining about being unprofitable, having to actually pay moderators to do the work community members are doing for free would make their situation even worse.

Trying to milk 3rd-party developers with excessively high API fees while expecting the community to provide all the value for their site free of charge was a very short-sighted move.