I've been a long time Redditor and an Apollo user for about a year. I even paid for it. The main draw for me was the lack of advertising. In the back of my head I kept thinking that it couldn't last. Reddit is losing revenue from the lack of advertising views. It didn't...
Reddit needing to make $ to maintain the resources is understandable.
There were other ways to generate revenue without being greedy.
For example, users pay for awards like gold etc on Reddit. This concept could have expanded to a marketplace for 3PA stickers. If 3PA apps have stickers that they were pushing as additional revenue for the developers, Reddit could have stepped in and developed a marketplace to host and promote them for the developers as well. It would be a similar model to the Google Play and Apple App stores taking a commission for in app purchases. It doesn't have to be in the vicinity of 30% either. It's not a perfect example by any means, so don't flame me or the idea.
I deleted all of my accounts, posts and comments after the clusterfuck of an AMA. The interviews Huffman gave the following week to The Verge and other media sites totally reinforced my decision not to go back. I still go back to get some tech resources that I need but it's through alternative addresses so I don't add to their analytics stats.
Stickers or gimmicky items like that seem to be popular enough for Selig to spin it off as a separate business.
My comment was about Reddit’s inability to think of a smarter long term solution with the 3PA developers. Instead they went with a moonshot for a short term gain that reeks of arrogance, greed and stupidity.
Like many other subreddits, r/Finland is allowing its users to vote for whether or not they should a) reopen as normal, b) remain closed, or c) remain in protest mode....
Based on that logic, how do the powers to be at Reddit feel about American Presidential elections?
Whoever is on the team working out all these strategies are just copying rules straight out of an authoritarian Government’s little red playbook.
“You are not allowed to protest!”
“You are only allowed to protest using Government approved methods”
I want to recreate something like this where you feed in a photo and generate a specific variety of portrait pictures like this https://www.tiktok.com/@bowiehoneybaby/video/7242989557753449730...
The full interview published at The Verge gave a pretty good insight into Huffman’s inability to manage the situation. Comparing the way he talks about third parties and his “recollection” regarding Apollo to what the Apollo creator wrote, it’s completely worlds apart. It feels as if Huffman is in smash mode and piling on the lies.
Agreed
I'm not sure why people are complaining about not having access to resources when most of it was linked to other sites like Gitlab, HuggingFace, etc. I've probably only found 2 posts that were useful over the past couple of months.
I've deleted my accounts and I can't be bothered creating another account just to vote.
I really want to setup an instance at home I know the MI25 can be hacked into doing this well but I would love to know what other people are running and see if I can find a good starter kit....
NVIDIA is going to be faster and easier to be compatible with SD.
VRAM is going to be your friend especially if you start working with Deforum and video
Why YSK this is that some of the soap absorbs into the fruit, especially berries, and let's say you are washing your cherries with dish soap, and you eat them. That story ends with a long bathroom trip as soap makes you a little queasy. ETA: Nobody has heard about this?! I see it in the southeast where I live.
How many years do you think we will see? Will they dominate the entire era, similar to Mercedes did prior? Or will other teams catch up? If so, who? Curious to see how y'all think this plays out....
Lately I often read about kbin.social being similar to lemmy but more accessible. So I created an account there to check it out. My experience so far is a little mixed. From kbin I can access all Lemmy posts, although I find the interface less intuitive to join new communities. So from the kbin side it feels like an other Lemmy...
Well the most important difference for me is that I didn’t experience issues with my login on kbin.
I still can’t login on Lemmy with a separate account I setup on that platform.
Do You Think There Would Have Been a Large Protest if Steve Huffman Just Said We're Charging to Use the API to Increase Revenue?
I've been a long time Redditor and an Apollo user for about a year. I even paid for it. The main draw for me was the lack of advertising. In the back of my head I kept thinking that it couldn't last. Reddit is losing revenue from the lack of advertising views. It didn't...
Reddit says it’s ‘not acceptable’ for communities to go NSFW in protest (www.theverge.com)
Reddit Admins Deny Subreddit Users the Right to Vote for Further Blackouts (teddit.net)
Like many other subreddits, r/Finland is allowing its users to vote for whether or not they should a) reopen as normal, b) remain closed, or c) remain in protest mode....
Column: F1's predictable races risk turning off new American fanbase (apnews.com)
We need a euphemism for Reddit
Well, maybe "we" don't, but I would like one. We have Friendface for Facebook, Birdsite* for Twitter, what can we call Reddit?...
Fuck you Spez (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Humans Aren’t Mentally Ready for an AI-Saturated ‘Post-Truth World’ (www.wired.com)
Reddit CEO defiant as moderator strike shutters thousands of forums: 'We made a business decision that we’re not negotiating on' (fortune.com)
"Protest and dissent is important,” Reddit CEO Steve Huffman told the AP. “The problem with this one is it’s not going to change anything."
How to create AI portrait like the Snow app?
I want to recreate something like this where you feed in a photo and generate a specific variety of portrait pictures like this https://www.tiktok.com/@bowiehoneybaby/video/7242989557753449730...
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Me, trying to get used to Lemmy (media.discordapp.net)
Reddit CEO Digs In Heels As User Outrage Engulfs Website (www.huffpost.com)
Wow. Front page of huffpost.com right now. Interesting... https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b5822d50-a0bf-4881-91ab-7424a0360fc5.png
gotcha.. (lemmy.world)
Y’all wanted a vote to open the Subreddit or not? (reddit.com)
Well the mods have make one, on Reddit itself so come and cast your vote!
OC Time Traveler - So many LORA, LYCORIS, embeddings, etc.
What kind of hardware are yall running?
I really want to setup an instance at home I know the MI25 can be hacked into doing this well but I would love to know what other people are running and see if I can find a good starter kit....
YSK that it is not a proper way to wash your fruits and veggies with soap
Why YSK this is that some of the soap absorbs into the fruit, especially berries, and let's say you are washing your cherries with dish soap, and you eat them. That story ends with a long bathroom trip as soap makes you a little queasy. ETA: Nobody has heard about this?! I see it in the southeast where I live.
Reddark - An open source website to watch subreddits going dark (reddark.untone.uk)
Looks like someone threw up a tracker checking on subreddit going dark. Live status looks interesting....
Twitch stream of Reddit blackout status (www.twitch.tv)
Originally found through this link which now redirects to the twitch stream: reddark.untone.uk...
how/when does RB dominance end?
How many years do you think we will see? Will they dominate the entire era, similar to Mercedes did prior? Or will other teams catch up? If so, who? Curious to see how y'all think this plays out....
Difference between kbin and lemmy
Lately I often read about kbin.social being similar to lemmy but more accessible. So I created an account there to check it out. My experience so far is a little mixed. From kbin I can access all Lemmy posts, although I find the interface less intuitive to join new communities. So from the kbin side it feels like an other Lemmy...