07-08-2023, 10:20 PM
sekker wrote:
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I’ve read just enough to get the sense that the powers that be at Reddit seem to have overstepped perhaps significantly. But the thing that I’m not getting from all this, is that it seems like nothing is being excised in protest from Reddit that can’t be relatively easily be replaced.
The dissenting/departing mods have no ownership of the actual subreddits and the peripheral software adds considerable utility, but can’t they also be ‘reinvented’ or just replaced by other software with similar functionality?
It’s telling that so many dissatisfied parties aren’t just rolling up their carpet and leaving as their show if protest, they are very actively seeking to damage Reddit on the way out and spreading FUD.
I’ve used Reddit, through the “official” app for years. And from that perspective, even with all the ballyhooed ‘sabotage’, it’s been pretty much as usable as ever. Anything I’ve noticed is the result of active undermining, which will of course vanish as soon as the perpetrators leave or are banned.
I’ve also tried Apollo, one of the alternate clients, and it’s certainly a good app, but I’ve not seen or heard articulated any features that make Reddit unusable without it.
I have no fealty to Reddit as a company, I’m just not getting the professed magnitude for the general user base of the ongoing battle.
The original post here showcases how many of the Reddit functions were done by unpaid members of the community.
Reddit is dealing with the reality that if they want these functions, they are going to have to share some of their proceeds with those who will do this in the future.
I have no sympathy for the Reddit ‘owners’. They were actually caretakers of software that a community of people decided to use. This will go down in business classes as an example how not to deal with how to ‘monetize’ an online network.