I hope Reddit learns from there mistakes but probably not they are for the bottom dollar and will listen to investors before they listen to the community that made them who they are today . All it costed us was our time and volunteering. RIP Reddit
No one blames them for trying to balance costs vs income. People are upset about them being greedy. Yes, they pay for hosting of the content, but the content was not created or provided by them. The content is from the community.
They have shown recently that they don't care what the community wants. They want what they want, which is to be profitable so they can IPO. They are willing to lose all of the power users they have pissed off in search of that goal.
That is not a place a community can thrive without being inundated with bots spamming the living dog shit out of it. A community that is built and moderated by itself, cares about the content. Reddit does not. They now care about the money.
Reddit just isn't for you. They have about half a million dollars in hosting costs every month. That means they're probably not going to even be able to make it the type of platform that IMO it should be. I don't blame them for that. It just means their platform isn't for you.
Let it go. IDK whether Lemmy is the answer, but Reddit isn't. I don't think the answer is to try to influence their behavior through pressure. Just let it go.
It's like leaving a bad relationship or a bad job, which is just another kind of bad relationship. Don't worry about them anymore, they're out of your life. Who cares what happens to them, focus on what you want to do and where you want to go.
That is where I am at now - I dont know if I would consider my lack of visits to the site a protest anymore. I am starting to realize Reddit wasnt the place for me.
I think it's better for everyone if we can find a way where one entity can no longer own/control the contributions of a community and unpaid moderation.
What can Reddit possibly do now to ensure that it won't act in a way that's against the interests of the community? Reverse the API strategy? They already said this year that the API wasn't changing, then they changed it. If I was an app maker there's zero chance I'd trust anything they said now. It's done.
Lemmy has some momentum now with the rush of new users. This will hopefully start to create some quality content. When the next wave of protests come, maybe after the 30th, hopefully those that come to seek a new home will find these places filled more with the kind of content they expect, along with some UI improvements and stability that people are feverishly working on right now.
This will hopefully start to create some quality content.
Important note here not directed at you: Quality content is something we all have to pitch in on. We're in the thousands, not millions. We've all got to make a few posts and make a few comments. Self-sustaining communities can form pretty quickly with our current numbers but the onus is on us to make an effort to prime the pump of engagement, so to speak.
Add comment