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Reddit and the End of Online ‘Community’ (nymag.com)

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A standoff between the site and some of its most devoted users exposes an existential dilemma.

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[–] brownpaperbag@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Mr. Huffman is stretching in a variety of directions here. Reddit is not a feudal government, or a city in any sense; neither is it ultimately “democratic,” as he frequently suggests. It’s an advertising and subscription-supported web service that also depends on free content and unpaid labor from its users. It is, substantially, in the same business as Meta, YouTube, Twitter, and TikTok — giving people something to use mostly for free in exchange for their monetizable time and attention.

I really appreciated this callout in the article.