I went back today...i have some plant id subs left and a couple of things that are still good, but yeesh, i had a lot to do today and i ended up wondering what is going on there. At this point there are things that are not safe for life, dammit. Cool to have this place now, i have to say.
He wishes he were elon musk, or that his company was as influential as twitter, but in the end it's just a tool for open access forums and most users seem to dislike the site-wide policy and the disrespect for the free contribution to the site. Most social media companies would appreciate the loyalty towards those subreddits that both users and mods use to show, and in that regard those are the real value of the platform.
The arrogance behind those messages seems to imply that he sees users as a product, and it is what he misunderstood: this is the true value behind the social media, the human users, the network effect and so on. So reddit is largely wasting this underutilised potential.
I decided to take a peek at Reddit to see what kind of activity is happening, a good handful of the subreddits I am subscribed to are still super active with posts and commenters....
That is a good point, today internet is mainstream, and heavily indexed websites are much more reliant on such type of interactions than forums and social media were when digg was big, so reddit has a comparatively huge influx of click from google searches alone. However, that might change as they are making the web inferface worse and worse to redirect the traffic towards the app. If reddit becomes app-centric, i don't kno what may change given how it is so reliant on google searches.___
If premium games are fine, one that catched my eye was Huntdown, it's just pure arcade cybepunk game. Actually the frenetic gamplay reminded me of both metal slug and cadillac and dinosaurs, and it's classic 80's cyberpunk scenerey. But you gotta like arcade games a lot, that's the whole point of the game.
If the performance weakness continues for a week or two, the agency would start recommending decreasing spend with Reddit or directing it to other platforms....
You know before websites became the norm to access informations, the main way to follow topics of interest was both newspapers and publications, and those required subscription or a price anyway. Since i did not grow up with the internet all the time, i used offline means to get informations, and i am fine with it. I never needed reddit as a primary source of informations, i can cut down my usage of it by 100%. If we want quality we still need to pay for it, with few exceptions most free sites just exist for ads.
The point is that it is not one dollar, actual server costs may still grow, so subscrptions for social media are still not enough to support the infrastructure behind. Look at twitter, the subscription is there (they call it $8chan now lol) but it still costs a lot of money. The question is whether giant social media sties can be as profitable as other non-tech companies, and it's a valid question.
Reddit was so combative at times, it felt like I was getting into arguments with people on there a lot. I like seeing Lemmy grow and new people join, and I just wanna enjoy it and not argue with people about stupid shit. Let's just all have fun!
I learnt over time that such aggressive comments or patterns are just waiting for a reaction, so i just try to ignore them. Not giving into anger in those situations and just letting it go is what should help to limit those behaviours. Btw, did you remember the "don't feed the trolls" banner in old school forums...or the "low quality bait" meme. Yeah, irony should also help dealing with it..
📢Entire mod team on r/mildlyinteresting removed and locked out of their accounts after changing their rules upon community's request. (They're also switching subs BACK to SFW) (kbin.social)
Reddit CEO slams protesters, says he'll change site rules (www.nbcnews.com)
Took a peek on Reddit, it really boggles my mind how oblivious and obedient people are.
I decided to take a peek at Reddit to see what kind of activity is happening, a good handful of the subreddits I am subscribed to are still super active with posts and commenters....
Is there a community for Android games?
Or just any mobile games in general? I'm looking for discussions and recommendations for mobile games that aren't just trashware and cash grabs....
The blackout is starting to have a financial impact on Reddit, but we must stay dark! (www.adweek.com)
If the performance weakness continues for a week or two, the agency would start recommending decreasing spend with Reddit or directing it to other platforms....
I don't wanna be so angry on Lemmy like I was on Reddit
Reddit was so combative at times, it felt like I was getting into arguments with people on there a lot. I like seeing Lemmy grow and new people join, and I just wanna enjoy it and not argue with people about stupid shit. Let's just all have fun!