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Reddit CEO calls unpaid moderators' concerns "noise" - time to send a message he won't forget. (youtube.com)
submitted 1 year ago by BreakNeckJim@sh.itjust.works to c/reddit@lemmy.ml
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[–] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah yes, the "noise" that has literally been keeping your site operating for completely FREE.

[–] BreakNeckJim@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm really hoping he does see that Reddit is nothing without its users and treating them badly does have consequences.

It would be a nice lesson for all of these huge companies to learn.

[–] Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sadly it seems most users just go where the critical mass is. They don't see to care the people earning money from it are pieces of shit. They just are where everyone else is. Now, what makes people leave a community in mass, I don't know. Human dynamics are strange.

[–] jeebus@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Most people just want to use something without thinking about it. We all have lives to live. I will not give reddit anymore of my time and I wish everyone on reddit and the fediverse well.

[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, as far as I'm concerned, unless they forgo charging for API access, I'm not visiting Reddit again, apart from checking the save3rdpartyAPps subreddit. Bit ironic that the protest had been organized on Reddit.

[–] BreakNeckJim@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Haha yeah, I feel like we all saw that coming though.

Until people start to really migrate to a federated alternative these big companies are going to keep having control.

[–] KBTR1066@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then you're never going back. It's absurd to think that Reddit should just let 3rd Party apps have access to its API for free indefinitely. You wanna argue that the price should be sensible? Fine. You wanna argue that the way Reddit has rolled this out is reprehensible? Fine. But to argue that they HAVE to keep giving it away for free? Forever? That's just a ridiculous thing to expect.

[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

It's actually not that absurd. For a social media site, users are content. Hence the relationship between third party apps and the site is inherently symbiotic. The app provides a better user experience, leading to more users for the site, hence more content.

[–] automator404@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

The man just doesn't know when to stop so he doubles down lol

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

The bad thing is: the majority of users will continue Reddit in a few days as if nothing ever happened.