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[โ€“] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You have to do the bad things slowly, over time, so people forget each one before the next happens. Twitter and Reddit decided they could make everything worse all at once.

That's due to VC money drying up because of the US Federal Reserve raising interest rates. Operating at a loss is no longer profitable, especially in the short term.