hey everyone. if you want to post links or discuss the Reddit blackout today, please localize it to this thread in order to keep things tidy! Thanks!

  •  Merari   ( @Merari@beehaw.org ) English
    19•1 year ago

    I like reddit. I want its fun little spaces to thrive.

    Reddit is making this really difficult.

    The suits are all about their metrics and engagement and clicks and they don’t care about the user. They don’t even care about the peeps they hire to talk to the user.

    I’m told sometimes admin employees find out they’re fired because they can’t log in to workspaces anymore.

    I dunno.

    Maybe this space is better. :)

    •  BDubs   ( @BDubs@beehaw.org ) English
      9•1 year ago

      *I like reddit. I want its fun little spaces to thrive.

      Reddit is making this really difficult.*

      Agreed, but I don’t think they’re going to be moving in a positive direction. I believe we have seen the best Reddit will ever be. When a company becomes profit driven in the way Reddit has, it forces the company to make decisions that aren’t beneficial to it’s users. I understand the decisions they’re making, but their “rip the band-aid” method at least lets us see that they’re unwilling to compromise on their position. It makes switching to a different platform much easier for me. It just sucks because there are small communities that I thoroughly enjoyed and I don’t know if they’ll ever recoup.