Reddit faces content quality concerns after its Great Mod Purge (arstechnica.com)
The outcome was predicted by plenty users in this community, but now the news are noticing it.
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The outcome was predicted by plenty users in this community, but now the news are noticing it.
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Two IMO on-point excerpts of the article:...
The link contains db0’s views on the ongoing state of Reddit, and I think that it’s worth sharing here - both to document a piece of opinion, and as food for thought. The main points are:...
Summary: Reddit warns mods that it’s ending its crypto program, before it warns the other users. What could go wrong? /s
Users are already planning protest art. I personally wouldn’t encourage people to join because it’s more traffic for Reddit, but that’s just me....
Reddit is sunsetting its blockchain-based Community Points product, the company announced on Tuesday. A Reddit admin (employee) shared the announcement about Community Points, which uses the Ethereum blockchain, on a few subreddits, including r/CryptoCurrency (which had its own “moons” crypto token), r/FortniteBR (which had...
Im sure theyre going to find the perfect mods
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/233339...
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/2280337...
Several subreddits had begun allowing porn and not safe for work content to protest Reddit. In response, the platform has removed entire moderator teams from the affected subreddits.
Now the social media platform is aiming for an IPO in the first quarter of 2024 with a valuation of $15 billion, and has been in talks with potential investors like Goldman Sachs and and Morgan Stanley, per Bloomberg.
If you’re paywalled, check this archive link....
This article covers mostly the recent events, where Reddit tries to gaslight the mods into a “we need to talk”. As well as r/place opening....
Here’s the list of highlights from the article, as it’s a good TL;DR:...
It's not in the fediverse, but it's interesting as evidence of a migration away from reddit.