Haan

joined 1 year ago
[–] Haan@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Haan@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Marketing dollars! Only reason they did this is so they can say “hey look! We still have 3rd party apps!”

[–] Haan@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Why do you care? Is kbin.social not a free speech platform? If not, I’ll find somewhere else to go.

I don’t even agree with these folks, but if people are going to start raising a big stink because people are saying things they don’t like, I’m out.

[–] Haan@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is this their second comeback?

 

The WSJ reports that Google started internally testing a new service called Playables, which allows users to play games on YouTube.

[–] Haan@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What really sucks is that it eliminates any sort of trade-in systems. I rarely have the desire to play a game I've already finished, at least I would be able to recoup some of that money towards a new game. There goes that along with lending games to friends

[–] Haan@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Remember when Reddit had the breaking stories LONG before everyone else?

[–] Haan@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Love it! Thank you

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

Wow! I completely forgot that this existed!

 

And yes I understand the irony in this post

[–] Haan@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What sane person would possibly invest in a company like this?

Ignoring how inept they’ve been throughout this whole ordeal, they don’t even have control over their own site! It’s pathetic

[–] Haan@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

I agree. I think Reddit is delusional if they think they will be able to successfully monetize what are essentially just forums. Reddit users themselves don't give a hoot about Reddit as a brand, company, or product. They care about communities and being able to have discussions on their favorite subjects. There's no secret sauce proprietary to Reddit at all and people will go where ever everyone else is

[–] Haan@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't seen a single comment that began with "Imagine.." yet. The lack of immature and pointless sarcasm is a breath of fresh air

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

I've been thinking a lot about why I decided to come here and I know it started off as a "they can't make me use their shitty app!" while simultaneously using test apps that crash and navigating less content than Reddit. What is the primary motivation for all of this anymore? Is anger enough of a motivation to keep people away from a platform long term?

I have a feeling that most folks are more loyal to their communities than they are the company themselves - meaning that no matter how bad the corporation is, sacrificing what they truly care about is not really worth it no matter how poorly they are treated.

If the community goes away, THEN reddit goes away.

But if the only way to access their community is through some shitty app, I don't see it stopping many people.

 

Members of the Reddit community r/horny are posting photos of goats and cats following blackout protests over the site's looming API charges.

 

Reddit mods caving the second their status as mods is threatened is an absolute embarrassment. Not only do the prove spez right, they also reenforce the notion that Reddit without 3rd party apps is something they can live with - proving the blackouts were unnecessary and just an emotional reaction. What a joke!

#RedditMigration

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