Reddit Threatens Subs to Go Public Again

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by gmays • 3 years ago

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gary_0• 3 years ago

I'm pretty much done with the Internet at this point, aside from this site and work stuff like Stackoverflow/Github.

I'll come back when it stops sucking.

meepmorp• 3 years ago

It's all been downhill since mosaic was released, tbh

dsir• 3 years ago

I'm not sure the wedge created between the communities and the platform is repairable at this stage without extended displays of good will from Reddit's side.

Lots of communities have started the process of migrating to different platforms. The federated alternatives like Lemmy have had recent success although I question the complexity of it in terms of getting mass adoption. Most of the alternatives seem to be missing the core idea of what Reddit really is (a community of communities). I think first and foremost the community aspect of Reddit is what makes it appealing.

I've been building a platform called Sociables which is intentionally not just another Reddit clone. We are trying to create an all-in-one place for people to create communities first and foremost and not just posts.

Here's an example of a community:

https://sociables.com/community/Sociables/board/trending

garciasn• 3 years ago

I gave up Reddit not due to their API pricing issues but due to their incredibly tone deaf response to the concerns laid out by the community who makes Reddit what it is. I'm all for businesses to be allowed to make solid business decisions which keep them afloat. I am NOT for businesses to treat their users poorly when they do so and u/spez continued to spout his usual non-CEO-material responses when questioned.

I realize I wasn't a poweruser or even who Reddit most targets. I had only had around 185K karma total (the lion's share of that via comments) that I had blocked 1000 ad accounts before moving to Apollo because I was tried of seeing so many enshittified ads in my feed and Reddit's official app only allows 1000 blocks total on a site with millions of daily users. But, I was there, helping Reddit be a great place for others to go for help on really niche topics (BigQuery, for example), and now that is gone.

According to u/spez, WE are the problem. We are all supposed to tolerate his infantile and exhausting behavior without him moving an inch toward the middle--and if anything moving more hardline against those who were active users. I cannot possibly fathom how anyone would think he should continue as the face of Reddit knowing the damage he has done.

Reddit Threatens Subs to Go Public Again

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