What are your thoughts on the reddit protest? : askswitzerland

[–] n41lit@feddit.ch 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is it justified to bump up the api pricing?

I think its fair to bump up the prices, especially with the background of AI-Training and Reddits large, free data collection. Even if 3-rd party apps will shut down. But the communication and organization was like beyond bad.

What will be the outcome?

Most lurkers, possibly 99% of users will stay. But the more editors and moderators exit from Reddit, the lower in value the posts get. I think the editors and moderators got pissed off the most. Only time will tell.

Did it have an inpact on you?

Yes, my last centralized social media was deleted and I moved on to the decentralized and/or federated universe.

[–] _Frog@feddit.ch 2 points 1 year ago

I think its fair to bump up the prices, especially with the background of AI-Training and Reddits large, free data collection. Even if 3-rd party apps will shut down. But the communication and organization was like beyond bad.

I think reddit could have managed it way better, than they did right now.

Yes, my last centralized social media was deleted and I moved on to the decentralized and/or federated universe.

Interesting, have fun on your journey.

[–] Kempeth@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is reddit justified to bump up it's pricing? Well, they can do whatever they want. In the end it's our fault for entrusting our online lives to monolithic companies.

Reddit will most likely survive. People are inherently lazy and the official app is good enough.

I've took this as an opportunity to give the federated social sphere a chance because there were going to be a lot of folks doing the same and the chance to get something stable going was never going to better. In the beginning it was rough but I'm close to getting much of my entertainment needs fulfilled by the fediverse. I might really make this my new home and just go back to reddit for specific niches.

My hope is that the next time reddit pisses of the community, the fediverse will be in an even better place and more will decide to switch and stick with it.

[–] _Frog@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago

Well, they can do whatever they want. In the end it’s our fault for entrusting our online lives to monolithic companies.

Fair point.

Reddit will most likely survive. People are inherently lazy and the official app is good enough.

I think so as well. Reddit is one of the biggest sites on the planet, it takes a lot to take down a giant.

I’ve took this as an opportunity to give the federated social sphere a chance

Hope you found your new home here. Reddit just got worse over the years. I took the same road as well.

My hope is that the next time reddit pisses of the community, the fediverse will be in an even better place and more will decide to switch and stick with it.

I would like to see that as well, i think the fediverse already got a bunch of users more since the strike. Nice to see them give this federated universe a chance.

[–] LordR@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reddit acts horrible right now. First they basically destroy third-party apps instead of making their own app better, then they threaten and replace moderators on their subs and just do whatever they want.

If Reddit were a country it would be a dictatorship with an idiot as its leader.

Personally I support the protest by just not visiting Reddit anymore, request my data and hopefully delete my account there.

In the end a lot of users will not care but I hope they are the ones that do not contribute to Reddit and just consume which would lead to a slow death for Reddit. And in the short term there hopefully is enough chaos and bad decisions to reach the press and hurt Reddit that way.

[–] _Frog@feddit.ch 3 points 1 year ago

Many big companies learned, that it is very hard to go against the masses of users, but Reddit wants to find out themself.

Reddit was once a great platform, but suffered from capitalism and greed. It will stick around for a long time, but time will tell how invested users are in the future.

[–] cbapel@feddit.ch 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's clear that change is overdue. Right now, the platform owners are the ones paying for everything, but they don't create or control the content. The ones creating and controlling the content aren't the platform owners. The people using the platform, including those using APIs, get value from it, but they don't pay anything. App developers put in their time and money, and then get value back from the platform.

Ads help support the platform, but they don't always line up with what the platform stands for. As time goes on, corporate imperatives are going to push harder to get more and more value from the platform, to the detriment of the other stakeholder.

An open source platform, with an OSI license, and a federated system is a good foundation. New methods, like DAOs and blockchains, could be used to govern and support the infrastructure. Smart contracts could be used to handle the exchange of value between apps, APIs, and the platform.

What started with Reddit could turn into something really cool. It could leverage the latest tech to make sure everyone involved gets their fair share.

[–] _Frog@feddit.ch 2 points 1 year ago

Interesting insights. I can imagine, that Reddit started something, they could hardly stop and would've needed a pretty big overhaul of things to work into such a way. I think, if Aaron Swartz was still around, the platform could've made a right turn some time ago. But greedy investors keep making pressure to make profit.

But i like your ideas, we need people like you.

[–] Yodadidas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A tiny bit of effect. I have re-joined Reddit because I am boring terribly, but lots of the subs I follow didn't go riot

[–] _Frog@feddit.ch 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What would it need for you to switch to a different social network?

[–] Yodadidas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not sure. I haven't decided why I even use social media. I am a heavy data consumer, but I aspire to be content creator one day as I've dipped my toes... and ankles in topics difficult to digest. But I am uncomfortable with how I structure my ideas and how I communicate them. This is way I don't really share my ideas online, both because of rigid and restrictive community rules and because of how people might react. At the same time, I am aware not all ideas I have are worthy for sharing. Perhaps lowering the friction in my communication with the network, coupled with my increased curiosity about what the network has to offer, could be the recipe for my new cake day.

[–] cbapel@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe, ChatGPT a lil. Could help.

[–] ruIn@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What are your thoughts on the reddit protest?

Not really effective as reddit knows that a lot of people/subs will be back after 48h.

Is it justified to bump up the api pricing?

Bumping up the API pricing is not really the problem, the problem is that it's not a reasonable price bump.

What will be the outcome?

Depends on how the mods/content creators act. If they switch, most users will follow. If they take it as a reddit break and go back to it, it will kill third party apps and reddit wins.

Did it have an impact on you?

I've deleted my reddit account and will probably stay on the fediverse.

[–] _Frog@feddit.ch 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not really effective as reddit knows that a lot of people/subs will be back after 48h.

Do you think all subs will come back?

Depends on how the mods/content creators act. If they switch, most users will follow. If they take it as a reddit break and go back to it, it will kill third party apps and reddit wins.

I think the users are a big part of such a movement, most of the content creators will be were to most users are.

I’ve deleted my reddit account and will probably stay on the fediverse.

Hope you enjoy your journey on the fediverse.

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[–] ruIn@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you think all subs will come back?

Probably not all but most of them.

I think the users are a big part of such a movement, most of the content creators will be were to most users are.

Chicken and egg problem right here. Will see how it turns out in the coming days.

Thanks for posting stuff btw.

[–] _Frog@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably not all but most of them.

I'm already curious, which will stay private. But time will tell pretty soon

Chicken and egg problem right here. Will see how it turns out in the coming days.

Excatly, the phrasing i was looking for.

I was shocked to see this many subs go dark, i was thinking some smaller one would join for sure but not so many.

[–] olrik@feddit.ch 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can check the status of which subs are still private, restricted or public here: https://reddark.untone.uk/

[–] _Frog@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, interesting to see this many sites still holding on to the strike.

[–] FunkyTown@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did it have an impact on you?

I mean, I'm here now and enjoy how some communities from reddit are trying to migrate to the fediverse. But will it hold in the long term?

I don't think so. Many people are too used to reddit and will probably switch back as soon as the mass exodus has calmed down.

[–] _Frog@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean, I’m here now and enjoy how some communities from reddit are trying to migrate to the fediverse. But will it hold in the long term?

How long it will hold will depend on how invested the users and content creators are on an other platform.

I don’t think so. Many people are too used to reddit and will probably switch back as soon as the mass exodus has calmed down.

Probably, but i think there will be some users which are fed up with the way reddit manages its platform and stay of it.

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