“A very small percentage of the users are power users, and they generate the content, they generate the value and they perform a lot of the free moderation,”
- Spitfire ( @Spitfire@pawb.social ) English25•1 year ago
While I’d like to see a positive change from Reddit from the blackout, I don’t see them changing their ways.
Even if they did, I have 0 trust that it’d stay that way.
- Matte ( @Matte@feddit.it ) English18•1 year ago
I think they’re in a more sensitive situation this time, compared to the past.
they’re about to submit an IPO, so having a riot in their own service is damaging them economically.
although I’m not really sure the management can actually understand it.
- Spitfire ( @Spitfire@pawb.social ) English11•1 year ago
I don’t have confidence in their management at all.
- borlax ( @borlax@lemmy.borlax.com ) English9•1 year ago
C-Levels are normally pretty oblivious to anything that isn’t presented to them in a spreadsheet with lines going up and to the right. “Any publicity is good publicity” - Tone-deaf executives probably
- Wander ( @Wander@yiffit.net ) English12•1 year ago
Especially after that AMA that Spez gave.
- Spitfire ( @Spitfire@pawb.social ) English12•1 year ago
I can’t even call that an AMA. It appeared that he had pre-prepared answers for certain questions, and nothing else.
- wbl ( @wbl@beehaw.org ) English7•1 year ago
Less of an AMA, more of a AMOTQABMPT. Ask Me Only The Questions Approved By My PR Team (but I still managed to fuck up.)
- Wander ( @Wander@yiffit.net ) English2•1 year ago
Maybe the questions were prepared as well.
- Spitfire ( @Spitfire@pawb.social ) English4•1 year ago
I wouldn’t doubt it.
- panoptic ( @panoptic@fedia.io ) 2•1 year ago
At one point he posted a response that started with “A:” before editing it to drop the A:
which made it clear he was posting canned answers at the very least
- Em Adespoton ( @adespoton@lemmy.ca ) English1•1 year ago
Oh but you could ask him anything… it just wouldn’t necessarily get answered, or even made visible.
- rjc ( @rjc@lemmy.world ) English11•1 year ago
Love how the news article cited some random anonymous Reditor.
- Metanoia ( @Metanoia@lemmy.world ) English9•1 year ago
Getting picked up by NBC seems like a big step. National attention? Jailbait didn’t close until Anderson Cooper picked it up. So I wonder if this changes anything.
- HeartyBeast ( @HeartyBeast@fedia.io ) 5•1 year ago
It was all over the BBC this morning
- Metanoia ( @Metanoia@lemmy.world ) 4•1 year ago
The more visibility the better.
- Em Adespoton ( @adespoton@lemmy.ca ) 2•1 year ago
The truth is, news agencies have leaned heavily on Reddit themselves as they’ve cut costs. So Reddit going down probably affected all the news agencies more than it affected regular people.